Food and Nutrition

It’s important to make sure kids understand the difference between what’s healthy and what’s not. Field trips that teach about nutrition add value to their health and knowledge.

While a range of programs aim to ensure kids have ready access to healthy meals throughout the school day, many K–12 students aren’t getting the food they need.

Here are a few farms across Canada to consider visiting this autumn.

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.