Packed with hands-on tips and resources from local food educators, Sustain Ontario’s series of 5 webinars provide:

• A wide range of ideas for how to get students (elementary and high school) excited about local food
• Curriculum connections for various grade levels and subject areas (including math, science, social studies, and health & physical education) and includes sample lesson plans and activities
• Tip sheets and access to high-quality, ready to use resources

See below for links and descriptions.

Webinar #1: Teaching Local Food Literacy: tangible lessons for how to bring local food literacy education into your classroom. View the Webinar recording and access the slides online.

Webinar #2: Eating for Local Food Literacy: how to use school meals (including cafeteria lunches, hospitality classes, and your school’s Student Nutrition Program / breakfast program) to enable local food literacy education. Includes case studies. View the Webinar recording and access the slides online.

Webinar #3: Cooking Up Local Food Literacy: how to teach local food literacy while engaging your students in preparing food in various school settings. Includes how and where to access local food.  View the Webinar recording and access the slides online.

Webinar #4: Growing Local Food Literacy: how to teach local food literacy using your school garden.  View the Webinar recording and access the slides online.

Webinar #5: Embracing Local Food Literacy: Shifting your School Food Culture: how to shift school culture to better enable students to adopt a love of good, healthy and local food. Includes aspects of the school food environment to consider, gaining whole-community buy-in, ensuring school food offerings and local food literacy efforts align, and fundraising models.  View the Webinar recording and access the slides online.