Ontario Edible Education Network

Connecting children & youth with healthy food systems 🌱 Advocating for #healthykids #schoolfood #schoolgardens #kidscooking #Ontariofood #OntF2S #foodliteracy

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

We've been working hard to prepare for this provincial election through a 4+ month participatory process with 90+ orgs to identify food policy priorities.

We're happy to now share with you the policy summaries, and please stay tuned for #VoteON materials! https://t.co/JCu7ENfTHn

[Farm to Cafeteria @Farm2Cafeteria]

F2CC is very honoured to be chosen as a recipient of the School Food Infrastructure Fund! 💚🏫🍎

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

ICYMI, the Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada have reached a National School Food Program agreement! Ontario will receive $108.5 million over 3 years, supporting an additional 160,000 students with over 9.8 million meals. https://t.co/PFevVEiYpn

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

"Food & recipes tell stories and connect us in meaningful ways to our families, traditions, ourselves, & to each other. So when we empower students in the kitchen & caf to connect to their culture through food, together, they gain a whole lot along the way"https://t.co/QACGndyVT4

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

The Government of Ontario has reached an agreement with the federal government for a National School Food Program! 👏🙌

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

📢Our next meetings for orgs/groups to discuss #foodpolicy recommendations aimed at the provincial level!

Topics + dates:
➡️Income, Labour and Eliminating Poverty - Nov 5
➡️New Farmers/Producers/Harvesters - Nov 7
➡️Edible Education - Nov 7

Learn more ⬇️ https://t.co/IVlFY0kN6U

[Ontario Edible Education Network @onEdibleEd]

⬇️ Get your applications in for a nourish to flourish grant by October 21st! ⬇️

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

📣Reminder!

We're currently accepting applications for the new nourish to flourish grant stream, which will support in-school meal programs and food literacy programming in Ontario K-12 schools.

Applications are due October 21st.
@FarmBoy @Farm2Cafeteria https://t.co/wkOhMv3KuB

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

Did you know it's #FarmtoSchoolMonth?!
Join @Farm2Cafeteria for a 'Connecting to Culture through School Food' webinar on October 23rd!
Learn more and register here: https://t.co/MnVj4vcuAC

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

📣Reminder!

We're currently accepting applications for the new nourish to flourish grant stream, which will support in-school meal programs and food literacy programming in Ontario K-12 schools.

Applications are due October 21st.
@FarmBoy @Farm2Cafeteria https://t.co/wkOhMv3KuB

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

A big thanks to the almost ✨80✨ organizations who have filled out our Ontario Food Policy Priorities survey!! We've just shared an update on our blog with what's next, including upcoming Network meetings: https://t.co/1moGVed8uG

[Coalition for Healthy School Food @C4HSchoolFood]

📰 | #Ontario

He's 'all in' says Premier Doug Ford (@fordnation) in a recent interview with @CBCNews / @iciradiocanada.

Last Friday, he told reporters he's "all in" on a federal plan to provide meals to students and confirmed the province is in talks with the federal government to work out details.

"We're in the midst of discussions right now with the feds," Ford told reporters at an unrelated news conference.

"I think it's so helpful for kids to have a little meal in them. It makes them think better during the day. We're just waiting to hear the amount from the federal government what they're going to be pitching in."

@debbie_field, coordinator for the Coalition for Healthy School Food, a group of non-profit organizations that work to make sure children across Canada have access to healthy meals at school, described the Toronto council motion as "exciting" and "visionary." She said the city wants to make sure that every child has a healthy meal at school every day.

Field said in an interview with CBC Radio's Metro Morning that there is a mid-morning snack program at about 70 per cent of schools in Toronto, but many schools are cutting back. She said the snack program needs to be fixed because funding became tighter during the COVID-19 pandemic.

#onpoli #cdnpoli #schoolfood #worktogether #toronto #ontario #children #youth #parents

Read below the article and share this around this exciting news!
https://t.co/vBY0TVUcEb

[Ontario Edible Education Network @onEdibleEd]

📢 Survey Deadline Extended!

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

Thank you to the almost 60 orgs that've filled out our Ontario food policy priorities survey! We're very excited to strengthen all of our collaborative work together.
*Since many orgs said they need more time, we are keeping the survey open until Oct. 11!* https://t.co/IQ5SScu4wz

[Ontario Edible Education Network @onEdibleEd]

Are you part of a group/org building healthy, equitable & sustainable food systems? @SustainOntario wants to hear from you!! ⬇️

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

We've launched an Ontario Food Policy Priorities Survey!
If you're part of an Ontario-based nonprofit, charity org, network or informal group working on any part of building healthy, equitable & sustainable food systems, we want to hear from you! Read more:https://t.co/nJXy1nUtW0

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

📢 We're now accepting applications for the new nourish to flourish grant stream, in partnership w/ @FarmBoy + @Farm2Cafeteria!
Grants between $500-$3000 will be offered to ~30 Ontario schools to support in-school meal programs + food literacy initiatives: https://t.co/wkOhMv3KuB

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

📢 Coming this school year! Sustain Ontario is pleased to announce the new nourish to flourish grant stream in partnership with @FarmBoy & @Farm2Cafeteria!

There will be $55,000 available in grants for in-school meal programs & food literacy programming: https://t.co/HB4UI88sIU

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

The Government of Canada released its much-anticipated #NationalSchoolFoodPolicy yesterday!
We are very pleased at how closely the Policy aligns with the @C4HSchoolFood's 8 Guiding Principles and recommendations. Learn more: https://t.co/UgxMW3VgsH

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

Happy Local Food Week, friends! 🥕🍅🌱🍓🥔🥒

To celebrate, we hope you’ll support our local farmers and https://t.co/RKME5hSWuS💚
https://t.co/nHN3QkNxIk

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

Since @freshfromfarmON's launch in 2013, 2,600 schools have sold over $5.5 million of Ontario grown fruits and vegetables, equating to over 4.6 million pounds of product! Registration for their fall 2024 school fundraising campaign is now open: https://t.co/SYS5J0McVZ

[Sustain Ontario @SustainOntario]

What are the primary barriers impacting procurement and distribution logistics for local food to be served in school food programs in Ontario? Where are the opportunities? 🔎🍎
Join us for a webinar May 23rd!
@C4HSchoolFood @Farm2Cafeteria @SNOCentralEast https://t.co/DSmttYPmhI

[Coalition for Healthy School Food @C4HSchoolFood]

✍ 📊 | #Canada

✔ Step one : Implement a National School Food Program in #Canada.

🤔 Well, what's next? 🤔

We invite you to read the recent article by Dr. Amberley Ruetz, PhD and Dr. Janet Poppendieck entitled "Opportunities and challenges for school food programs in Canada: Lessons from the #UnitedStates".

Published in the journal #CanadianFoodStudies (@CAFSfoodstudies), this article takes an in-depth look at one of the oldest national school food programs: the United States and explains how #Canada can learn from these lessons.

Discover the article!
https://t.co/kRTu79eeZa