by Brit MacDonald | Oct 10, 2018 | Food Literacy, Resource, Uncategorized
Our Favourite Garden-based Nutrition Resources How do we make the healthy food choice the easy choice for kids? Evidence says garden-based nutrition education can have a big impact. This is how you can put it to work! In a time when conversations about food are so...
by admin | Sep 18, 2018 | Agriculture Education, Food Literacy, Resource
Where Does Our Food Come From? Our Favourite Ag & Food System Resources One of the goals of the Little Green Thumbs garden is to help students create meaningful, informed connections between the food they grow and eat, and the agricultural processes involved in...
by admin | May 22, 2018 | Food Literacy, Resource
Ingredients for Successful Classroom Cooking Enjoying a fresh harvest of vegetables is one of the best parts of gardening with students! In celebration of Eat, in our Plant, Grow, Eat, Share charter, we are sharing our top ingredients for successful classroom cooking....
by Molly Seaton-Fast | Apr 24, 2018 | Food Literacy
Farmers’ markets have a fun, vibrant atmosphere! Beyond the beautiful displays of colour and fresh produce, learning opportunities abound for youth at your local market. From sampling a new food, to seeing a wider variety of fruits and vegetables and meeting the...
by admin | Apr 17, 2018 | Food Literacy, Resource
How do we solve the problem of hunger and food security on a global and local scale? This BIG question can be a tough discussion for teachers and students, often with no straightforward answer. Everybody knows what it feels like to be hungry, but for many students...
by admin | Apr 10, 2018 | Food Literacy, Resource
According to a 2013 report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), worldwide we’re wasting more than 30% of our food. That’s like going to the grocery store, picking up 4 bags of groceries and dropping an entire bag in the dumpster. In Canada alone, the...
