Food and Nutrition

Teaching students about birds and bees is crucial to their survival—and this isn’t a topic only for health class.

Lunch box policing and food bans have been a hot topic in the past couple years. But do schools and educators have the right to tell students what they can and cannot eat?

From the farm to the table, with the classroom in between. Many farms across Canada follow organic practices and use natural methods to keep the soil fertile instead of chemicals. They welcome visitors to come and learn more about sustainable farming and food production. The following are a sampling of such farms that offer educational programs for school groups.

Help nurture your students’ fertile minds—literally. Many farms across Canada are open for school tours during the harvest months.

Royce Li knows of students who hadn’t cracked an egg before entering his Grade 11 class. “It’s shocking,” he says from Rick Hansen Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario where he teaches in the hospitality department. Students are used to meals from fast-food restaurants where products are often filled with unnecessary fats, sugars, and salt.

Part of creating a great outdoor space is about tailoring curriculum, and part is about landscape design.

When it comes to Korean cuisine, there is one thing you can be sure of, you will be eating a lot of white rice and it will most likely be sticky.

Food allergy is a growing health concern in North America and for good reason. Too many kids are having allergic reactions and going into anaphylactic shock while at school.