Share Your Input: Strengthening School Food Partnerships in the Fraser Region!

Farm to School BC (F2SBC) connects students across British Columbia with nutritious, local, and sustainable food while offering hands-on learning opportunities that foster food literacy. Increasing the presence of BC foods in schools can benefit students, schools, and communities by bolstering the local food system, supporting the economy, and enriching students’ knowledge of and connections to food systems (Feed BC, 2024).

F2SBC is organizing a school food-focused gathering in the Fraser region to connect school districts with local food producers and processors. Scheduled for Spring 2025, this event aims to foster meaningful conversations among school districts, BC-based food producers, processors, and other stakeholders passionate about school food initiatives.

The gathering will focus on two main objectives:

1. Highlighting and showcasing successful partnerships between local producers and schools in the region that help bring more nutritious and local foods into schools.
2. Facilitating discussions and networking opportunities to inspire new collaborations and partnerships between school districts and local producers and processors.

To help us ensure this event meets your needs, we’d greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to complete this brief survey.

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Do you currently have connections with local farmers or producers / processors? *

• Yes
• No

If yes, could you please share who these local producers are?

Do you work with a third-party contractor for your school meal program? *

• Yes
• No

If yes, could you please share who these contractors are?

What would be most important for you to learn from this event? *

In your opinion, what is the biggest challenge in connecting schools with local producers/processors? *

What solutions have you found to address this challenge? *

Would you be interested in presenting at this upcoming event (maximum 10-minute presentation)? *

• Yes
• No
• Maybe

Is there anything else you’d like to share with us?

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