Think&EatGreen@School

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VIDEO: LFS 250 Students Present ‘Mythbusters’ – Think & Eat Green Style

Students in the 250 class of Land & Food Systems at UBC created videos focused on both thinking and eating greener. This is the first of 5 videos we will be bringing to you this spring. Enjoy!

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Job Opportunity with Think & Eat Green @ School Partner Fresh Roots!

About Fresh Roots Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society grows resilient, engaging, education-based food systems accessible to Vancouver’s diverse communities.  Our neighbourhood market gardens are designed as commercially productive agriculture fields that serve two main functions: educational opportunities and food production. …

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Think & Eat Green Through 2015!

Great news: the Think&EatGreen@School Project has succeeded in securing funding for the second half of the project until 2015!  Many thanks to the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s midterm review of the project, and for their continued…

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VIDEO: ‘Don’t Frack the Law!’ From Partner Organization the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives

Watch this video from TEG partner organization, the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives on the issue of BC’s greenhouse gas emissions. Click here to give a helping hand and sign the petition to the Premier to save BC’s fresh water…

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Congratulations to Think & Eat Green @ School Co-Investigator, Joanne Bays!

Congratulations to Joanne Bays, TEG Co-Investigator, for winning the CAFP Leadership Award for her work with Farm to School Canada! Join the F2S group on Facebook to receive updates about the wonderful work that they do. CAFP Award winners 2013(1)

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Next Professional Development Event – Spring Harvest Planning, February 20th

Spring Harvest Planning – Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 Vancouver’s mild climate allows us to get an early start in the vegetable garden, and harvest many items before school lets out in June.  Learn how to work the soil, provide quality…

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VIDEO: 2011 TEG@School Gladstone Secondary Win $50 000 Prize for Locally Grown Food Video

2011 Think & Eat Green School Gladstone Secondary recently won $50 000 for their video on locally grown produce entitled “Why Not Gladstone Secondary’s Apples?”. This whiteboard video won in a contest created by the Aviva Community Fund, and will…

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Simple Seasonal Salad – from Chef Steve Golob & Sarah Carten

Chef
 Steve
 Golob
 (UBC
 Place
 Vanier
 Dining
 Hall)
 and
 Sarah
 Carten
 (VCH
 Community
 Nutritionist) developed
 this
 delicious
 and
 diverse
 slaw
 to
 make
 use
 of
 vegetables
 that
 can
 be
 easily
 grown
 and harvested
 from
 school
 gardens
 in
 the
 fall,
 and
 combines
…

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