Launching the School Food Blog!
Take a look at the Ottawa school food blog for ideas on how to incorporate good food into your school!
Similar Posts
Building Community Through Good Food at Devonshire Community School
Stephen Skoutajan has been running a food based learning program at Devonshire Community Public School for eleven years. He is a pioneer in developing innovative and inspiring initiatives that promote healthy food, sustainable communities and are directly linked to the curriculum. Stephen also has many more years’ worth of ideas stuffed in his back pocket…
Cultivating Cooks at Woodroffe Avenue Public School
When Carley Schelck from Cultivating Cooks approached Woodroffe Avenue Public School with the idea of piloting a series of healthy food workshops, Grade 5 teacher MacArthur Millen didn’t know what to expect. Over the next 10 weeks, he and his students were blown away by the incredible learning and delicious food knowledge that Carley and…
Ottawa Network For Education Hiring a Classrooms Garden Manager!
They are looking for an energetic individual to manage and grow ONFE’s Classroom Gardens program. Students in this exciting new initiative grow plants from seed and learn in a hands-on way about plant life-cycles, nutrition, healthy eating, entrepreneurship and leadership. For more information check out their posting here! Reporting to the Program Director, the…
Planting the Seeds of Healthy Eating at Regina Street Alternative School
Renuka Darling, a grade four/five teacher at Regina Street Alternative, is passionate about bringing healthy school food to the students at her school. Renuka’s own inspiration and drive were fueled by a talk she heard from Ottawa teacher Stephen Skoutajan about his own experience with a school garden at Devonshire Community Public School. A presentation…
Norman Johnston: From Field to Table
Norman Johnston Secondary Alternate Program is the poster child for high impact school food programs. With Mark Frankish as the Foods Program teacher, Laura Cardiff as the Garden Program teacher and all round healthy food advocate teacher Sally Collins leading the charge, Norman Johnston has changed the way their students feel about coming to school….
Outdoor Gardening with Cairine Wilson Secondary School
Cairine Wilson was one of the first high schools in Ottawa to work with Growing Up Organic. Before this, Growing Up Organic had focused only on building gardens and giving workshops at Ottawa elementary schools but teacher Malia Robin thought installing a school garden would be a great contribution towards this Orleans school’s Platinum Ecoschool…
