Topics
General Science Links
Environmental Awareness Links
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition
VSB Rules and Procedures
VSB Policy on Pets in the Classroom
School Garden
Funding sources
- Farm to Cafeteria Canada, who provided the grant that paid for most of our garden, including the new greenhouse.
- PC Children’s Charity school grants
- Whole Kids Foundation
- BCAA Play Here
- BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation, which runs the Fresh to You fundraiser and has a large recipe database.
- Carton 2 Garden, a great resource for growing plants in used food cartons.
- Breakfast Club of Canada
- Skills Link, part of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy (YES).
- WWF Go Wild School Grants
Local Resources for Vancouver Schools
- Vancouver Food Policy Council, an agency of the City of Vancouver that aims to improve food sustainability.
- City of Vancouver food programs
- Nutrition Services for Vancouver Schools, run by Vancouver Coastal Health.
- Dieticians of Canada
- BC Ministry of Agriculture
- THESA, the Teachers of Home Economics Specialist Association, are Home Economics educators in BC.
- UBC Farm Community Workshops
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank
- Tree Canada
- Community Food Centres of Canada
- Fresh Roots
- 4H Canada
Other groups, Projects, and Resources
- LifeCycles Project, operating in Victoria, BC.
- Growing Minds Farm to School, operating in Asheville, NC
- Seed Change
- Bokashi, an anaerobic composting technique.
- Apprenti en Action
- Department of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
- Delta Farmers
- Cowichan Green Community
- Graines de Chefs
- Sweetgrass, a sacred plant in Aboriginal ceremonies.
- Seed saving with Sarah Bradshaw
- Vancouver Urban Micro, a great resource for growing microgreens.
- The Tower Garden, a vertical growing tower.
- USDA Food Composition Database
- Sole Food Farms
- Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute
- Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association