These webinars, recorded 2016 and 2017, provide tangible lessons for how to bring local food literacy education into the classroom.
November 2016: Hosted by Carolyn Webb (Sustain Ontario’s Edible Education Network), with presentations from Coreen Jones and Catherine Hobbis (Ecosource), Katie German (FoodShare) and Kim McGibbon (Roots to Harvest), this webinar covers: Ideas for how to get students excited about local food; Curriculum connections for various grade levels and subject areas; Sample lesson plans and activities; Answers to common questions; and Where to access more high-quality, ready to use resources.
February 2017: Hosted by Carolyn Webb (Sustain Ontario’s Edible Education Network), with presentations from Kim McGibbon and Alia Wurdemann Stam (Roots to Harvest), Emma Rooney (Ecosource), Kerry Greco (Cardinal Leger SS), Kaitlyn Visser and Shiba Anjum (Oakwood PS), and Lyndsay Davidson (OSNP-SWR) this webinar provides:
- Case studies of schools in Ontario that are using more local foods in their menus and offerings, as well as meal programs that are involving local food education in their mandate.
- Ideas for how to get students excited about local food.
- Curriculum connections to various subject areas.
March 2017: Hosted by Carolyn Webb (Sustain Ontario’s Edible Education Network), with presentations from Brooke Ziebell (FoodShare Toronto), Debbie Hylton (Toronto Public Health), and Andrew Fleet (Growing Chefs! Ontario) this webinar provides:
- Curriculum connections for various grade levels and subject areas.
- Resources to help you bring food preparation into all types of school settings.
- How and where schools can access local food.
- How to cook with food that has been harvested from the school garden.
- Ideas for how to get students excited about local food.
- Answers to common questions.
- Case study examples.
April 2017: Hosted by Carolyn Webb (Sustain Ontario’s Edible Education Network), with presentations from Linda Willson (Kids Can Grow Program on Manitoulin Island), Jen Coorsh (Growing Up Organic) and Rav Singh (Ecosource) this webinar provides:
- Curriculum connections for various grade levels and subject areas.
- Resources to help you bring gardening activities into all types of school settings.
- How and where schools can access gardening opportunities.
- Ideas for how to get students excited about gardening and growing food.
- Answers to common questions.
- Case study examples.
May 2017: Hosted by Carolyn Webb (Sustain Ontario’s Edible Education Network), with presentations from Katie German (FoodShare), Catherine Hobbis (Ecosource), and Erin Beagle (Roots to Harvest) this webinar included many aspects of the school food environment to consider including gaining whole-community buy-in, ensuring that school food offerings and local food literacy efforts align, and exploring alternative fundraising models.
Source: Sustain Ontario
