The Get Fresh Café is a high school cafeteria model at Westgate CVI that offers fresh and from scratch meals using local and Ontario food, every day. New flavours, combined with seasonal ingredients, all blend together to produce menu options that the entire school is excited about. The Get Fresh Café is where the food culture...Read More
Indigenous cultures and identities are closely connected to the lands and waters where traditional foods are obtained. Harvesting, preparing and sharing traditional foods are important practices of Indigenous cultures, and traditional foods are part of a healthy diet. The Population and Public Health program, BC Centre for Disease Control, Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) and...Read More
Forest Grove Elementary won the grant for: Connecting students to local food producers such as farmers, gardeners, chefs, bakers, cheese makers etc. A value of $1500. Congratulations! Their Farm to School Month Story: From Oct 3 to October 7th, 2016, Forest Grove Elementary participated in a number of seed to table experiences. The Kindergarten and Gr....Read More
Oakwood School won the grant for: Increasing the amount of local foods served and eaten in the school cafeteria. A value of $1500. Congratulations! Their Farm to School Month Story: Our journey to THINKING and EATING local at Oakwood Public School began rather unexpectedly in the fall of 2015. We had registered with OPHEA Healthy Schools...Read More
St. Bonaventure’s College won the grant for: Engaging students in growing, cooking or preserving local foods at school. A value of $1500. Congratulations! Their Farm to School Month Story: Thanksgiving is a time of year that brings family and friends together. It knits a community, however loosely, to a sense of the season. And nothing...Read More
Fundraising Campaigns Offering Local, Organic Vegetables in Schools! Montreal, November 17, 2016 – Two Montreal schools have chosen to innovate this year by launching a new type of fundraising activity for their projects. Thanks to the project Schools Take Root: For Healthy, Local and Sustainable Food, these schools are giving youngsters and their parents a...Read More
New Brunswick has 68 recognized ‘Farm to Schools’ Photo: Matthew Childs, left, and Liam Lundrigan working in the garden beside Harbour View High School. (Joseph Tunney/CBC) When it comes to growing fruits and vegetables, New Brunswick schools are top banana. Harbour View High School in Saint John was designated a “Farm to School” earlier this month,...Read More
In this Issue: Canada’s 3rd annual Farm to School Month Campaign has been gathering steam this October as stories pour in from across Canada. ALBERTA: Grow Your Own Soup QUEBEC: Montérégie Daycares are Putting Local Foods on the Menu! HAIDA GWAII: Transforming the Systems That Feed Our Kids NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR: Farm to School Gathers Steam at Newfoundland and Labrador’s First Provincial School...Read More
In this Issue: Farm to Cafeteria Canada is excited to launch Canada’s 3rd annual Farm to School Month Campaign. How to get your preschool or school involved! NEW BRUNSWICK: Local Food Student Initiatives areTaking Root ONTARIO: 100,000 Students Crunching ONTARIO: Get Fresh Cafe Puts More Local Food on the Tray BRITISH COLUMBIA: Dr. Suzuki Responds to Letter [button color=”#ffffff” background=”#00938b” size=”large” src=”http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=ec9d2bbf4ce1bf9cd66d7dbe4&id=fc1f59eaf6&e=45ee8b4d91″]READ THE NEWSLETTER[/button]Read More
