Food Initiatives Greenhouse
506 Resources
Type: Toolkit/Guide
Date: Apr 20, 2017
The toolkit is a resource for municipal governments, urban growers, planners, and organizations to help advocate for policies that support…
Types: Game / Interactive Resource, Lesson Plan, Presentation, Teacher Toolkit/Guide
Date: 2017
This tool kit provides current data on wasted food in Canada and invites students to reflect on their own habits…
Type: Recipe
Date: Apr 12, 2017
The Six by Sixteen website aims to help young people learn to plan and prepare six nutritious, locally sourced meals…
In this document, FoodShare's School Grown project shares tips for having a successful farmers market stall. They go over some…
School Grown's Crop Plan offers 14 worksheets that others can model to do their own crop planning.
School Grown offers its Field Map - a tool used to visually map out the space that each crop will…
This guide teaches how students properly harvest the crops that they grow at School Grown. It also discuss how to…
In this guide participants of School Grown explain why it is important to include youth in creating curriculum. All of…
A step by step guide to planning, implementing, maintaining and evaluating a school garden. Includes a description of benefits for…
Types: Curriculum Link Resource, Game / Interactive Resource, Lesson Plan, Teacher Toolkit/Guide
VeggieMania makes learning about vegetables fun by offering a classroom guide that includes games and activities. This set of resources…
Types: Infographic, Recipe, Toolkit/Guide
Half Your Plate has been developed to help Canadians find easy, budget-friendly ways to fill half of their plate with…
Types: Game / Interactive Resource, Lesson Plan, Toolkit/Guide
Date: 2011
The Healthy Eating Manual is about: Bringing good nutrition and healthy eating to life in a very practical way; Incorporating…
Types: Lesson Plan, Program-Initiative, Recipe, Toolkit/Guide
Date: March 2002
Kids in the Kitchen is a complete community action kit containing everything needed to start and run a Kids’ Cooking…
Types: Fact Sheet, Game / Interactive Resource, Recipe
Tailored to kids, this FoodLand Ontario site shares Fun food facts, Brain teasers, and Recipes about a wide range of…
Type: Brief
Date: April 2015
This document addresses questions such as: What does “Food Skills” mean? Why are Food Skills are Important? What is “Food…
Types: Report/Working Paper, Research
Date: December 2013
This 4-page document provides a summary of Making Something Out Of Nothing, a food literacy research project with youth, young…
Types: Curriculum Link Resource, Game / Interactive Resource, Lesson Plan
Date: 01-Jun-12
With the Cacao Culture Trading Game, students are able able to experience the way in which ancient Mayan society shaped…
Types: Teacher Toolkit/Guide, Website
Since 2008, over 1 million people have partaken in the Great Big Crunch, an annual moment of anti-silence where everyone…
With 'Stone Soup: Story Telling,' Students learn about the importance of community when eating, growing and sharing food, through listening…
With 'Stone Soup: Circle Game', students learn about the importance of community when eating, growing and sharing food.
With the 'Animals in our Food System' cooking and tasting activity, students explore in a fun and safe environment the…
Type: Report/Working Paper
Date: March 2017
This report presents ten lessons learned about changing institutional food (purchasing and food services) and identifies barriers as well as…
Types: Fact Sheet, Website
Date: February 2017
This website from Harvest Haliburton outlines facts and information regarding backyard chickens. The fact sheet aims to inform people looking…
Type: Policy
Date: April 22, 2015
This by-law was passed in 2015 and amended zoning by-laws regarding urban farmers’ markets in Hamilton. The by-law clearly defines…
Date: September 24, 2014
This City of Hamilton by-law allowed for broader operation of community gardens and urban farms throughout the city. It redefines…
Date: August 2013
This report examines Waterloo’s efforts toward supporting local food systems and how current initiatives can be leveraged to advocate for…
Date: 2001
This is the law that mandates food safety and quality in Ontario. The purposes of this act are ensuring quality…
Type: Website
Date: n/a
This website outlines the rules and regulations for selling fruits and vegetables in Ontario. The website provides information regarding information…
Date: June 14, 2011
This document outlines the rules and regulations for keeping backyard hens in Kingston. It reflects what is written in the…
A website that provides information for those looking to grow food on their front yards. The website outlines the benefits,…
Types: Policy, Report/Working Paper
Date: January 29, 2016
This informative report provides an understanding of the current status of community garden policy in Chatham-Kent. The report includes the…
This guide aims to provide information regarding an emerging entrepreneurial trend within the urban gardening community. It connects people with…
This document addresses the accessibility of gardens and garden participation for people with disabilities. It provides tools and resources to…
This resource is a compilation of FoodShare’s Community Gardening 101 workshops that began in 2002. Each topic includes readings and…
Date: October 2013
This guide by Toronto Public Health acknowledges the benefits of urban growing and addresses the need for more information about…
Date: 2015
This is a comprehensive 10-step guide to starting a community garden in Hamilton. It equips individuals or groups with tools…
Type: Case Study
This case study highlights the partnership between Toronto organization FoodShare and the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) that was established…
This website from the City of Toronto outlines the procedures for community garden implementation in the city. The steps for…
This guide aims to bring attention to the significant potential of growing food on public land and its impact on…
Types: Policy Brief or Recommendations, Strategic Plan
This website outlines the Ottawa Food Policy Council’s vision for Ottawa citizens to have access to land for community gardens.…
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