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Jun

Wayne Roberts on the Food Movement 2.0

June 27, 2014English, Policy, Stories from the field

Photo Above: Food activist and organizer Roberts: ‘Partnerships are the future of food policy.’ Wayne Roberts describes himself as the “Mr. Magoo” of municipal food policy; often stumbling and frequently saved by luck (the kind that comes from years of practice.) Roberts has decades of experience as a community organizer, and from 2000 to 2010...

Jun

Farm to Cafeteria Initiatives: Connections with the Tribal Food Sovereignty Movement

June 26, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, Publications

This publication seeks to profile work underway in Native America to restore traditional food systems for children in tribal schools. Download a the full report here: Farm to Cafeteria Initiatives

Jun

Eating Our Peas and Carrots: Strategies for Expanding k-12 Access to Fruits and Vegetables Through Supply Chain Innovation and Investment

June 26, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, Publications

An evaluation of Upper Midwest school district’s use of fruits and vegetables in K-12 settings and the nature of supply chains that currently provide produce. Download a the full report here: Eating Our Peas and Carrots

Jun

Procuring Local Foods for Child Nutrition Programs

June 24, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, Publications

A USDA resource guide designed for schools in identifying and procuring locally grown and produced food for school nutrition programs. Download a the full report here: Procuring Local Foods for Child Nutrition Programs

UBC Leading the Farm-to-Healthcare Movement

Jun

Farm to Hospital on Campus: UBC leads the way!

June 24, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Stories from the field

Patients in healthcare facilities are immunologically vulnerable, and it is essential to provide them with adequate nutrition to maximize healing and recovery. This concept is the driving force for an innovative farm-to-healthcare initiative at the University of British Columbia. In January 2014, The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm embarked on a three-year...

May

How Brazil Cracked the Local Food Distribution Puzzle

May 28, 2014English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Photo Above: Farmer Dona Madalena with a crop of passion fruit sold through the farm to school program in Tangara de Serra, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Photo by Hannah Wittman. When Hannah Wittman first started traveling to Central Brazil more than a decade ago, she was astounded at the sheer tenacity of the small family farmers...

May

Can We Talk About Race in the Food Movement?

May 6, 2014English, Stories from the field

When pioneering chef and advocate Alice Waters told the thousand-plus delegates at a recent Farm to Cafeteria conference that “the question of local food is deeply a question of equality,” she struck a chord that had been resonating throughout the conference all week. Sure, local food is about good health and the environment. It’s about supporting...

Apr

Foods Work: Doing What Comes Naturally in Haida Gwaii

April 15, 2014Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field

Place-based learning. Culturally Responsive Education. Experiential learning. Life-long learning. Nice ideas, now what does that look like in the classroom? Come and see how two teacher’s explorations into connecting students with their learning evolved into a Foods Program that spills across curriculum and enlivens the campus of a rural BC high school on the islands of Haida Gwaii. In the...

Apr

Farm to Cafeteria Canada Supports Local Food Acts: Local farmers want new markets, patients and students want local food.

April 3, 2014English, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Our efforts are paying off! Farm to Cafeteria Canada has been working behind the scenes with representatives from diverse sectors right across the country to support the introduction and adoption of policy that will get more local foods into our public institutions. Last June, we were delighted to support the introduction of bill C-539 in...

Jan

Equiterre helps daycares buy local food

January 29, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

In 2013, 15 daycare centres in the Montérégie region of Quebec received help from environmental group Equiterre as part of the Croqu’Plaisir program, which encourages the creation of healthy food environments for preschoolers in daycare facilities, in part by promoting the purchase of local produce. It was the program’s first year, and already, the results...