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Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · 3d

📽️ Join Farm to Cafeteria Canada on Oct 15 at 3:30 p.m. ET for Indigenous Foodways in the Classroom with Laurie LaBrecque — exploring land-based learning and classroom connections.

More info 👉 sustainontario.com/2025/10/03/f...

#SchoolFood #LandBasedLearning #FarmtoCafeteriaCanada

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Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · 10d

📢 @yfned.bsky.social is appealing cuts to their Rural Nutrition Program — which provided two healthy school meals a day, snacks, and hampers in 13 rural Indigenous communities in Yukon.

We supports this appeal.

👉 Please read and share: www.yfned.ca/appeal

#SupportTheAppeal #SchoolFood #Yukon

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you to @the905er.bsky.social 🎙️ for inviting Sarah Keyes & Heather Thoma from our Ontario Chapter to talk about the National School Food Program.

A chance to ensure every child & youth can thrive with healthy school food.

🎧 905er.ca/2025/09/is-t...

Is the National School Food Program Working?

We all know how difficult it can be to focus on the day ahead of us when we don’t have a full belly. Hunger is a pretty good distraction from us succeeding in our day. Imagine if you’re a kid, then…

905er.ca

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Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · 24d

📚 Millions of students are back in school — and as Stuart Benson reports in @hilltimes.com , #Ontario invests less per capita in school food than most other provinces.

🍎 “Much more progress Ontario can be making,” says Debbie Field.

🔗 www.healthyschoolfood.ca/school-food-...

#SchoolFood

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Aug 21

(2/2) 🍎 L’alimentation scolaire est plus qu’un repas — c’est #équité, #santé et apprentissage. Chaque #enfant mérite une saine alimentation scolaire, chaque jour.

📄 Notre mémoire prébudgétaire propose de rendre le Programme national permanent :
bit.ly/4fPbIcf

#AlimentationScolaire #Budget2026

Mémoire prébudgétaire 2026 de la Coalition

La Coalition pour une saine alimentation scolaire appelle le gouvernement à rendre le Programme national d’alimentation scolaire permanent et à augmenter son financement, afin que chaque enfant et jeu...

www.sainealimentationscolaire.ca

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Aug 21

(1/2) 🍎 School food is more than a meal — it’s fairness, #health & #learning. Every #child and #youth deserves #healthy school food, every day.

📄 Our Pre-Budget Submission explains why the National School Food Program should be permanent:
bit.ly/4fQCH7m

#SchoolFood #Budget2026

The Coalition’s Pre-Budget Submission (August 2025)

The Coalition for Healthy School Food urges the federal government to make the National School Food Program permanent and increase funding so all children in Canada can access healthy school meals.

www.healthyschoolfood.ca

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Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Aug 14

(2/2) Hosted at the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Farm and coordinated by Michelle Watson, the event brought people together from the North and beyond to strengthen food systems and share knowledge that inspires school food work nationwide.

🔗 cbc.ca/news/canada/...

@cbcnews.ca @cbcnewz.bsky.social #SchoolFood

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Aug 14

(1/2) Thank you to our member, the Yukon Food Security Network, for inviting us to the 2025 Yukon Food Security Conference in Dawson City! 🌱

Brent Mansfield represented the CHSF, linking national advocacy with local solutions from the North.

#SchoolFood #FoodSecurity #Yukon

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Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Aug 14

(2/2) 🍎 Vous avez un projet pour améliorer l’accès à des aliments locaux et sains?

Le FIAL offre 25 000 $–100 000 $ pour acheter/installer de l’infrastructure ou de l’équipement.

📅 25 août–19 sept.
🌱 Priorité : communautés autochtones & noires

🔗 bit.ly/45A8i8w

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Aug 14

(1/2)🍎 Got an idea to improve access to #local, #healthy food?

The LFIF – Small Scale Projects offers $25K–$100K for community-led initiatives to buy/install infrastructure or equipment.

📅 Aug 25–Sept 19
🌱 Priority: Indigenous & Black communities

🔗 agriculture.canada.ca/en/programs/...

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Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Aug 11

(2/2)🌟 Inspire positive food talks with kids!

📥 Full fact sheet (French only): gardescolaire.org/outils/messa...

#HealthyEating #nutrition #children

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Aug 11

(1/2)🌟 Inspirez des conversations positives autour de l’alimentation avec les enfants!

📥 Fiche complète (français seulement) : gardescolaire.org/outils/messa...

#Alimentation

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Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Aug 6

To learn about this new research funding opportunity, here is the link: canada.ca/en/employmen...

New Research Funding Will Help to Strengthen Canada’s National School Food Program - Canada.ca

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have partnered to launch a new school food-focused research funding opportunity, under the 2025-26 Partnering for Impact – Catalyst Grant.

canada.ca

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Aug 6

📢 Nouveau financement en alimentation scolaire!

La Coalition salue cette subvention des IRSC et d’EDSC.

🔗 canada.ca/fr/emploi-de...
#SchoolFoodResearch

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Aug 6

📢 New school food research funding!

The Coalition welcomes this new CIHR & ESDC grant.

🗓️ Apply by Oct 23, 2025

🔗 [https://canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2025/08/new-research-funding-will-help-to-strengthen-canadas-national-school-food-program.html

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Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚀 The World Food Forum – #Ontario Chapter is launching soon, and you’re invited to celebrate with us during our Launch Week! 🎉

🌎 This the first Chapter in #NorthAmerica !

📅 Don’t miss out on a week of exciting (and FREE!) events.

🍽️linktr.ee/WFFOntario

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Jul 28

(1/2) Merci à Mireille Jetté (La Cantine pour tous) pour cette lettre d’opinion dans @ledevoir.com :

« Nourrir les #enfants, c’est investir dans leur #santé, leur #développement et leur #avenir. »

📖 Lire ! ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Jul 28

(1/2) Thank you to Mireille Jetté ( La Cantine pour tous) for this op-ed in @ledevoir.com : “Feeding #children means investing in their #health, #development, and #future.”

📖 Read (fr)! www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

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Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Jul 17

🍅 “Just putting healthier food in front of kids at school actually works.” — Kirk Kardashian

New research shows school nutrition policies improve both school meals and grocery shopping at home. Big win for #SchoolFood! 🇨🇦

🔗 tuck.dartmouth.edu/news/article...

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Jul 16

📣 Le Collectif québécois lance la 1re édition de la #GrandeCroquéeQuébec!

🍎 Le 16 oct. à 10h30, croquons ensemble pour rappeler l’importance d’un programme d’alimentation scolaire universel au #Québec!

👉 Détails : lnkd.in/gBuazw33

#AlimentationScolaire #Québec

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Jul 16

📣 The Quebec Chapter of the CHSF is launching the first edition of the #GrandeCroquéeQuébec!

🍎 On Oct. 16 at 10:30 a.m., let’s take a bite together to highlight the importance of a universal school food program in #Quebec!

👉http://bit.ly/4lRfZxE

#SchoolFood #Quebec

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Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Jul 14

🍽️ What can #Canada learn from school food in #France, #England & #Scotland?

Dr. Rachel Engler-Stringer toured European programs & shares 4 key lessons for Canada’s #NationalSchoolFoodProgram.

📖 Read via @theconversation.com : theconversation.com/school-lunch...

#SchoolFood #HealthyEating

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Jul 11

👏 Inclusive #schoolfood in Southwestern #Ontario!

The Cultural Enhancement Project, led by OSNP Southwest & Growing Chefs ON !, brings students together to learn, share & celebrate through food.

🎤 “Food is a powerful connector.”

🔗 sydenhamcurrent.ca/2025/07/11/c...

#onpoli #community

Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Jul 8

🍎 We thank the City of Toronto for launching the CampTO Nutrition Program, which offers morning snacks to 56,000 kids at 89 camps this summer.

Summerlunch+ is featured in @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social.

📰 cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/summer-food-insecurity-toronto-1.7576529

#Toronto #ONpoli

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Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada) @chsfcanada.bsky.social · Jul 7

(2/2) 🍎 Une avancée majeure pour l’alimentation scolaire au #Canada!

Le fédéral a signé des ententes avec toutes les provinces et territoires, appuyées par 1 G$ sur 5 ans.

Un pas concret pour nourrir chaque #enfant et #jeune.

🔗 bit.ly/408viJX

#AlimentationScolaire #RepasScolaires

Un pas prometteur pour les programmes d’alimentation scolaire au Canada

Le Canada franchit une étape historique pour l’alimentation scolaire. Avec la signature des accords fédéraux-provinciaux-territoriaux et un investissement de 1 milliard $, le Programme national d’alim...

www.sainealimentationscolaire.ca