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Bringing the Farm (and Farmer) to School in the Headwaters Region
The Headwaters Food and Farming Alliance has launched two Farm to School pilot programs in the region - Education Workshops bringing farmers into schools, and a Local Food Club, sending food packages ...
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A model for healthy food in Ontario Schools: FoodShare’s Good Food Café
Alvin Rebick, Kitchen and Good Food Program Senior Manager, talked with us about FoodShare's Good Food Café in particular, which has grown in various forms since it began as a pilot project 5 years a...
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Being the Change at School Sporting Events: A Photo Story Update from Dr. David Suzuki Public School
Dr. David Suzuki Public School in Windsor has consistently been an exemplary model for parents and school working together to bring healthy, nutritious food to the students in a resourceful, unique ma...
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“Educaterers” Serving Real Food for Real Kids receive Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation
Lulu Cohen-Farnell began RFRK 10 years ago, aiming to enable and inspire a lifetime of healthy eating, while helping families to embrace real food. Getting real, healthy food into schools, childcare c...
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Featured Favourite Edible Resources: GTGK Lesson Plans
Green Thumbs Growing Kids has some spectacular lesson plans on their website, with something for every elementary grade. The lessons are fantastic guides for connecting children to their food and demo...
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Green Thumbs Growing Kids: Getting Kids “Hooked on Veggies”
Green Thumbs Growing Kids (GTGK) took root in 1999 as an after-school gardening and nature program for children aged 6-12, and founder Sunday Harrison saw it quickly grow into the successful learning ...
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Economic Profile for the Golden Horseshoe
The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance (GHFFA) released an Agriculture and Agri-Food Economic Profile for the Golden Horseshoe last month, analyzing data surrounding economic impact, number ...
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Students Becoming Farmers in the Playground
Farmers in the Playground (FiTP) is a kitchen and garden education program that currently runs in 3 schools in Muskoka and Parry Sound. The program connects kids to their food, working to turn the kid...
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The Stop’s Wide Reach in Good Food Education
“Charity is like a bandaid. It only helps for that time, but when it’s done you have the same problem,” a grade 5 student shares. These are the sort of powerful remarks and lessons learned from ...
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Kids Learn How to Grow on Manitoulin Island with Kids Can Grow Project
The Kids Can Grow Project teaches young people how to foster good growing habits by linking them with knowledgeable farmers and gardeners in the area, teaching kids how to grow plants and bring them t...
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Ecosource Brings Local Food to Durham Schools
Ecosource, based out of the Region of Peel, has expanded their work on institutional food procurement into Durham Region through a recently-celebrated Cafeteria Connects project, where they worked to ...
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Featured Favourite Edible Resources: Shelburne Farms
Everdale has shared one of their favourite resources with us to spread across the Network! Shelburne Farms, in Shelburne, VT www.shelburnefarms.org. Cultivating change for a sustainable future, Shelbu...