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Dec

BC School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program Evaluation

December 3, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Evaluation, Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field

A Summary Report of the BC School Fruit & Vegetable Nutritional Program evaluation conducted in the 2017-2018 school year. The evaluation assessed program awareness among students, teachers/coordinators and families, program impact on students and their families, and program use by teachers to support delivery of the BC curriculum. The evaluation was led by BC Agriculture...

Nov

Kamloops University Students Map Downtown’s Food Production

November 19, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: The Riverside Community Garden is one of the subjects of the deep map project. (via Marguerite Dodds) The city’s food scene is getting mapped A new project from a Thompson Rivers University (TRU) group is taking a deep look at the food situation in downtown Kamloops — and mapping it. Typically, people think of farms, ranches,...

Nov

BC Farmer Profile: Crooked Horn Farm in BC’s Slocan Valley

November 2, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farm to School Month, Farms, Resource Centre: Local Food & Farmers, Stories from the field

Angela Weir and Gord Spankie Crooked Horn Farm Winlaw, Slocan Valley, BC Number of years at the business 10 years What school (or schools) are you connected with? Winlaw Elementary School. We have supplied food to the Whole School and WE Graham Community School as well. What food(s) or services(s) do you provide to this/these...

Oct

BC Farmer Profile: Growing Sprouts and Greens for Vancouver Island Schools

October 29, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farm to School Month, Farms, Resource Centre: Local Food & Farmers, Stories from the field

Carmen Wakeling, Owner, CEO Eatmore Sprouts & Greens Ltd. 2604 Grieve Rd. Courtenay, BC, V9J 1S7 (Vancouver Island) Number of years at the business 35 What school (or schools) are you connected with? Huband Park Elementary and École Robb Road Elementary What food(s) or services(s) do you provide to this/these school(s)? We are providing Certified...

Oct

A Celebration of Diversity and Knowledge Transfer

October 19, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

F2S Fall Training Session in BC October 12 & 13, 2018 Hillel House, University of British Columbia, Vancouver # attendees: 47 Theme/overall purpose: This was the second training session offered for many of the F2S: Canada Digs In! grantees in BC. As such, this year the main theme of the event was Farm to School Sustainability:...

Oct

Fresh Ideas in Farm to School

October 1, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Summer Salad Bars at the Farmers’ Market in New Denver BC Salad bars…in the summer?! Yes please! Inspired by the Farm to School (F2S) salad bar, the Healthy Community Society of the North Slocan Valley (HCS) created a healthy and innovative pilot project this summer. Read about how one BC Farm to School program spurred...

Oct

Farm to Campus Initiative at University of Victoria Looks to Bring ‘Good Food’ to Campus

October 1, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

Jess Schellenberg is a student at the University of Victoria, where she is completing a double major in Environmental Studies and Political Science, with a minor in Education. Even with a full course load on her plate, she still finds the time to lead the Meal Exchange chapter on campus, which for the past year...

Sep

Growing a Garden Grows Awareness of Intricate Food System

September 7, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Dr. Tara Moreau, a plant scientist and lead researcher and educator at the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research. She helps people focus on real-life solutions to help prop up place-based food systems. Our F2CC team attended the Place Based Food Systems Conference in August, with the opportunity to connect with thought leaders...

Jul

Winlaw School Plants for Bees and Borscht

July 23, 2018F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Winlaw Elementary School, Winlaw, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) Winlaw is a small town in the middle of the Slocan Valley in B.C.’s West Kootenay region. As part of our Farm to School program, we have had our school garden for two years. This fall, we were excited to see what grew over the summer. We...

Jul

École Robb Road’s Salad Bar is Growing!

July 3, 2018F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Ecole Robb Road, Comox, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) Our second year of Salad Bar has been a delicious meal to count on every Tuesday at École Robb Road Elementary in Comox, British Columbia. We are so fortunate to live in the Comox Valley, to be able to enjoy the bounty of our veggie growing community...