In April 2024, the Government of Canada announced a one-billion-dollar commitment over five years for the development of a national school food program. In June 2024, Employment and Social Development Canada followed that up by releasing a national school food policy that lays out the federal government’s long-term vision for school food and will act...Read More
Woodlands Secondary School, Nanaimo BC Grant term 2022-2024 In 2022, Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools, embarked on the journey of starting a school farm! With a vision to create a hands-on garden classroom and support food nutrition at schools across the district, we transformed part of a grass field at Woodlands Secondary School into a market...Read More
FH Collins Secondary School, Whitehorse YT Grant term, 2023-2024 F.H. Collins Senior Secondary School, located in Whitehorse, is the largest secondary school in Yukon Territory. This is a diverse school; students from all over the Territory attend F.H. Collins, including Old Crow, Mayo, Watson Lake, and along the Alaska Highway. The 1890’s Gold Rush and...Read More
Simon Jacob Memorial Education Centre, Webequie, ON Grant term 2022-2024 The Simon Jacob Memorial Education Centre in rural Webequie, Ontario, Canada, is home to 250 students from kindergarten to grade 12. Our school has been running the Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) program for the past two years, and it has had a significant impact...Read More
Philemon Wright High School, Gatineau, Quebec Grant term 2022-2024 “Lunch or a snack? What would you like today? Yes, it’s fresh from the garden.” Voices excitedly say as they enter the cafeteria at lunchtime at Hadley Junior High and Philemon Wright High School in Gatineau, QC. The NOSH is a cozy little corner of the...Read More
Webinar hosted by Local Catch Canada With Canada’s National School Food Policy highlighting the urgency of strengthening food security nationwide, a new question arises: should seafood be on the menu? In August, Local Catch Canada hosted a thought-provoking webinar titled “Seafood in Schools,” inviting educators and food advocates to explore the potential of adding locally-sourced...Read More
John J Sark Memorial Elementary School, Lennox Island First Nation, PEI Grant term, 2023-2024 We had two main goals with this grant money. Our first was to give students an opportunity to experience a variety of food sources that our local lands and waters provide. The second was to teach a variety of ways of...Read More
Ottawa Technical Secondary School, Ottawa, ON Grant term 2022-2024 Our Farm to Cafeteria program has been a resounding success and we are so grateful for the support. Ottawa Technical Secondary School serves a diverse student population, many of whom live with food insecurity and in living situations that don’t enable a connection to the land...Read More
