Connecting with Local Farmers Addie de Candole Welcome Back! Happy new year! We hope you had a wonderful holiday, and are excited to start growing more food in 2018. At Farm to School BC, we love to hear about New Years Resolutions pertaining to growing and eating more local food! In this blog post, […]
Kamloops Region Farm to School Hub – Community Animator Winter Blog Post
Vancouver Region Farm to School Hub – Community Animator Fall Blog Post
F2SVA Fall 2017 Blog: Opportunities to Indigenize School Food Systems Fall is in the air, and our land and waters are transforming. Leaves are turning, chestnuts are falling, and salmon are ending their journeys. In this abundant and rich rainforest ecosystem, there are countless opportunities to engage in our local food cycles and traditional […]
Kamloops Region Farm to School Hub – Community Animator Fall Blog Post
Kamloops Region Farm to School Hub It is back to school for students across the province, and with that, come an abundance of food! It’s harvest time for farms and gardens in Kamloops, and our Farm to School teachers are raring to get their hands on some of that food. Other than growing food […]
Capital Region Farm to School Hub – Community Animator Fall Blog Post
Capital Region Farm to School Blog With the first month of school behind us, school garden are looking beautiful and salad bar programs are feeding students healthy local food. October provides a delicious fall’s bounty. Winter squashes, potatoes and cabbages are great for soups and fall salads. This October, we celebrate Farm to School Month […]
Students Serving Salad… And So Much More!
At South Nelson Elementary School, we feel that we have genuinely incorporated the Farm to School vision with the successful implementation of our weekly salad bar lunch program which features fresh and local vegetables. We have two local farmers who deliver produce directly to our school. A baker from our neighborhood who bakes fresh bread, […]
Rockheights Salad Garden
Rockheights Middle School, located in the Township of Esquimalt is a school with 214 students, 54% of whom are considered at risk in the vulnerability index. For the specific garden project, 30 students are directly involved. These students are primarily in grade six but we also have a contingent of grade seven and eight students […]
Crunch, Munch and Learn a Bunch: A Story of Taking Back the High School Snack
Cultivating healthy eating and ecological stewardship may require much more than good snacks- but they are certainly a decent starting point. With our Farm to School BC grant, we are transforming a part of the school food landscape by empowering students to produce, market and sell preserved fruits and vegetables. During the initial months of implementation, we have […]
Growing Together-Ucluelet Elementary School
Growing Together: Ucluelet Elementary School Garden There is only one way to describe our first year in the garden, ‘Growing Like a Weed!’ Through a collaborative approach our school garden grew tremendously. Starting with a 320 square foot greenhouse, in less than a year it grew to a 7200 foot garden enclosure. Our school garden […]
Christina Lake Elementary Adds a Crunch to Lunch
Christina Lake Elementary School embarked on introducing Tower Gardens to the school community in the spring of 2015. Our idea was to grow vegetables using Tower Garden Growing Systems, and use the vegetables to create a free salad bar program for all students. The Tower Garden Growing System uses aeroponic technology to simultaneously grow up to 28 […]
Which Came First the Chicken or the Farmstand?
Our Farm to School program has been extremely successful. Students have been truly empowered by learning about soil, composting, preparing garden beds, planting seeds, watering, caring for plants and harvesting food. We offered a Harvest Lunch twice this year. Students, as well as staff and many parents prepared food sourced from our partner farm, North End […]