Eating for Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools – Webinar Recap
Posted: February 28, 2017
Categories: Edible Education Network / GoodFoodBites / News from Sustain Ontario / Webinars
The recorded webinar and presentation slides from our Eating for Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools are now available!
This webinar was the second in our Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools webinar series. Recorded on February 22, 2017, this webinar focused on how to use school meals (including cafeteria lunches, hot meal days, salad bars, hospitality classes, and your school’s Student Nutrition Program / breakfast program) to enable local food literacy education.
Hosted by Carolyn Webb (Sustain Ontario’s Edible Education Network), with presentations from Kim McGibbon and Alia Wurdemann Stam (Roots to Harvest), Emma Rooney (Ecosource), Kerry Greco (Cardinal Leger SS), Kaitlyn Visser and Shiba Anjum (Oakwood PS), and Lyndsay Davidson (OSNP-SWR) this webinar provides:
- Case studies of schools in Ontario that are using more local foods in their menus and offerings, as well as meal programs that are involving local food education in their mandate.
- Ideas for how to get students excited about local food.
- Curriculum connections to various subject areas.
Eating For Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools from Sustain Ontario on Vimeo.
Download the webinar slides:
- Carolyn Webb (Sustain Ontario) – Welcome and introductions
- Kim McGibbon and Alia Wurdemann Stam (Roots to Harvest) – Local Food Literacy in the Cafeteria
- Emma Rooney (Ecosource) – Local Food Literacy in a High School Classroom
- Kaitlyn Visser and Shiba Anjum (Oakwood PS) – Local Food Literacy Though an Elementary School Salad Bar
- Lyndsay Davidson (OSNP-SWR) – Student Nutrition Programs and Local Food Literacy
Access our 4-page Eating for Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools Summary Tipsheet
Thank you to all of our partners for making this webinar series possible!
