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  FoodShare, together with LoyaltyOne, EcoSource, and special guest, The Green Bronx Machine’s Stephen Ritz, invite all Ontario elementary teachers for a *free* day of learning, experiencing, networking and ideation. Come and see why over 200 schools nation-wide are raving about the Good Food Machine program — an experiential learning, curriculum-linked food literacy program for teachers of […]

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• Report on the Current State of Local Food Awareness and Utilization in Meal and Snack Programs Targeted to Young Children in Ontario

  The Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC) at the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) has collaborated with the Greenbelt Fund on a research project, in partnership with the Food Innovation & Research Studio (FIRSt) at George Brown College (GBC) and the Helderleigh Foundation, which has just released its final report: The Current State of Local Food Awareness […]

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• Farm to School in Ontario Presentations: A Summary of our Workshop

  On February 28, 2019, Sustain Ontario hosted an interactive workshop entitled Farm to School in Ontario: Exploring Solutions to Common Challenges.  This event, held in partnership with the George Brown College Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts, brought together passionate Farm to School champions from across Ontario to discuss ways to enhance their Farm to […]

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• 2019 budget plants seed for a National School Food Program

  With last week’s federal budget announcement comes the first-ever commitment from the federal government to work with the provinces and territories towards the creation of a National School Food Program. The announcement (and its recognition of the importance of healthy school food) is an exciting victory for those of us who have been working with […]

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• Growing Farm to School in Ontario: workshop explores solutions to common challenges

  On February 28, 2019, Sustain Ontario hosted an interactive Farm to School (F2S) Workshop in partnership with the George Brown College Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts, which brought together some of the passionate people working on F2S activities in Ontario to explore solutions to common challenges. It was fantastic to have such a powerful […]

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• Get ready for 2019’s Great Big Crunch on March 28th!

  Are you ready to make some noise for healthy school food?! Another Great Big Crunch is fast approaching on March 28th! The Great Big Crunch is a national movement and annual moment of anti-silence in which students, teachers, parents and others passionate about food join the food movement and crunch into apples (or any crunchy […]

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• Join the #OntF2S Discussion on Twitter!

  To generate some discussion before our upcoming Farm to School (F2S) Workshop on Thursday, February 28, Farm to School in Ontario: Exploring Solutions to Common Challenges, we’re going to be sending out some F2S questions on Twitter over the next few weeks! The questions are open to anyone on Twitter who is interested in Farm […]

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• Agenda posted for Farm to School Workshop: Exploring Solutions to Common Challenges

  Our upcoming interactive workshop with the Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts at George Brown College, Farm to School in Ontario – Exploring Solutions to Common Challenges, is now just a few weeks away, taking place on Thursday, February 28! We’re currently busy planning for the day around the responses given in the registration survey so […]

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• Sign the Petition to Nourish Kids Now and Invest in School Food

  At the end of last year, the Coalition for Healthy School Food launched a petition to the federal government, calling for “an adequately-funded national cost-shared universal healthy school food program.” (The petition aligns with Senator Eggleton’s Motion No. 358, which was introduced in June 2018.) Over the past month, the petition has picked up steam and is […]

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• Workshop to explore solutions to common Farm to School challenges Feb. 28

  On Thursday, February 28, 2019, we invite you to join Sustain Ontario and the Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts at George Brown College for an interactive workshop focused on exploring solutions to common Farm to School challenges in Ontario. Audience: Schools, school boards, Student Nutrition Programs, non-profits, public health, and everyone who supports and […]

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