This page is a work in progress, if you have any feedback or want to share a resource, please email Addie at foodliteracy@nullfarmtoschoolbc.ca.
- Vancouver Coastal Health’s “Recommendations for Minimizing COVID-19 Risk for Community-Based Food Programs“.
- For those community gardeners out there, visit BC Food Security Gateway’s page on Community Gardens in Pandemic Times.
- For more information about eating and food for families/guardians, educators, and in general, head to their website for “Supporting Healthy Eating at School” page
| Resource Title (Link) |
Organization | Summary |
| Gardening Videos | Victory Gardens, Vancouver |
Victory Gardens presents: How to Grow an Organic Vegetable Garden. Planning, soil, seeds and transplants, winter gardening, and growing garlic. |
| Fresh Five | Fresh Roots, Vancouver, BC |
Each week, we will be sharing five of our favorite ideas for at home learning around the things Fresh Roots is known for: food and food systems, ecological stewardship, and community celebration.
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| Healthy at Home | DASH BC |
Adapted DASH BC lessons for at home use, both cooking and gardening resources available.
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| BC Ag at Home | BC Agriculture in the Classroom |
Weekly story-telling videos, live and recorded on Facebook, as well as lesson plans for teachers.
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| Growing Chefs! at Home | Growing Chefs, Vancouver, BC |
Weekly videos from chefs about different things to cook with children at home.
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| Neighborhood Nature School | SPEC, Vancouver, BC |
This online learning hub for students from (K – 7) is to learn about the environment, gardening and growing food together, our local food systems, exploring nature through observations and curiosity and sharing fresh and healthy recipes.
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| BC Dairy Lesson Plans | BC Dairy | Adapted BC Dairy lesson plans for working from home. |
| Grow BC | BC Agriculture in the Classroom | Many lessons on BC’s agriculture sector. |
| Edible Education Home Classroom | Edible Schoolyard Project, USA | Adapted lesson plans for at home gardening and cooking. |
| Community-Based Food Programs | Vancouver Coastal Health |
Minimizing COVID-19 Risk for Community-Based Food Programs.
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| 4H at Home | 4H, BC |
4-H @ HOME is designed to provide 4-H members, leaders, and parents with resources and activities that can be completed from the comfort of your own home.
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| Food Matters Action Toolkit | Food Matters |
10 Action Kits all about various aspects of food waste
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| Roots and Shoots at Home | Roots and Shoots, USA |
This page includes exclusive lesson plans, activities, 1-Click Actions, projects, an online course, reflections, and opportunities to stay connected.
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| Weekly Outdoor Activities | Learning for a Sustainable Future |
SF is curating this weekly collection of activities drawn from our Resources for Rethinking (R4R) database, focusing on outdoor activities.
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| Canada’s Revised Food Guide Resources | Interior Health | Activities centered around Canada’s Food Guide. |
| Kitchen Classroom | America’s Test Kitchen |
Weekly recipes, hands-on activities and experiments, and fun food quizzes to tackle in the kitchen. Includes both simpler recipes and activities for weekdays and a bigger project the whole family can accomplish on Saturday or Sunday.
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| Garden Ideas for Kids, Parents, and Teachers | Kids Gardening |
This page has many kids’ garden activities, garden-based educational resources, gardening advice, and other helpful tips to inspire you to just keep growing.
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| Step by step recipes | Project Chef |
Recipes with step-by-step instructions and photos, amazing resource for those beginner chefs!
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| Home composting system | Porch Advice |
A basic outline of how to start and run a composting system at home.
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