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23
Aug

Student leadership in School Food

There are so many benefits to engaging students in school food programs. This webinar, co-hosted by two of our Atlantic provincial partners, Nourish Nova Scotia, and Food for All NB, explores the value of involving students in school food work and hears from two educators in the provinces that are making it happen. 
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13
Jun

Webinar Recording: Growing Food on the Land in Indigenous School Communities

Are you interested in learning how school food programs are engaging their students in food forests and growing food on the land? Check out this recording from the Indigenous School Food Circle’s May 2nd webinar: In this webinar, speakers shared how they established their programs, what they set out to do, how the program has...
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29
Mar

Food is Science: a new resource to support science and technology curriculum

Contratulations to our partners at Sustain Ontario on the launch of their new curriculum resource: Food is Science! Sustain Ontario is thrilled to share their new Food is Science website, built to support educators in teaching the new food literacy expectations in Ontario’s Science and Technology curriculum. The site includes lesson plans, learning videos, related...
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28
Mar

New Resource! Growing Success: A School Garden Organization Template

This digital tool is designed to help educators create a living record where all users involved in a school garden can quickly and easily compile their activities. “Growing Success” was created as a spreadsheet workbook to facilitate efficient planning and enhanced communication between educators managing school gardens. Inside the workbook you will find 6 helpful...
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21
Mar

Nominate a school food champion in your community!

Who is a school food champion? Anyone can be a school food champion!  School food champions look different in all communities but they have one thing in common: a passion for connecting students to healthy food and the people and systems that produce it.  To honour school food champions across Canada, we’re launching “Food Connects...
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16
Feb

Seniors & Students Growing Together: an Intergenerational Garden Case Study

In Maple Ridge, British Columbia, you’ll find an Intergenerational Garden that has been nourishing its community for almost 10 years.  Through the garden project, young students, seniors and teachers are growing and learning together. Seniors are passing down important knowledge, and young people are learning how to grow food and care for a garden. The...
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02
Feb

Traditional Foods in Montana School Meals

Toolkit for native foods in Montana school meal programs This toolkit, created in partnership by Montana No Kid Hungry and Indigikitchen, is designed to help school food service professionals identify, procure, and successfully incorporate traditional, healthy foods into their breakfast and lunch programs. It is also a teaching tool to educate those interested in traditional...
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10
Jan

Residents of the Bow Valley Gather for Local School Food!

Inspired by the farm to school Learning Circle model, in March of 2022, the Let’s Gather! event hosted in Canmore, AB encouraged community members in the Bow Valley to connect and spark dialogue around local and resilient food systems by exploring this theme through the lens of school food. This post shares what inspired the...
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