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Growing Vegetables for Healthy Children and Futures
There are incredible examples of innovative collaborations where funders and community groups team up to start larger and longer-term projects that tackle difficult and complex issues. They need more support!

What London Can Be – London Community Foundation Podcast
In their first episode of 2023, LCF’s Diane Silva spoke to Andrew about what Growing Chefs! is doing in London to make systemic changes to Ontario’s food systems and education.

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.