Congrats to Ontario’s 2020 Farm to School Canada Grantees!
Posted: September 22, 2020
Categories: Good Food Ideas for Kids / GoodFoodBites / News from Sustain Ontario / Schools
Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) has announced 34 new Farm to School Canada Grant recipients from 9 provinces and 1 territory. The 2020 grants will enable an estimated 12,000 more students to grow, cook, and eat healthy and local food at school!
As a provincial partner of the grants program, Sustain Ontario is excited to help support the grantees at 8 schools in Ontario, including:
- Wiikwemkoong High School – Wikwemikong, ON
- Shawanosowe School First Nation – Birch Island, ON
- Heritage Public School – Navan, ON
- Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School – Kitchener, ON
- St. Joseph’s Catholic School – Port Elgin, ON
- Palmerston Avenue Public School – Toronto, ON
- École Secondaire Cité-Supérieure – Marathon, ON
The grants will support these schools in bringing more of the local harvest into their cafeterias and classrooms, where it will be featured in a salad bar meal service using the Farm to School Approach.
F2CC first developed the Farm to School Canada Grants program with the Whole Kids Foundation in 2016, and since then, 48,860 students from 137 schools have received a collective $1,215,000 in funding support! The program provides schools with funding and training resources to not only implement a locally- and sustainably-sourced lunch service, but to also give students the opportunity to experience hands-on food and nutrition education.
To hear firsthand about the inspiring ripple effects these grants can have on students and communities, click through some of the past impact stories below from the 2018 and 2016 grant recipients:
2018
- Bruce Peninsula Elementary, Middle and Secondary School – Lion’s Head, ON
- Carleton Village and Wellness Academy (Elementary) – Toronto, ON
- Elizabeth Wynwood Secondary School – Ottawa, ON
- Forest Park Elementary School – St Thomas, ON
- Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary School – Burlington, ON
- Lambton-Kent Composite Secondary School – Dresden, ON
- Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute (Secondary) – Toronto, ON
- Monsignor Morrison Public School – St Thomas, ON
- Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School – Ottawa, ON
- St Jean de Brebeuf Catholic Secondary School – Hamilton, ON
- St Luke Catholic Elementary School – Oakville, ON
2016
- Cardinal Leger Secondary School, Brampton ON
- College Heights Secondary School, Guelph ON
- Eastdale Collegiate High School, Toronto ON
- Ecole Secondaire Hanmer, Hamner, ON
- Ecole Secondaire Macdonald Cartier, Sudbury,ON
- Fellows High School, Pembroke, ON
- Hagersville Secondary School, Hagersville, ON
- Heydon Park Secondary, Toronto, ON
- Loughbourough Public School, Sydenham, ON
- Nobel Public School, Nobel, ON
- Norman Johnston Alternate School, Glouchester, ON
- Oakwood Public School, Oakville, ON
- Open Roads Public School, Dryden, ON
- Parry Sound High School, Parry Sound, ON
- Primrose Elementary School, Primrose, ON
- Regency Acres Public School, Aurora, ON
- Robert F Hall Community Secondary School, Caledon East, ON
- St Dominic Elementary School, Oakville, ON
- Sutton District High School, Sutton, ON
- Sydenham High School, Sydenham, ON
- Quinte Secondary School, Belleville, ON
For updates and impact stories from the 2020 grantees as they emerge, be sure to visit Farm to Cafeteria Canada’s website here. Farm to School Month is also coming up in October, and F2CC will be celebrating by sharing more inspiring stories and resources on their website!