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Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada)
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The CHSF is made of 380+ members and 150+ endorsers in every province and territory calling for a permanent National School Food Program for Canada.
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🗓️ | The #GreatBigCrunch is back!

#Students, #educators, #families, and #communities in #Canada are crunching together to make noise for #HealthySchoolFood.

Take part anytime in #February, #March, or #April — and register your crunch today!
www.healthyschoolfood.ca/great-big-cr...
February 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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📢 Webinar | The Future of Canada’s National School Food Program

Join us for a timely discussion with Debbie Field, Dr. Rachel Engler-Stringer & Dr. Amberley T. Ruetz.

🗓 Feb 24, 2026
⏰ 1–2:30 PM ET
💻 Zoom | Free

🔗 torontomu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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January 27, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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(1/3) 🍎 2026 est arrivée — et avec elle, les fonds tant attendus pour l’alimentation scolaire au #Québec.

Après 10 mois, le Québec commence à déployer les fonds fédéraux pour soutenir les programmes d’alimentation scolaire dans les écoles.

#AlimentationScolaire #NourrirNosJeunes #CollectifQC
January 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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On @cbcnews.ca ’s The Current, Angus Hervey spoke about global expansion of school meals as one of the most encouraging trends today.

Since the pandemic, around 100 million more children are being fed at school worldwide, including in Canada.

Listen to the conversation!
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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📰| #SchoolFood

Manitoba reports 93,431 students accessing school food daily (+51%). A strong example of universal programs at scale in #Canada.

By Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
www.mysteinbach.ca/news/16335/u...

Photo credit: mySteinbach
January 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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(1/2) Making the National School Food Program permanent is a meaningful step as Canada grapples with growing food insecurity.

Federal funding will support an additional 400,000 students each year, building on the 1.25 million already participating.
bit.ly/4arL3lj

Photo credit: Fred Lum
December 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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📻| Dans une récente entrevue à Phare Ouest ( @info.radio-canada.ca ), Daniel Blais (Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon) explique pourquoi l’alimentation scolaire est devenue un service essentiel pour les écoles du territoire.

🔗 ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
Phare Ouest | OHdio | Radio-Canada
Écoutez Phare Ouest sur Première : liste des épisodes, musique diffusée, et plus.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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📆| Join the ON Chapter of the CHSF for a webinar on projects funded through the federal School Food Infrastructure Fund : from gardens to meal prep to food storage upgrades.

🔗https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/jq0TJ5bvTJ-6-g61gnMAGA#/registration

Discover: sustainontario.com/2025/11/24/o...
Ontario Webinar: School Food Infrastructure Fund Projects | Sustain Ontario
Join the Ontario Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food (hosted by Sustain Ontario) on December 8 at 1:00 ET to learn about some of the exciting...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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How are chefs strengthening school food?

Farm to Cafeteria Canada and the Coalition for Healthy School Food hosted a bilingual conversation with Sam Phillips, Paul Heighton, and Geneviève Massé.

Webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6g6...

Recap: www.farmtocafeteriacanada.ca/2025/11/webi...
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Happy National Children’s Day!

We’re celebrating a major step for #children and #youth in #Canada.

Yesterday, the federal government tabled Bill C-15, including the National School Food Program Act!

Discover today!
www.parl.ca/documentview...
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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🎉 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...
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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🎧 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-...
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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🍎 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
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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🍎 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
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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🍎 | 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/...
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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🍌 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
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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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
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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📽️ 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
October 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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📢 @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
October 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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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...
Is the National School Food Program Working?
We all know how difficult it can be to focus on the day ahead of us when we don’t have a full belly. Hunger is a pretty good distraction from us succeeding in our day. Imagine if you’re a kid, then…
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September 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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📚 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
September 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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(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
The Coalition’s Pre-Budget Submission (August 2025)
The Coalition for Healthy School Food urges the federal government to make the National School Food Program permanent and increase funding so all children in Canada can access healthy school meals.
www.healthyschoolfood.ca
August 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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(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
August 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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(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/...
August 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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(1/2)🌟 Inspirez des conversations positives autour de l’alimentation avec les enfants!

📥 Fiche complète (français seulement) : gardescolaire.org/outils/messa...

#Alimentation
August 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM