Organizations
Various organizations help to roll out practical workshops and courses, create community gardens or set up nutrition education programs in schools or educational childcare services.
Farm to Cafeteria
Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) is a non-profit organization that works to transform the way food is experienced and celebrated in all schools across Canada. F2CC works with partners to increase the capacity of school communities across the country by connecting students to food and the local systems that produce it.
It focuses on three pillars:
- providing access to healthy local food at school;
- engaging students in hands-on food literacy;
- connecting students to their broader communities, including those involved in their local food system.
Nourishing Indigenous Foods and Foodways in Schools Initiative
This initiative intends to support Indigenous school communities throughout the country to have more capacity to harvest, preserve, grow, and serve more Indigenous food and other nourishing food to children and youth, including harvested plants, game, and fish from nearby lands and waters, and to engage students in Indigenous foodways and gaining food skills.
Who is involved? This work is being launched by Farm to Cafeteria Canada. It is being undertaken in partnership with Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations and school communities, in addition to being guided by a Circle of Advisors.
What is this project’s duration? This project will be taking place over the next 4 years (January 2024 to November 2027) with the hope that this project can keep up the momentum long after it comes to an end.
