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Jun

School Food Programs in Canada: 15 Promising Cases

June 24, 2024F2CC adminFeatured Resources, Home Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Evidence and Impacts, Resource Centre: Inspiring Stories

May 24, 2024 Publisher: University of Saskatchewan and Coalition for Healthy School Food This report responds to a need for insight into the operational details of school food programs that exist to meet the diverse needs of communities across Canada. It is the first in a series that will form a how-to guide for school...

Jun

“Here to Grow” at Whitewood School

June 13, 2024F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

Whitewood School, Whitewood, SK Grant term 2022-2024 Whitewood School has been extremely grateful for the Farm to School Canada Grant as it has provided numerous healthy experiences for our students and staff. With the grant money, we have purchased garden towers that we use year-round as well as seeds and supplies needed for their maintenance. ...

May

Thomson Community School

May 29, 2024F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Thomson Community School, Regina, SK Grant term 2022-2024 Our Farm to School project was launched in Regina, Saskatchewan in May of 2023. We received our funding in August of 2022, however, we were at the end of the growing season and had to delay our startup until the Spring of 2023. The Thomson School Garden...

Apr

Welcome to our latest Seed Grant recipients!

April 16, 2024F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Aug

Resources for Culturally Appropriate School Food Programs

August 8, 2023F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Curriculum, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities, Resource Centre: Program Sustainability

Photo: Enseigner la nourriture d’abord video, BC Public Service The School Food Development Project (SFDP) is a partnership initiative in Saskatchewan that is working to support schools in the designing and implementation of universal, culturally-appropriate school food programs. As part of this, the project partners have compiled a list of resources ranging from menu plans...

Jun

Kelliher School Community Garden

June 8, 2022F2CC adminF2S Grants, Home Page Blog Feed

Kelliher School, Kelliher, SK Grant term 2020-2022

May

Churchbridge Public School – Getting Kids Gardening

May 18, 2022F2CC adminF2S Grants, Home Page Blog Feed

Churchbridge Public School (CPS), Churchbridge, SK Grant term 2020-2022 Churchbridge Public School (CPS) is a K-12 school in the town of Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, about 2.5 hours east of Regina. It is also one of the first Saskatchewan schools to receive a Farm to School Canada Grant. Like many grant recipient schools in 2020, CPS was...

Mar

Students Celebrate Agriculture Literacy Month with Farm to Fork Event

March 8, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Two Sun West Distance Learning Centre students looking at chickpeas as they tour the University of Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Greenhouses, to learn about how breeders take plants from the wild and turn them into something consumers can eat. (Photo courtesy: Lori Gasper) High school students enrolled with the Sun West Distance Learning Centre are taking a...

May

La Loche Modular Farm to Grow Fresh Produce for School, Community

May 25, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Dene High School recieves $220K grant from PC Children’s Charity By fall there will be fresh, locally-grown produce in La Loche for the high school’s breakfast and lunch programs and the wider community, thanks to a modular farm the size of a shipping container. Students from Dene High School are training to grow and harvest their...

Apr

Learning Circles: Local Healthy Foods to School Initiative Expands to Four Indigenous Communities

April 13, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

What do Little Black River, Manitoba; Ministikwan, Saskatchewan; Hazelton, BC; and Haida Gwaii, BC all have in common? All four communities are implementing Learning Circles in order to increase capacity for more local, healthy, and traditional foods in schools. The three-year project is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through its Pathways...