Royal Bay Secondary School, Victoria, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) Royal Bay is a three-year old secondary school in the Sooke School District on Southern Vancouver Island, BC. This is the second year we have been working with the Farm to School Canada grant, which is managed collaboratively between our food studies programs and our culinary...Read More
Robert F Hall Community Secondary School, Caledon East, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) With our second year quickly coming to a close, Robert F Hall CSS in Caledon East has had a year of many opportunities and challenges to add to the mix. We continued having our grade 11 and 12 hospitality classes prepare a large...Read More
Sk’aadGaa Naay Elementary School, Skidegate, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) I would like to acknowledge the unceeded territory of the Haida Nation for which I gather, farm and share local food from, Haawa. Venison sliders, fresh local greens, seasonal berries, and halibut soup with fried bread are just a few of the foods on our menu...Read More
Evergreen Independent School, Cobblehill, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) Evergreen Independent School is located in Cobble Hill, BC, a small semi-rural community in the lush Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. Home to 100 students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 7, Evergreen has a flourishing food literacy program that has recently been enhanced by the Farm to...Read More
Pilot Project Underway Many of Food First NL’s projects overlap on a common goal: to make the healthy choice an easy choice for residents of Newfoundland & Labrador. Likewise, we also want to see the local choice become the easy choice. A key step toward reaching these goals is to get more healthy, local food...Read More
Parry Sound High School, Parry Sound, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) This year at Parry Sound High School, students from Ms. Collins and Mr.Graziottio class were able to follow food they planted in our box gardens all the way through to a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. The Farm to School grant has had a significant impact at...Read More
St Dominic Elementary School, Oakville, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) After a successful first year with our salad bar, we were confident that the St. Dominic school community would once again be supportive of our Farm to Cafeteria salad lunch program for year #2 but we had no idea HOW supportive! Our first 8-week term went...Read More
Lake Trail Middle School, Courtany, BC Total Number of Students: 331 in our school 2017-2018 (Year 2) The heart of Lake Trail School’s Weekly Salad Bar program is a core group of incredibly dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers. This group of 10 volunteers show up religiously every Tuesday to prep the salad bar ingredients for service...Read More
Quinte Secondary School, Belleville, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) Quinte Secondary School is located 2 hours west of Toronto Ontario in a city of about 70,000. Our high school is in the center of the city and has about 600 students. We are in our 4th year of “taking back our Café”. We have hired chef...Read More
Majagaleehl Gali Aks Elementary, Hazelton, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) Majagaleehl Gali Aks Elementary School is located in the village of Gitanmaax, in the Upper Skeena region of Northwestern BC, located on Gitxsan Territory. The beautiful Stekyoden Mountain overlooks the school, with the Bulkley and Skeena rivers flowing by below it. The school teaches just over...Read More
