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.
Culinary Herbs
A learning tool that talks about different elements of growing and cooking with many different herbs. It features some growing tips and each is matched with a Nourish recipe.
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.
Grab and Go Breakfast Recipes
A delicious, nutritious breakfast doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming! Use these recipes to support students with a convenient start to fuel their school day