"Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) is a pan-Canadian organization whose vision is “vibrant and sustainable regional food systems that support the health of people place and planet.” F2CC works with partners across Canada to educate, build capacity, strengthen partnerships, and influence policy to bring local, healthy, and sustainable foods into all public institutions."

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Using an interest based approach, students will create an augmented reality video to educate consumers about where their food comes from.

Food allergies, sensitivities and intolerances, labelling information and how to avoid an allergic reaction to food. Celiac Disease

This thematic unit from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 7 Core French students, but is suitable and/or adaptable for both younger and older grades. It is focused on oral practice and participation and would also be useful in French Immersion classes!Content Authors: Beth Peddle, Comox Valley Schools, Learn71

This lesson focuses on how food packages are designed and made. Students will learn three of the main functions of a food package. They will learn what is necessary of the design and materials of a package to keep food clean, protect or aid in the physical and chemical changes that can take place in a food, and identify a food appealingly. Then, in the associated activity, the students will have the opportunity to become packaging engineers by designing and building their own food package for a particular type of food.

At the end of this activity the students should be able to Identify the food groups, Identify reasons to choose healthy food choices to eat, Sort foods on to the MyHealthy Plate, and Identify how the local farmer produces and provides food for the consumers.

Through this activity students will learn about food security and some of the causes of food insecurity both globally and at home. Then students will explore how food fits into a household budget and explore how some real-world challenges can affect the budgets and food choices of families. Developed in partnership with Conexus Credit Union.

About food labels, requirements, buying food grown or prepared in Canada, report a concern and technical documents.

Many people enjoy eating leftovers from holiday festivities, family gatherings or from dining out. However, leftovers need to be properly handled. Here are some basic food safety tips to help keep leftovers safe.

In this lesson, students will learn that minerals are a necessary part of our diet. They will learn that different minerals have different functions in the body. More specifically, they will discover that iron is necessary to carry oxygen around the body. In the associated activity, students will design a process that removes the most iron from the cereal.

Students will show understanding that humans are dependent on plants and animals for many purposes and that many of these resources come from agriculture.

Students will explore raw fruits to observe their characteristics and graph their observations.

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Students learn about energy flow in food webs, including the roles of the sun, producers, consumers and decomposers in the energy cycle. They model a food web and create diagrams of food webs using their own drawings and/or images from nature or wildlife magazines. Students investigate the links between the sun, plants and animals, building their understanding of the web of nutrient dependency and energy transfer.

In this first episode of Crash Course Kids' Life Science: Ecosystems and Flow of Energy videos, Sabrina takes a look at why all living things need to eat. Plus, she shows you a way to investigate why all living things need to eat.

Students learn about energy and nutrient flow in various biosphere climates and environments. They learn about herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, food chains and food webs, seeing the interdependence between producers, consumers and decomposers. Students are introduced to the roles of the hydrologic (water), carbon, and nitrogen cycles in sustaining the worlds' ecosystems so living organisms survive. This lesson is part of a series of six lessons in which students use their growing understanding of various environments and the engineering design process, to design and create their own model biodome ecosystems.

October is agriculture month and a time to highlight our connection to food and the role that agriculture plays in the lives of Saskatchewan people and our students! This year’s theme is #MealsFromtheFarm.

If you are interested in incorporating food or agriculture into your lessons this month, have your Grade K-1 students enjoy some fun and learning with this "Meals From The Farm" Kahoot!

The health-related choices students learn to make when they’re young can have a lasting impact on their lifetime well-being, happiness, and academic success. EVERFI’s Healthier Me is an innovative, games-based digital course that gives middle school students the tools to make healthy, informed decisions when it comes to health and nutrition. Throughout the course, students embark on fun wellness adventures through interactive games—from completing grocery shopping to creating a well-balanced cafeteria lunch—working through true-to-life scenarios to help them achieve positive wellness outcomes.

This Course Covers
Interpreting & analyzing nutrition labels
Eating well-balanced meals
Nutritional properties of foods
Setting goals to increase healthy habits