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Feb

Not Your Typical Cooking Class

February 24, 2015English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

It’s not just cupcake and muffin lessons. Canadian students are making tortillas, canning the harvest, milking goats, and deboning chickens! These skills are being taught by teachers who are part of a growing group of educators who are shaping student learning by connecting kids with local foods and farmers. Their passion and commitment is...

Jan

Just a Few Quick Visits to the Garden and Kitchen May Help Kids Eat Healthier

January 5, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Endless are the tricks that adults use to get kids to eat vegetables. Derek Hersch has found a winning one in his Superhero Salad, which has the power to persuade kids to eat spinach. Judging by a recent review of studies published in the Centers for Disease Controls’ Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice...

Jul

Students begin farming to help the Abbotsford Food Bank

July 15, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, In the News

Abbotsford News/ Abbotsford Students at Eugene Reimer Middle School are growing vegetables to support the Abbotsford Food Bank. As part of the “Farm to Food Bank” program, which begins with an interactive workshop, students will grow and nurture starter plants and seeds. Click here to see the full article Source: Abbotsford News Journalist: Staff Writer Date: July 4,...

Oct

Halifax students garden, cook for World Food Day

October 21, 2012F2CC CommunicationsEnglish, Farm to School, In the News

Source: CBC News-October 16, 2012 Hundreds of students at Saint Catherine’s School in Halifax are enjoying a free lunch made by their schoolmates in honour of World Food Day. Earlier this week, Grade 5 students at the school on Connolly Street picked the remaining food from the school garden and made a potato soup with...