Farm to School BC Events and Opportunities in March!

[Vicky Serafini]

Hello Northwest Community,

Please see the following events and opportunities provided by F2SBC and other organizations this month promoting food literacy, healthy eating, and food security.

Early Bird Registration for F2SBC Conference

Farm to School BC is hosting it's first annual conference, Planting the Seed: Harvesting connections, ideas, and community on 

 May 18th & 19th at the UBC Nest in Vancouver. You can register now to avoid missing out on our early bird prices, ending March 15th!

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.

This event marks Farm to School BC’s first ever conference which will convene a diverse group of food champions who are working to bring more healthy, local, and sustainable foods to the minds and plates of students in K-12 schools across BC. We hope you will enjoy us in being inspired by fellow food-literacy champions!

Northern Indigenous Food Ways: Learning Circle Series 

Julian Napoleon - Indigenous Plant Knowledge: working with our plant relatives

Join us in the final session of this series 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. This virtual event is open to everyone. Register through F2SBC's Eventbrite page.

School Garden Mentorship Webinar on Tuesday, March 7: Classroom Growing and Building the Garden

The next session in F2SBC's free School Garden Mentorship Program will discuss:

• Growing seeds in the classroom
• How to build a grow station
• Building and installing garden beds
• How to get help from your community

School garden champions of any level of experience can sign up here for this webinar.

Join the Coalition for Healthy School Food in Canada's Great Big Crunch!

Join the effort to ensure school food is included in Budget 2023 by participating in the Great Big Crunch on March 9. For ways in which to participate and support the cause throughout the month of March, visit the Great Big Crunch website.

Young Agrarians hosts Online Workshop with Jacob Beaton of Tea Creek Farm: Indigenous Food Sovereignty 

On March 15, join Young Agrarians for an in-depth online conversation with Jacob Beaton, an award-winning Indigenous entrepreneur and leader! They will discuss concrete steps to fight systemic racism and how to increase our own awareness of Indigenous food sovereignty and advocate for it more broadly. Details and registration link: youngagrarians.org/indigenous-food-sovereignty-jacob-beaton/ 

Take care,

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.