Farm to School BC - 2023 Conference, Learning Opportunities, and More

[Vicky Serafini]

Hello Northwest Farm to School BC Network,

The days are getting longer and spring approaches...along with some great Farm to School BC events and opportunities!

Farm to School BC New Grantees Webinar - January 18th 3:30PM-4:30PM

A reminder that the New Grantees Webinar is happening this week on January 18th at 3:30. New Grantees will be provided with resources and information about grant expectations, as well as an opportunity to touch base with their Regional Animator. Register through Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link.

F2SBC Conference 2023 - Call for Proposals

Our 2023 conference, Planting the Seed: Harvesting connections, ideas, and community, will be happening May 17th-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 leave our community with a revitalized sense of connectedness and empowerment. We are hoping to have Northern BC well represented!

Our call for proposals is open now until February 15^th, 2023. Proposals may focus on any promising practice, innovative initiative, experience-based observation, policy, and/or research effort to advance the movement toward healthy, local, and sustainable foods for students. We are accepting proposals in the formats of workshops, teacher & student-led posters, short talks or stories, and original research papers. Successful applicants will have access to our reduced presenter registration rate for the conference. Click here to find the Call for Proposals Guideline and online submission form.

School Garden Mentorship Program January - October 2023

Starting Tuesday, January 24th, F2S will be offering a series of free online workshops for K-12 educators in BC who are in the initial stages of creating a school garden or are revitalizing an existing school garden. You will gain valuable skills for school-based coordination that support both the development of a robust school garden community and tips for garden maintenance.  

New to this year's program are weekly online discussions, where in the week following the webinar, Farm to School BC staff will host a facilitated discussion group offering the opportunity to dive deeper into topics that emerged during the webinar. The discussion groups are an opportunity to learn from other educators, network, share resources, ask questions, and celebrate successes. The discussion groups are open to new and seasoned school gardeners, and attendance at the webinar is not a prerequisite for joining the discussion groups.  Sign up for the School Garden Mentorship Program is available through this link.

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

Join us Wednesday, February 15th at 3:15 to hear UNBC Associate Professor Daniel Sims speak about how contact and colonialism have affected Indigenous food ways. The event is online and free. Please register online to receive the Zoom link.

Please get in touch with me if you have any questions or need assistance with registration for any Farm to School BC events.

Be well,

Vicky Serafini (she/her) Northwest Region  Community Animator,  Farm to School BC  a program of the Public Health Association of BC  northwe...@farmtoschoolbc.ca www.farmtoschoolbc.ca

I write in gratitude from the unceded land of the Tsimshian.