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Feb 9, 2023, 3:01:23 PM2/9/23

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Hello, we have so many exciting F2SBC and other opportunities happening this week and throughout the month+

Northern Indigenous Food Ways Learning Circle
Registering for Farm to School BC's conference in May
Citizen Seed Trials run by FarmFolk/CityFolk
Farm to School BC's School Garden Mentorship program
Food Literacy Job Opportunity
School Food Program Advocacy
Advancing Reconciliation in School Food

Northern Indigenous Food Ways: Learning Circle Series for K-12 Educators

Wednesday, Feb 15th 3:15pm-4:30pm.

This session will be led by Dr. Daniel Sims (UNBC) speaking to how contact and colonialism have affected Indigenous food ways.

This series is presented to provide an opportunity for educators within the K-12 education system in gaining or advancing skills and knowledge to apply Indigenous food ways and teachings within their food literacy curriculums and projects. The series is presented to support Northern Educators, but is open to all who would like to learn, connect and witness Indigenous food ways specifically in the Northern context.

If you have not yet done so, you can register for the session through our Eventbrite.

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Planting the Seed: Harvesting connections, ideas, and community

Farm to School BC Conference, May 18th & 19th at the UBC Nest in Vancouver.

Our conference aims to celebrate the impact of both budding and established school food initiatives and programs, welcome diverse perspectives to share their experiences and knowledge, and generate within our community a revitalized sense of connectedness and empowerment.

We anticipate up to 300 attendees from backgrounds spanning education, health, agriculture, culinary arts, policy, research, Indigenous affairs, and youth sectors. Conference themes include school farms, meal programs, Indigenous food ways, capacity building, celebrating culture with food, community connections, youth leadership and training, and more. Register now to avoid missing out on our early bird prices, ending March 15th!

As a reminder, our call for proposals ends February 15th! Successful applicants will have access to our reduced presenter registration rate for the conference. More information on guidelines and submissions can be found by visiting our conference website.

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Citizen Seed Trials!

FarmFolk/CityFolk is looking for schools that might be interested in participating in their Citizen Seed trials. The Citizen Seed Trial is a citizen science program run by FarmFolk CityFolk that engages gardeners in vegetable trialing to grow BC's seed-saving community. See attached document. If you are interested please email lmseedco...@farmfolkcityfolk.ca

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School Garden Mentorship program

(virtual, free)

The next (free) school garden mentorship workshop will be on Feb 14th, on the topic "Designing your School Garden and Crop Planning", featuring guest speaker Megan Zeni (Room to Play Consulting). There is also a discussion groups after each session the following week: sign up for groups here.

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Job Opportunity: Food Literacy Advisory

F2SBC is Hiring a Food Literacy Advisor! Are you a professional that is passionate about creating and sharing resources for educators to teach about food literacy? Farm to School BC seeks a passionate, organized, and creative team member to grow with us.

Deadline to apply: February 22, 2023

Learn more: farmtoschoolbc.ca/hiring

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BC Coalition for Healthy School Food: Tell your MLA to support School Food in Budget 2023!

The Coalition for Healthy School Food is advocating for sustained funding and adequate resources to build capacity and implement successful, comprehensive school food programs. With the BC Budget Announcement coming up in February, we have one last opportunity to push for dedicated School Food Funding in Budget 2023.

Ask your MLA to support an adequate and sustained provincial investment in universal, healthy school food programs for BC students by clicking here: https://www.healthyschoolfood.ca/bc-chapter

In less than one minute, the Coalition sends an automatic email from you to your MLA. For greater impact, you are encouraged to add your own school food story and personalized message in the template letter.

Let's encourage our provincial government to support healthy school food for BC's youth!

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Farm to Cafeteria Canada

Cultivating ReconciliACTION in School Food

F2CC is seeking educators and other school food champions involved in school food and food literacy programming to participate in a knowledge transfer pilot series, beginning Monday, February 27th.

Through this series, we invite participants on a shared learning journey to explore how to get started or advance Truth and Reconciliation in their school food and food literacy activities or programs.

Who should attend?

This 3-part series is intended for non-Indigenous educators and other school food champions who are directly working or volunteering with students on school food (e.g. snack or meal programs) and Edible Education initiatives (e.g. farm to school or local food to school programs, land-based learning, school gardens, cooking programs, outdoor education) at K-12 schools across Canada.

What to expect

This series will take place over 3 months - February, March and April 2023. One 90-minute session will be hosted monthly (3-4:30pm EST), and each session will build on the previous one. It is our goal to create a safe space to reflect, share, encourage and learn together with a humble and respectful attitude from our uncertainties, failures, and achievements in the school food context.