Month: July 2015

Check out this new video created by the UBC Think and Eat Green @ Schools project. Thanks to a grant from TAEG Britannia Elementary students have actively been working in their school garden. Students have been planting and harvesting potatoes, garlic, peas, kale, lettuce and many other foods learning the full food growing cycle.

Check out Britannia School Garden photos

For the first time in its long history the EYA’s Growing Kids program is asking for the community’s help. Difficult financial realities have put this school mentorship program in serious jeopardy.

Growing Kids is one of Grandview Woodland Food Connection’s most important school garden programs, bringing important garden learning and curriculum to Britannia school and students. In the past four years that we have partnered, we have exposed hundreds of youth to food gardening, opening their minds to new possibilities, knowledge, and understanding that is so critical these days.

EYA is hoping that their crowd funding campaign will be the spark that ignites a new and exciting future for this long under-funded (though incredibly impactful) program.

“It’s incredible to think every seed we plant…has the power to change someone’s life. I know gardening has changed my life, and being able to share this gift with other people means a lot to me.” -EYA Program Participant

Please help and share this campaign and help inner-city youth discover their inner nature.

To view more photos from our Growing Kids program visit:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gwfc/sets/72157650575466510
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gwfc/sets/72157644338453281
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gwfc/sets/72157633361197445

Dear friends and supporters of Food Secure Canada,

Food Secure Canada is pleased to announce the launch of the Eat Think Vote campaign to make healthy, just and sustainable food an issue in the upcoming federal election.

Together, we are calling for a bold new national food policy that will allow every Canadian to have access to healthy, just and sustainable food every day.

Food Secure Canada and our members are organizing Eat Think Vote events in communities right across the country, engaging citizens and candidates in the federal election for a bold new vision of National Food Policy for Canada.

Be part of the movement by taking action today :

Visit our Eat Think Vote website and join the movement here.
Sign the petition for a National Food Policy for Canada
Share the word on social media
Join or Host an Eat Think Vote event in your community
For more information on our proposals, visit the What We Want page.