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Nov

Recipe for a Halloween Harvest Lunch

November 8, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farm to School Month, Stories from the field

At Salt Spring Elementary (SSE), we celebrated National Farm-to-School Month with an all-school, community Harvest Lunch. Here’s how it happened. Last June kindergartners planted turban squash seeds donated by Salt Spring Seeds and over the summer, Camp Collosal participants watered and cared for the Hillside Garden, snacking on what was ripe and harvesting some of...

Sep

The University of Victoria Student Society (UVSS) Signs the Good Food Campus Commitment

September 5, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

Photo: UVSS Financial Director Dakota McGovern signing the Good Food Campus Commitment. Student governments are a powerful tool for enacting change on campuses. In terms of food security, when student governments are empowered to make decisions about procurement and access, they can be a strong ally in the fight for good food for all students...

Jul

Passionate Champions Lead to Resounding Salad Bar Success!

July 15, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

(photo: Notice our youngest are using china dishes and washable forks!) “Best thing the school has ever done” – Liam gr. 7 Brooklyn Elementary School, Comox, BC 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) It was a brand-new Kindergarten parent at Brooklyn Elementary who proposed and led the Salad Bar idea. Maurita Prato, who also works for LUSH Valley,...

Jul

Mark R Isfeld Salad Bar Program Launch

July 5, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

Mark R. Isfeld Secondary, Comox Valley, BC 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Students at Mark R. Isfeld Secondary in the Comox Valley were in for a refreshing change to their regular lunch hour. The school’s salad bar program officially launched Thursday, 21 February, 2019. Watch their video report:

Jul

Experiencing salad bar through the lens of a parent volunteer

July 4, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Tahayghen Elementary, Masset BC 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Tahayghen Elementary School is one of 5 in on Haida Gwaii that have embraced Local Food to School through Salad Bars. Thank you to School Principal, Verena Gibbs, for sharing this story from a parent volunteer: I remember walking into the PAC meeting — so much PAC...

Apr

Earth Day Salad Bar at Huband Elementary

April 29, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

“I am so pleased to say that our “Earth Day” whole school salad bar was a HUGE success.” – Shannon Simpson CNP, BHK, TRP, CPT, Whole Health Family Wellness

Mar

Feed BC Brings More B.C. Food to Interior Health

March 20, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Funding, In the News, Policy

A new initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture ensures more of the food served to patients at Interior Health facilities is from British Columbia. Feed BC is increasing the institutional procurement of food grown, harvested or processed by B.C. farmers, fishers and processors. “Feed BC is a game changer. It’s about working collaboratively to encourage,...

Feb

Valley Secondary School Salad Bar Launches at Isfeld

February 27, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Students at Mark R. Isfeld Secondary lined up for their inaugural salad bar lunch Thursday morning at the school. Photo by Erin Haluschak Although there isn’t a formal cafeteria in the school, students at Mark R. Isfeld Secondary made a makeshift one in the lobby for the school’s inaugural Salad Bar Program. Thursday morning,...

Dec

She’s Planting the Seeds of Indigenous Food Sovereignty

December 10, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Baby Magnus gets a taste of siák̓vṇaɫ courtesy of his grandfather Larry and his mother Jessie Housty. Photo by Ian Gill. How Jessie Housty feeds the growth of her Heiltsuk culture and community. “I want to stress that we have no idea what we are doing.” So says ’Cúagilákv Jessie Housty, a self-described “community...

Dec

SOYL: Empowering Youth to Grow Food and Themselves

December 6, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

This year, 5000 children and youth have grown good food AND themselves in Fresh Roots programs like SOYL, their youth-empowerment program. They are trying to raise $10,000 by December 31, 2018 to support even more young people, so please donate now at http://freshroots.ca/donate! Filmed and edited by Farzine Macrae of Macrae Multimedia (http://macraemultimedia.ca) From Fresh...