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Local Foods to School: Reconnecting the children of Haida Gwaii to their land and their food.

Dec

Foods From the Islands: Changing the Way We Feed Our Kids

December 1, 2017English, Farm to School, Featured Resources, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities, Resource Centre: Inspiring Stories, Stories from the field, Videos

A beautiful 8-minute documentary sharing how the people of Haida Gwaii have come together through a Learning Circle to transform the systems that feed their kids. This video showcases the efforts of the Haida Gwaii Local Foods to School initiatives that are bringing local foods and traditions into schools by connecting students and staff with...

Oct

Toronto Students Embrace Healthy Eating Through Food Education Project

October 26, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Grade 4 and 5 students at Bala Avenue Community School say they’re eating more fruits and vegetables thanks to the lessons. (Nick Boisvert/CBC) The Good Food Machine students help students grow, harvest and prepare foods in the classroom Inside a classroom at Bala Avenue Community School, a group of students approach their indoor garden...

Oct

Vancouver Students Dig in for Farm to School Month

October 24, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Jenna Jaski of Victory Gardens Vancouver helps facilitate the Classroom Gardener program at East Van’s David Livingstone elementary school. The program is one of many across the city that aim to get students out of classrooms and into the garden and the kitchen. Photo by Dan Toulgoet It’s pouring rain as a class of Grade...

Oct

Growing Up Organic

October 16, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Heritage Public School in Navan, Ottawa, Ontario is pretty proud of our new veggie gardens built by parent council and community volunteers. Here’s an article published in our local newspaper as well as some pictures. During the 16/17 school year, Heritage Public School’s parent council in Navan came across a program called Growing Up Organic,...

Oct

School Greenhouse Launched in St. John’s!

October 16, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

Article by Food First NL, provincial F2CC lead in Newfoundland and Labrador for Farm to School St. Bonaventure’s College in St. John’s, NL was a recipient of the Farm to School Month prize in 2016 for $1500. With those funds, along with matching funds from school donors, students and volunteers recently built the school a...

Oct

Farm to School a Growing Program

October 13, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Farm to School program at Edward Milne Community School teaches food literacy Understanding where food comes from is key October is Farm to School Month across Canada and the U.S.A . and it comes at a time of year when, in a more agrarian past, every child would have been aware of the harvesting of...

CPHO Dr. Theresa Tam, MP Julie Dabrosin and Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor learn about the incredible garden at Norman Johnston Alternate School from student Maddie Richards.

Oct

Norman Johnston Digs In! to Launch New National Farm to School Program

October 11, 2017F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: MP Julie Dabrusin, Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, CPHO Dr. Theresa Tam, Kim Herrington from Whole Kids Foundation, and Joanne Bays from F2CC planting a tree at Norman Johnston Alternate School to celebrate Just Dig In. 2017-2018 (Year 2) Norman Johnston Alternate School, Glouchester, ON Total Student Enrollment: 253 Norman Johnston (NJ) is an alternate high...

MP Julie Dabrusin, Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, CPHO Dr. Theresa Tam, Kim Herrington from Whole Kids Foundation, and Joanne Bays from F2CC planting a tree at Norman Johnston Alternate School to celebrate Just Dig In.

Oct

2017 Farm to School Month Canada Photo Gallery

October 6, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Canada’s Minister of Health Digs in to Launch Farm to School Month Canada and a New panCanadian Farm to School Initiative Norman Johnston Alternative School, Glouchester, Ontario. Subjects in Photo (left to right): Julie Dabrosin, MP Toronto-Danforth, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Canada’s Minister of Heaith, Dr Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Kim Herrington, Program Director, Whole Kids...

Sep

Helping Kids Develop a Green Thumb

September 28, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

How one organization in Toronto is getting city-dwelling children excited about growing their own food. Photo: The kids and volunteers at Green Thumbs Growing Kids are encouraged to taste, harvest and take food from the school garden home. (DREAMSTIME) Kids take their lead where they find it. Parents steer kids in one direction, sometimes their school lives...

Sep

You Can Make Friends with Salad

September 7, 2017F2CC adminCanada Digs In, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Norkam Senior Secondary School, Kamloops, BC This year at NorKam Senior Secondary in Kamloops, BC, our cafeteria class started a salad bar for a fresh, healthy addition to our regular lunch service. We began this semester by growing our own vegetables, herbs and microgreens in anticipation of improving our cafeteria’s menu selection, and quality and...