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Lambton-Kent Composite School, Dresden, ON

Aug

Red Rocket Salad Bar becomes a ‘new tradition’ at Lambton-Kent Composite

August 1, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Lambton-Kent Composite School, Dresden, ON 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Lambton-Kent Composite School is located in the historical town of Dresden, Ontario, a small community in Southwestern Ontario. Situated on a treed campus, Lambton-Kent Composite School is home to approximately 295 students and staff. We are an agricultural community and many of our students are connected...

Salisbury Elementary school, Salisbury NB

Jul

Expanding Food Literacy Through Farm to School

July 31, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Salisbury Elementary School, Salisbury, New Brunswick 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) The Farm to School grant to Salisbury Elementary school allowed us to expand our goals of providing food literacy to our students. Students brainstormed ideas around promoting our Salad Bar. They created posters, songs and digital pictures. They started a “buy 5 salads and get...

Jul

Elementary and High School Work Together for Salad Bar Success!

July 26, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Sydenham High School, Sydenham, ON 2018-2019 (Additional Story) Sydenham High School is in a rural setting yet holds about 700 students. It was very fortunate to receive a beautiful new kitchen as part of a renovation a few years ago. In collaboration with our neighbouring elementary school, Loughborough, we have been helping to provide local...

Carleton Village Sports & Wellness Academy, Toronto ON

Jul

Teaching Wellness and a Healthy Lifestyle through a Farm to School Lens

July 23, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Carleton Village Sports & Wellness Academy, Toronto ON 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) As a Sports & Wellness Academy, Carleton Village school in Toronto, has an enhanced curriculum and school wide commitment to student well-being and healthy living, making it an ideal fit for incorporating a Farm to School Approach. Every student participates in experiential workshops...

Jul

From Seed To Sub

July 18, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Riverview Middle School, Riverview, NB 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Thanks to a partnership with Farm to Cafeteria Canada, we can offer students healthier food options. As an alternative to their traditional hot lunch options, student can now order customized subs and salads sourced from locally sourced produce and meat. In order to address the region’s short...

Jul

From Farm to Table, and back again – in 100 steps!

July 17, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

Sir Guy Carleton Secondary, Ottawa, ON 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Year one of our Farm to School salad bar adventure has come to a close, and what a phenomenal year it has been. By joining this amazing initiative, we have been able to take our existing foods and green industries programs and expand both to...

Jul

Farm to School Approach in Action

July 10, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

Oakwood Public School, Oakville, ON 2018-2019 (Year 3) With the 2018/19 school year having official drawn to a close, the F2CC team has had the privilege of hearing from our many grantees participating in the Farm to School Canada: Digs-In! initiative and all that they’ve been up to in the past school year. This includes...

Cambridge-Narrows Community School (C-NCS) Cambridge-Narrows, NB

Jul

Six years of Farm to School & still going strong!

July 9, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Cambridge-Narrows Community School (C-NCS) Cambridge-Narrows, NB 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) The small Village of Cambridge-Narrows is located in South-Central New Brunswick and their community school is home to a thriving Farm to School initiative which benefits students from kindergarten to grade 12. Originally part of F2CC’s Nourishing School Communities initiative, this school is still going...

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...

May

Celebrating the Harvest with the Farm to School Young Chef Competition

May 17, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Conference, Farm to School, Stories from the field

What is the Young Chef Competition? During the Farm to School National Conference celebrated in Victoria BC (May 15th– 17th), the Young Chef Competition aimed to showcase some of the healthy, delicious dishes that students cook up on a day to day basis at schools across the province. Applications were solicited for student-created recipes from...