🎉 Meet the speakers for Chefs in Schools — Inspiring Ideas for Canada! Chefs and educators from Canada and the UK are transforming school food through creativity, culture, and community. Join us on Nov 19 for this bilingual event. ➡️ Register: www.farmtocafeteriacanada.ca/2025/11/upco...

🎧 Great @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social interview on The Current with Matt Galloway, Dr. Amberley Ruetz, Brady Wheeler (Mazawich First Nation) & Shaun MacNeill — sharing real solutions for strong #HealthySchoolFood programs in #Canada. 🔗 www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

🍎 Canada’s #NationalSchoolFoodProgram is gaining momentum! CBC News highlights the partnerships & data shaping healthy school food in Canada. Visuals by @cbcnews.ca using data from the CHSF (Sarah Keyes). 🔗http://bit.ly/4qOxamM #HealthySchoolFood #SchoolFood

🍎 In a recent CBC News article by Chris MacIntyre, Courtney Wheatley of YFNED shares key reflections on how the #NationalSchoolFoodProgram is unfolding in #Yukon. 🔗 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #SchoolFood #FromCoastToCoastToCoast

🍎 | The #NSFP is gaining momentum — with progress underway and more work ahead to ensure students in Canada can access healthy school food. Featuring: • Dr. Amberley Ruetz (U. of Saskatchewan) • John Finn (School Lunch Association, #NL) 🔗 www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

🍌 Chefs in Schools: Inspiring Ideas for School Food in #Canada Join us for a bilingual webinar on how chefs are transforming school food! 🗓️ Nov 19 • 12PM ET 🌍 Simultaneous translation Featuring Sam Phillips (Chefs in Schools UK) 🔗 tinyurl.com/2xh256cr

Why should #Canada make the national school food program permanent? 🍎 Hear Debbie Field’s interview on CBC The House with Catherine Cullen as she explains why this decision will shape how children learn and thrive for generations. 🎧 Listen → cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-64-the-house

📽️ 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

📢 @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

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...

📚 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

(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

(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

(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/...

(1/2)🌟 Inspirez des conversations positives autour de l’alimentation avec les enfants! 📥 Fiche complète (français seulement) : gardescolaire.org/outils/messa... #Alimentation

📢 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

🚀 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

(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...

🍅 “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...

📣 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

🍽️ 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

👏 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

🍎 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

(1/2) 🍎 A major milestone for school food in #Canada! The federal gov’t has signed agreements with every province and territory — backed by $1B over 5 years. A shared vision to nourish every #child and #youth, coast to coast to coast. Read more: 🔗 www.healthyschoolfood.ca/post/a-promi...

Big moves in Ontario school food! 🌟 145+ partners teamed up over 3 months to build a shared vision that will transform school meals province-wide. Next: report launch + new Working Group to make it happen. Learn more 👇 www.healthyschoolfood.ca/post/ontario... #OntarioSchoolFood #HealthyKids

🍎 The federal govt has published bilateral agreements for the National School Food Program — a big step for healthy school food coast-to-coast-to-coast! We look forward to working together to make this program permanent. 🙌 🔗 www.canada.ca/en/employmen... #HealthySchoolFood #PanCanadian

🍽️The Yukon Food Security Network's latest newsletter features highlights from their recent roundtable — including a presentation by Sue-Anne Banks of the Indigenous School Food Circle 🌿 🔗 Read the newsletter: mailchi.mp/7d808bf7cbb6... #SchoolFood #Canada #IndigenousSchoolFood #Yukon

🍎This morning, Toronto City Council adopted the motion “A Vision and Strategy for a Universal School Food Program.” 📝 secure.toronto.ca/council/agen... #NourishKidsNow #TOpoli #UniversalMorningMealProgram #Toronto #Ontario #Canada

📢 New from @SustainOntario: With partners like Greenbelt Foundation, Schad Foundation, Wilton Consulting Group, SNP_CentralWest, VONCanada & more, research is underway to strengthen local food procurement in Ontario schools. 🍎🌱 🔗 bit.ly/3Gdp4lg #SchoolFoodON #LocalFood #FarmtoSchool

(1/2) 🌞 June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. We’re honoured to share words from Sue-Anne Banks, Indigenous School Food Circle Coordinator: 🍓 “Otehimin, the heart berry, reminds us of Creator’s gifts and our connection to all living things.” #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ISFC #SchoolFood

(1/2)📣 Big step forward in #Toronto! The CHSF celebrates the adoption of A Vision & Strategy for a Universal School Food Program by the City of Toronto. 🎥 Watch the deputations: bit.ly/44kEGfY #SchoolFoodTo #TOpoli #UniversalSchoolFood #NourishKidsNow #Canada

🎯 Be a champion for school food! The National School Food Program is here — but it’s time to make it permanent. Send your letter to your MP today ➔ www.healthyschoolfood.ca/nourishkidsnow #NourishKidsNow #SchoolFood #Canada

School food is expanding in #Canada, but long-term success depends on stable, permanent funding. Let’s secure a universal National School Food Program that reaches every student. Full update! www.healthyschoolfood.ca/post/make-th... #NourishKidsNow #SchoolFood #NationalSchoolFoodProgram

The food affordability crisis is one reason governments need to step up for school food. There are huge disparities in funding: Per student, per school day, NS contributes $3.30, Ontario 9 cents, by Tina Moffat theconversation.com/the-food-aff... via @ca.theconversation.com @chsfcanada.bsky.social

📊 43% of families in a recent study face food insecurity. 💸 ON & SK invest just $0.09 & $0.03 per student/day in school food. 🍎 96% of parents want in. Thank you, Dr. Tina Moffat, for spotlighting the urgency. 📖 Read the article: bit.ly/3FxG8Cp #NourishOurKids #SchoolFood #AffordabilityCrisis

What does it take to build a school food program rooted in community? ✅ Scratch-made meals ✅ Local ingredients ✅ Cultural celebration ✅ Food students love Join us June 11 @ 3:30 PM EST for a national webinar ! 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/en27x66c #SchoolFood #FarmToSchool #NourishKidsNow

📊 @unicef.ca’s latest Report Card on child well-being is both a wake-up call. Key recommendation: ➡️ “Provide every schoolchild with access to healthy food at school, every school day by expanding on existing investments.” 📖 Read more: www.unicef.ca/en/rc19 #SchoolFood #UNICEF #ChildWellbeing

Food insecurity in #Canada has hit a 20-year high, and #kids are paying the price. 📊 Nearly 1 in 3 #children — 2.5 million — live in food-insecure households. In NL, it’s 4 in 10. 🍎 School food programs are one of the key solutions. @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social: bit.ly/4doSHw0 #SchoolFood

📚🍎 What if every #school became a hub for healthy eating? From #Calgary to #Saskatoon to St. John’s, advocates are proving it’s possible — and urgent. Debbie Field: “A school in which children are eating is a calm school.” Read more 👉 bit.ly/3F3HzrY #SchoolFood #HealthySchools #CDNpoli #Canada

📍 Happening now ! Students at Bishop Feild Elementary are joining Brent Mansfield for a #StepsForSchoolFood run celebrating NL’s leadership on school food! Minister Bernard Davis is attending Hosted by @foodfirstnl.ca + School Lunch Association #SchoolFood #NLpoli PC: @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social

👏 “Student nutrition is not charity. It is infrastructure.” Thank you Bhairavi Kumar of Tastebuds for your op-ed in @thespec1846.bsky.social . Premier Ford must act. Ontario’s kids deserve school food funding in #Budget2025. 📢 Share this widely www.thespec.com/opinion/cont... #ONpoli #SchoolFood

En mai, Brent Mansfield marchera et courra avec des élèves en N.-É., à T.-N. et au Yukon pour promouvoir des programmes d’alimentation scolaire universels. 🏃🍎 Quand? Le 15 mai à Halifax avec Nourish Nova Scotia. 📖 www.sainealimentationscolaire.ca/post/des-pas... #DesPasPourLAlimentationScolaire

Brent Mansfield is running & walking with students this May in NS, NL & the Yukon to call for strong, universal school food programs in #Canada. 🏃🍎 Halifax event on May 15 is in partnership with Nourish Nova Scotia. 📖 healthyschoolfood.ca/post/steps-f... #StepsForSchoolFood

#Ontario invests just 10¢/student/day in school food — the second lowest in Canada. In today’s @thestar.com op-ed, Debbie Field highlights why increased investment in #ONBudget2025 is critical. Thank you to @gbayliss.bsky.social for elevating this issue : bit.ly/3GLWpDY #SchoolFood #ONpoli

🗳️ The CHSF congratulates all elected Members of Parliament We look forward to working with the new government and all MPs to grow the #NationalSchoolFoodProgram, so that every #child and #youth in #Canada has access to healthy school food. Together, we can build a healthier, more equitable future.

🍎 | @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social Food insecurity drives school lunch demand in Saskatoon. CHEP Good Food’s Innovation School Food Program has seen an 80% spike in need since the pandemic. “Families just don’t have enough for food after rent,” says CHEP’s Gord Androsoff. 📰 bit.ly/4aUSo9j

🌍On April 15, experts shared insights on school food in Canada, Germany, Brazil & Japan—hosted by TMU's Centre for Studies in Food Security. 🎥 Watch the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGKQ... 🙏 Thanks to @researchtmu.bsky.social for inviting the Coalition for Healthy School Food!

🌟 Special Info Session Recap! 🌟 On April 15th, the Black School Food Working Group hosted a key session on the School Food Infrastructure Fund (SFIF), empowering Black-led organizations in #Canada to access valuable funding opportunities! 💡 Watch here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g9F...

📢 In a recent article by David Rider of the @thestar.com, the Mayor of Toronto, Olivia Chow is calling for additional federal funding to help provide free nutritious snacks and meals to Toronto’s schoolchildren. 🥗🍎 Learn more about this important ask ! bit.ly/4iJMwnD PC : Michelle Mengsu Chang

What if every child and youth started their day with a full stomach and a real shot at thriving? In this #ZeroHunger ep, Debbie Field shares how community action sparked 🇨🇦’s 1st national school food policy. 🎧 Listen: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f... #FoodJustice #SchoolFood