PAC has an opportunity to apply for a grant for a salad bar through the 2020 Farm to School Cafeteria Canada program. The program is focused on the Farm to School Approach and is designed to see more students and school communities engaged in growing, purchasing, harvesting, cooking, serving, learning about, and eating healthy, local and sustainable foods at school. If successful, we could receive a grant up to $10,000 over two years to set up a salad bar service.

Establishing a salad bar meal service requires a group of dedicated parent volunteers. To learn more about what this program will entail, please view the video of one of the successful programs run by a local school in the Comox Valley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Yndv-8JqE&index=2&list=PLtueFxXalfzXyVedM0eSoE-xfm8CfP2_M.

If you are interested in volunteering, please send an email to joychan.small@gmail.com. If there are enough volunteers to establish a regular salad bar meal service program, a sub-committee can be established to work out the details and we can move forward with an application.

There is an upcoming grant webinar for those interested in learning more:

Instructional grant webinars coming in January – to complement the Grant Guidelines, Farm to School Canada will be hosting two instructional webinars, including live Q&A for your grant application questions. Mark your calendars:

• Tuesday, January 28, 3-4 pm EST (ENGLISH) – click to register
• Thursday, January 30, 3-4 pm EST (FRENCH) – click to register
  (Recordings will be made available for those who are unable to attend)

NEW! Farm to School Salad Bar webpage now available - Farm to School Salad Bars are core to the Farm to School Canada Grants. This new page is designed to offer an overview of Farm to School Salad Bar lunch service including best practices, tips to get started and links to resources. Access the page here.

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