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Mar

Huband Park Elementary’s Salad Bar: Safely Adapting to COVID-19

March 24, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, F2CC News, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed

School food programs everywhere have had to adapt to COVID-19 over the past year, and this of course includes our Salad Bar Grantees. The following case study shares the story of Huband Park Elementary School in Courtenay, British Columbia, who have been able to pivot to the new reality with great success. This shift has...

Jan

The Impacts of Farm to School Run Deep in our Communities

January 26, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, F2CC News, Farm to School, Farms, Home Page Blog Feed, Videos

In October, we released our Farm to School: Canada Digs In! Report 2020, which demonstrates how farm to school initiatives can significantly support public health, education & learning, economic development, and community connections. We’re now excited to share our new 9-minute Farm to School: Canada Digs In! video — available in English and French—that communicates...

Jan

Growing a Movement: Farm to School in the Comox Valley

January 11, 2021F2CC admin2022f2scdi - case studies, English, Farm to School, Featured Resources, Home Page Blog Feed

The beautiful Comox Valley, is situated on the East Coast of Vancouver Island on the traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation. Farm to school programs and the salad bar model were first introduced in the area in 2012 at Huband Park Elementary School. Inspired by Huband’s success, École Robb Road Elementary and Lake Trail Community...

Oct

Canada Digs In Report 2020

October 1, 2020F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Featured Resources

Between September 2016 and June 2020, 86 schools and 10 campuses participated in the Canada Digs In! initiative. Schools received grants of up to $10,000 to deliver farm to school salad bar programs. Students ate local and healthy food, participated in hands-on food literacy activities and connected with local food providers, growers, chefs, knowledge keepers, public...

Jul

Agnes L Mathers’ Greenhouse Grows!

July 6, 2020F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Agnes L Mathers Elementary School, Sandspit, BC 2018-2019 (Grant Year 2) Agnes L Mathers Elementary School is in Sandspit British Columbia on Moresby Island, and is part of the archipelago called Haida Gwaii situated off the west coast of British Columbia. Our small student population enables students and teachers to spend lots of...

Jul

A Dozen Local Food Heroes on What a Pandemic Teaches

July 3, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: British Columbians have responded with enthusiasm for local food during the public health crisis. Can we build on what we’ve learned, and make it stick? Photo: Jamil Rhajiak, UBC Farm. We asked: What has COVID-19 shown you about making our food system better? If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught all of us,...

Jun

Case Study: The Good Food Challenge at the University of Victoria

June 2, 2020F2CC admin2022f2scdi - case studies, English, Farm to Campus

This case study explores farm to campus activities at the University of Victoria, a participating campus in the Farm to School: Canada Digs In! initiative. Read this case study if you’re interested in understanding how Meal Exchange’s Good Food Challenge can be applied to not only increase the amount of healthy, just and sustainably produced food on campuses but how doing...

Mar

Developing a Farm to School Strategy to Grow Robust Farm to School Program

March 6, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Maurita Prato, Executive Director of Lush Valley and co-facilitator for the first Farm to School Learning Circle guides participants through activities to stimulate conversation on goals and a vision. COMOX, VALLEY B.C. – Enhance and transform the current systems that influences how students eat and learn about food was the focus of the first Comox...

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Feb

UBC: A leader in sustainable and just food systems

February 12, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

By Neal Cameron The University of British Columbia has been a leader in moving food service procurement towards supporting more sustainable and just food systems. As the first Fair Trade Certified Campus in Canada and the first Canadian university to purchase exclusively OceanWise seafood, UBC has shown a commitment to engaging in food system change....

Dec

LunchLAB at Lord Roberts

December 17, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

2016-1017 (Year 1) Lord Roberts Elementary School is a diverse, urban school in the West End of the Downtown Vancouver Peninsula. With support from Farm to Cafeteria Canada and in partnership with Growing Chefs and Fresh Roots, two innovative charities that have been supporting schools to grow and cook in the Vancouver School Board and...