Templeton High School, Vancouver, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) This is our third year running our garden, and in these three years our school of 850 students has seen some amazing moments of learning, both for students and staff. Running a high school garden, even in this short amount of time, has provided the opportunity for...Read More
Horsefly Elementary School, Horsefly, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) In the middle of the Province of BC, about 45 minutes east of Williams Lake, in prime ranching and forestry country, surrounded by mountains, lakes and wildlife, one will find the thriving metropolis of Horsefly which includes one very friendly, family-based school, Horsefly Elementary/Junior Secondary. Our school,...Read More
Heydon Park Secondary, Toronto, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) Heydon Park Secondary School is Toronto District School Board’s only all-female high school that provides programming for students with learning challenges to help each student reach their full potential. We run both a credit and non-credit program for just over 150 students where we focus on a...Read More
Edward Milne Community School, Sooke, BC Grades 9-12 660 Students, including 70 International Students and 118 of Indigenous Ancestry 2017-2018 (Year 2) At Edward Milne Community School, our students are serving up fresh, local veggies from our salad bar four days a week, 30 week of the year – that’s 2,000 salads served! When I...Read More
Eastdale Collegiate High School, Toronto ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) Eastdale CI is a small high school located on the East side of downtown Toronto. Our school community is tiny, especially for a Toronto high school. We serve about 100 exceptional students who travel to our school from diverse communities across the city of Toronto. Our...Read More
Royal Bay Secondary School, Victoria, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) Royal Bay is a three-year old secondary school in the Sooke School District on Southern Vancouver Island, BC. This is the second year we have been working with the Farm to School Canada grant, which is managed collaboratively between our food studies programs and our culinary...Read More
Robert F Hall Community Secondary School, Caledon East, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) With our second year quickly coming to a close, Robert F Hall CSS in Caledon East has had a year of many opportunities and challenges to add to the mix. We continued having our grade 11 and 12 hospitality classes prepare a large...Read More
Sk’aadGaa Naay Elementary School, Skidegate, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) I would like to acknowledge the unceeded territory of the Haida Nation for which I gather, farm and share local food from, Haawa. Venison sliders, fresh local greens, seasonal berries, and halibut soup with fried bread are just a few of the foods on our menu...Read More
Evergreen Independent School, Cobblehill, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) Evergreen Independent School is located in Cobble Hill, BC, a small semi-rural community in the lush Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. Home to 100 students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 7, Evergreen has a flourishing food literacy program that has recently been enhanced by the Farm to...Read More
Pilot Project Underway Many of Food First NL’s projects overlap on a common goal: to make the healthy choice an easy choice for residents of Newfoundland & Labrador. Likewise, we also want to see the local choice become the easy choice. A key step toward reaching these goals is to get more healthy, local food...Read More
