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Growing Chefs! Ontario is a Living Wage Employer
Growing Chefs! Ontario is proud to be a living wage employer!
Study underscores need for food literacy, national school food program
Western’s HEAL survey shows kids with higher food knowledge likely to eat more fruit, vegetables
Feeding the mind: Expert lauds Ontario schools’ plan for ‘food literacy’
London Free Press – Ontario curriculum changes that will see London-area school kids learning in-depth this fall about food and nourishing themselves are welcome, a London academic says.
The time has come for teaching ‘food literacy’ in schools
Toronto Star – School meals and food literacy — our knowledge and skills regarding food — are not partisan issues. We’re counting on all parties to act together.
OTF Helps Growing Chefs! Ontario open new Food Education Centre at The Grove at Western Fair District
We welcomed London North Centre MPP Terence Kernaghan to celebrate the expansion of our food education programming made possible by a Grow grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
New science curriculum with hands-on learning, coding and food literacy gets top marks locally!
The updates to the Ontario science curriculum welcome and needed, local experts say
New Greenhouse Project
Our new Growing Chefs! greenhouse is part of our Food Education Centre at The Grove at the Western Fair District.