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Resource Tag: School Food

Information Sheets – Beet

The Farm to School Snack Information Sheets highlight how each vegetable and fruit is grown, how it is enjoyed around the world, fun facts, and creative ways to explore the snack. To enhance the taste testing experience, these resources can be shared during morning announcements or read aloud by the classroom teacher as students enjoy their snack.

Information Sheets – Apple

The Farm to School Snack Information Sheets highlight how each vegetable and fruit is grown, how it is enjoyed around the world, fun facts, and creative ways to explore the snack. To enhance the taste testing experience, these resources can be shared during morning announcements or read aloud by the classroom teacher as students enjoy their snack.

School Food Programs in Canada- 15 Promising Cases

Now that Canada has a National School Food Program, these promising school food programs illustrate the innovation that is already happening to support the health, education and overall well-being of children and youth. This report responds to a need for insight into the operational details of school food programs that exist to meet the diverse needs of communities across Canada.

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.

School Food Programs in Canada – Needs Assessment and Community Engagement Guide

As the National School Food program rolls out, many schools will be undertaking school food programs (SFPs) for the first time, assessing their needs and capacity, and creating new SFPs from scratch. Others will be taking stock of their existing programs; evaluating and prioritizing their students’ needs; assessing the strengths, and challenges of current models; and making plans for upscaling and improving on past successes. This guide will help both groups by offering information and recommendations for conducting needs assessments and engaging key partners; and providing guidance for community consultation and collaboration.

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.

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.