Now accepting applications for nourish to flourish school grants!
Posted: September 9, 2024
Categories: GoodFoodBites / News from Sustain Ontario
Sustain Ontario is now accepting applications for the new nourish to flourish grant stream that we are offering in partnership with Farm Boy and Farm to Cafeteria Canada!
Full details can be found here.
About the grants:
With a vision to develop an ecosystem where children not only eat nourishing food but also develop a deep understanding and appreciation for food, the nourish to flourish School Grant program will award one-time grants to schools in the amounts of $500, $1,000 and $3,000 for a total of $55,000 to support in-school meal programs as well as food literacy programming in Ontario K-12 schools. This will allow schools to offer educational experiences such as immersive trips to farms, school gardens, and guest speaker events, and to purchase equipment and/or food that is as fresh, healthy, culturally appropriate and as locally and sustainably sourced as possible. Project activities must be implemented between January and June 2025.
Applications are due end of day October 21, 2024.
Eligibility
Applications are open to all schools (kindergarten to grade 12) across Ontario. This includes schools in rural, remote and urban settings.
For the $1,000 and $3,000 grants a portion of allotted funds must be used to support in-school meal programs, including purchasing equipment and/or food. The food purchased with funds should be as fresh, healthy, culturally appropriate and as locally and sustainably sourced as possible.
The remaining funds can support educational programs, equipment and activities such as farm field trips, setting up a school garden, hosting in-school guest speakers and workshops on gardening, harvesting, cooking or other food literacy topics, or working with a permaculture designer or Knowledge Keeper to create a plan for and implement a food forest.
Register for our September 25th webinar and find more details about the grants here.