In this Issue: Local food on the public plate: Pan Canadian News Farm to Cafeteria Canada – Without Borders Farm to School Continues to Grow – 33 school in 5 provinces receive Farm to School grants! National Farm to School Conference Save the Date: Farm to School Month Celebrating Good Food on Canada’s Campuses Local...Read More

Photo: Students at St. Bon’s in St. John’s got money from the Farm to School program last year and are already enjoying the fruits of their labour. (Food First NL) Funding will teach students about where their food comes from Three Newfoundland and Labrador schools are getting federal money to set up salad bars and composting programs,...Read More

SAVE THE DATE: May 15 – 17, 2019 We invite you to join us on Canada’s West Coast, in beautiful Victoria, BC – the traditional territory of the L’kwungen speaking people from the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, and the SENĆOŦEN speaking people of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nations. This conference will gather over 450 expected participants from across the continent...Read More

Photo: Burlington Public Library, “Edible Library” In December 2017 Sustain Ontario released its Local Food Literacy in Schools: Frequently Asked Questions Guide to share ideas and useful resources with school champions who are bringing local food literacy into their classrooms.  Since the release of the guide we have shared each of the 10 FAQs as a...Read More

…with 33 More Schools to Receive Grants For Immediate Release Vancouver, June 21, 2018 – Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) and Whole Kids Foundation (WKF) are thrilled to announce that a second round of Farm to School Canada grants, valued at up to $10,000 each, will be delivered to 33 schools across British Columbia, Ontario,...Read More

Le Réseau des cafétérias communautaires and the source of the growing local food movement in South Eastern New Brunswick schools. In 2009, Rachel Schofield Martin could no longer stand seeing children at her school being fed processed or frozen foods. The Bouctouche, New Brunswick educator set herself a goal: abolish the contract between the school...Read More

14 SCHOOLS, GARDENS, AND SALAD BARS AND A 4,000 KM TRIP Here in British Columbia, the month of May consisted of our two regional animators travelling the province to visit 14 of the 29 schools in BC that received a Farm to School (F2S) Salad Bar grant in 2016. With all of the schools now...Read More

At Meal Exchange, we have spent the past two years working with more than 200 students, experts, researchers, food producers, and community leaders to design the Good Food Challenge, a national effort to mobilize the power of students to create campus food systems that are nourishing for producers, consumers, communities, and the planet. As a...Read More

From April 17 – May 15 2018, Farm to Cafeteria Canada ran a trial contest and invited Ontario elementary and secondary schools to submit advertising posters and social media blasts created by students, for students, that encourage students to participate in their school’s Farm to School salad bar program. Thank you to College Heights Secondary School (in...Read More

PRINCE GEORGE – For many, people growing their own food it sometimes helps them to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables.  There’re just over 100 students that attend Ecole Franco-Nord. And each week some students have the opportunity to taste foods grown locally and from a school garden.  With support from the Farm to Cafeteria...Read More