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.
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.
Getting Started with Hydroponics
Check out this learning tool for getting started with hydroponics in your classroom or youth space. Hydroponics is a low-barrier, indoor gardening.
Getting Started with Farm to School Snack
The Getting Started with Farm to School Snack guide will lead schools through the ten steps of implementing a local snack program.
Vegetarian Guide
What does it mean to follow a vegetarian diet? Check out this quick one-pager that explains what a vegetarian diet is, and considerations to keep in mind to keep your program spaces safe for those following a vegetarian diet.
Gluten Allergy Guide
Who follows a gluten-free diet? What is a wheat allergy? Check out this quick one-pager that explains what gluten is, and considerations to keep in mind to keep your program spaces safe for those with allergies or intolerances.
Soy Allergy Guide
Check out this quick one-pager that explains what soy allergy is, and considerations to keep in mind to keep your program spaces safe for those with allergies or intolerances.
Egg Allergy Guide
Check out this quick one-pager that explains what an egg allergy is, and considerations to keep in mind to keep your program spaces safe for those with allergies or intolerances.