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College Heights Secondary School, Guelph ON

May

The Garden of Eatin’

May 11, 2016F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School

College Heights Secondary School, Guelph ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) This year’s theme for the College Heights Secondary School Salad Bar program has been “Connections!” In Guelph, Ontario we live in a City with a rich agricultural background. As a small vocational school with 400 students we have been able to connect to all corners of...

May

St. Mary’s French Immersion is Having Fun with Good Food

May 6, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Algoma Public Health is excited to support St. Mary’s French Immersion as they explore, grow, cook, taste and have fun with good food. To kick start the initiative, local Certified Organic Farmer, Fannie McFadden from McFadden’s Acres, spoke to the entire student body about where food comes from and what it’s like to be a...

Apr

Food for Thought: Colquitz students learn through hot lunch

April 8, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

We’re all taught the food pyramid as children, but a Colquitz middle school teacher is ensuring that students will continue to develop healthy eating habits as they enter their teens. For the last several years, Grade 6 teacher Laura-Lyn Helton has been getting students involved in a twice-monthly hot lunch program, providing an educational avenue...

Mar

Garden Supplies Fresh Food for Cafeteria – Carihi Mirror

March 16, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

“I want a garden where my students can go out and learn about where their food comes from.” That was part of teacher Jessica Mann’s goal when she started her Carihi garden initiative. Mann teaches the cafeteria program at Carihi, as well as the baking class, and she runs the school’s Gardening Club. The garden...

Mar

Yarrow Students Serve up Smoothies Though Pedal Power

March 9, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

What’s green and healthy and made on two wheels? A blender bike smoothie, of course. They are the latest sensation at Yarrow elementary, and are whipped up every Tuesday morning by the students, for the students. At about 9 a.m., one chosen class makes their way to the school’s lobby, where all of the ingredients...

Nov

Getting Kids Into Gardening, Part III: Creating a Resilience Garden

November 30, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Publications, Stories from the field

Hands-on experience in getting the most out of a garden is going to be an invaluable skill in the challenging times ahead and getting kids enthusiastically involved, in their early years, is important for their future resilience. Giving your garden (or part of it) a theme can help inspire children and this particular garden theme...

Oct

Health Authority Staff Help Students get Dirty to Grow Interest in Healthy Food

October 13, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority dietitians and public health nurses are helping students get interested in growing and enjoying healthy food. They are members of the Farm to School Vancouver Area Regional Hub (F2SVA) that oversee Farm to School activities in the Vancouver area. A Vancity credit union grant provided the funds to hire a local...

Sep

F2S Salad Bars Take Root in New Brunswick

September 9, 2015English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Salad bars in schools. An oxymoron? Not in the US where the 4000th school salad bar was granted earlier this year. As part of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign, over $10 million in salad bar equipment and training has been provided to US schools. Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) is championing the same model in...

May

Lettuce Rejoice: Salad Bar Program Launches at St. Bonaventure’s

May 20, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

Some parents may struggle to get kids to eat their greens, but at St. Bonaventure’s College in St. John’s students are excited about a new salad bar featuring local seasonal vegetables. Students lobbied for a wider variety of healthy options in the school’s cafeteria and applied for the Farm to Cafeteria Canada program — which they got....

May

Students Complain, Salad Bar Springs Up

May 20, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Thirteen year-old Sarah Lewis never liked the chicken burgers and pizza at her school’s cafeteria. Although they were cheap, they were far from nutritious and anything but local. One day, when the healthiest thing she could find was a preservative-packed Caesar salad, she realized something needed to change. “Everything I saw was unhealthy. I didn’t...