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Oct 7, 2022, 6:26:14 PM10/7/22
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F2SBC GRANTS NOW OPEN!

The 2022 granting cycle is open until November 13th.

Farm to School BC offers two types of grants: Start-Up Grants of up to $3,000 and Scale-Up Grants of up to $1,000. Learn more about each grant below. 

What’s new this year?

Expect this grants cycle to be more competitive than previous years! A total of 30 grants will be distributed this year across the province. Also, while all schools are encouraged to apply, please note that priority will be given to rural, remote and First Nations Schools. We hope to bring more farm to school initiatives into these communities this year so please apply, or recommend these grants to schools in your area.

GRANTS WRITING WORKSHOP

Interested in learning more about Farm to School BC and how your school can get involved? Planning to apply for a Farm to School BC Grant? Needing some support with the application process or looking for fresh ideas to bring to your school? If so, then join us for our Grant Writing Workshop webinar hosted by our Provincial Manager and Grants Coordinator, Marcus Lobb.In this webinar we will be covering:
  • Farm to School BC grants: types of grants available, tips for applying, deadlines, and project ideas
  • Food literacy projects and ideas
  • The Farm to School BC Community Hub and Animator Model
  • and more!

This is your chance to learn how your school can start or expand your farm to school activities! Bring your questions and ideas to this collaborative presentation!


F2SBC CONFRENCE 2023 

Save the Date! Our first F2SBC Conference in May 2023

Farm to School BC is hosting the first provincial Farm to School BC Conference from May 17-19, 2023 at The AMS Nest at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Join us as we connect with the food, people, and school communities that work to get healthy, local, and sustainable food on the plates and minds of all students in BC. 

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ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 

School Food

October is Farm to School Month!! 
Share your great project with the world by submitting it through the Farm to School BC website.

New USDA Farm to School resources

Come to the Table: Exploring School Food Together

Oct 27 and 28

The gathering is a part of the Indigenous School Food Event Series and is hosted by the School Food Development Project (SFDP) funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada and hosted at the University of Saskatchewan.  The SFDP is exploring community-designed, culturally appropriate school food programs. The event will be a chance to learn from the experiences of successful, Indigenous-led school food programs and to facilitate the sharing of information, resources, and planning.


Teach Food First - An Educators Toolkit for Exploring Canada's Food Guide
Resource for K-8

Youth Advocacy for a Canadian Healthy School Food Program
Join fellow youth-led organizations from across Canada to explore how to engage and centre youth in a national campaign for school food. 
Tuesday, October 11

Serving Traditional Indigenous Food in Schools Webinar
The Indigenous School Food Circle is hosting a webinar on how school food programs are serving traditional Indigenous foods.
Wednesday, October 12

First Comes Food: A Podcast by Canadian Feed the Children
This podcast explores the surprising ways communities are feeding children and families in the face of a global food crisis.
Visit canadianfeedthechildren.ca/podcast for more (site becomes live on October 16th)


Outdoor Learning Resources

Take Me Outside Week Oct 17-21
A full week of events and learning opportunities.

From the Outdoor Learning Store:
Reconciliation

A Just Recovery Through Reconciliation
Over the course of six months, educators will explore the four-branch framework of environmental inquiry and the associated Indigenous lenses, that present tangible entry points towards a reciprocal relationship with the Land participating as a co-teacher.

On September 30 Sue-Anne Banks, Indigenous Lead for the BC Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food, sent out these words and links:

The “orange shirt” in Orange Shirt Day refers to the new shirt that Phyllis Webstad was given to her by her grandmother for her first day of school at St. Joseph’s Mission residential school in British Columbia. When Phyllis got to school, they took away her clothes, including her new shirt. It was never returned. To Phyllis, the colour orange has always reminded her of her experiences at residential school and, as she has said, “how my feelings didn’t matter, how no one cared and I felt like I was worth nothing. All of us little children were crying and no one cared.”

One of the most important parts of today is first listening to Indigenous people's stories, and also bringing awareness and sharing stories with each other to learn and grow.  

I have shared some relevant links to check out:

National Friendship Centre search:

Please be advised that some stories are not easy to hear and to protect your heart while being open to learning and unlearning.

Taking back our spirits: Indigenous literature, public policy, and healing
Authors Jo-Ann Episkenew (Author)

Voices from Hudson Bay: Cree Stories from York Factory, Second Edition.
Authors: Flora Beardy & Robert Coutts 
*Please, note this is written by a cousin of mine (Flora Beardy) and notes my Great Grandfather Alex Spence p. 43.

Gather: Richard Van Camp On The Joy Of Storytelling
Author: Richard Van Camp
*RVC is one of my writing mentors in the 2022 Audible Indigenous Writers Circle

Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing
Author: Clayton Thomas-Müller
*Clayton is my primary mentor in the 2022 Audible Indigenous Writers Circle

Land Acknowledgement:
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