Nova Scotia School Food and Nutrition Policy
Launched in fall 2024, this updated provincial policy provides guidance on all foods and beverages served and sold in school, as well as other aspects of the school food environment.
Budgeting for Breakfast Programs
Stretch your breakfast program dollars with this collection of tested tips.
Reducing Waste in School Healthy Eating Program
Reduce, reuse, recycle! Use these tips to support healthy kids and a healthy planet.
School Garden Resource Guide
There are so many amazing resources beyond Nourish, including funding opportunities for school and community gardens. Check out this external resource guide to find current grant opportunities, amazing curriculum and helpful tools that break down how to garden.
Guide to Greenhouses
This resource can help you make decisions before selecting a greenhouse and location. It also provides helpful information about how to utilize and maintain this garden infrastructure.
Food Literacy Education Guide
Despite food being a tangible, relevant and powerful tool for engaging students, food literacy is an often-neglected component of school food programs. This guide aims to help educators and policy makers see the possibilities of food-based learning – planting seeds of inspiration and providing a better understanding of what food literacy is, and how to incorporate it more holistically into the school, the classroom, and the curriculum. It also provides links to dozens of practical resources: food literacy units and lessons, learning and evaluation tools, best-practice recommendations and more.
Nova Scotia School Food and Beverage Standards
These standards provide the most up to date guidance to help schools determine which foods and beverages to serve and sell.
Local Food Lunch Toolkit for Food Service Providers
Nova Scotia produces a bounty of local ingredients! These recipes bring them together to create healthy lunches your students will love.