REYNOLDS L.U.N.C.H. Program inspired by BC FARM TO SCHOOLAll the photos come from our own courtyard garden except one was taken at Madrona Farm

VISION FOR REYNOLDS

Farm Fresh

L.U.N.C.H. L OCALLY

UNITED for

NUTRITION and

COURTYARD

HARVEST

Goals

Connect to local organic farms Provide healthy salad bar lunch option

once a week to staff and students at Reynolds

Have a course where students could run the program

Showcase at least one item each salad bar from our own courtyard garden

Educate about; local organic food, food security and healthy choices

Local farmsLocal farms

Courtyard GardenCourtyard Garden

Canteen KitchenCanteen Kitchen Salad BarSalad Bar

Special Needs Class-SoupsSpecial Needs Class-Soups

IDSIndependent Directed Studies for 6-8 students to run the salad bar

Where are we at?

We held an evening meeting for interested students, staff parents and community members winter 2010

We created a steering committee We created a Vision We connected to experts

Ken Nakano– Island Chefs Collaborative Joanne Bays– Farm to School Program Expert Tracy Cullen – VIHA Marnice Jones– Healthy Schools Coordinator Madrona & Healing Farms Emma Lansdowne-- Gardener

We raised money to upgrade our canteen We purchased a salad bar device We are in the process of getting our Courtyard Garden

Really Producing

Key Partners...

Principal Alana Charlton

Supports everything we do Advocate for healthy eating, green space

and supporting local farms

Marnice Jones

Coordinator Healthy, Safe and Caring Schools

Victoria School District #61 Helps us coordinate meetings, gives input

on steering committee, important resource

Tracy Cullen

Community Nutritionists Vancouver Island Health Authority Primary liaison with Farm to School program Important resource for health regulations

Emma Lansdowne, Matt Ashmead, Erich Nahser-Ringer Local gardeners/learners and horticulturalist Knowledge and expertise in helping us with

our own garden

Heather Coey with Student team (Aldyn Chwelos, Alastair Kierulf, Emma Kinakin, Griffin Marsh, Samantha Norton, Callie Warden, Meaghan Dinney, Marketa Hlavon, Klara Hlavon, Danielle McLean, Lochlan Ellis)

Environment & Sustainability Coordinator, Reynolds Secondary School

Organize the “Nuts & Bolts”...or “Roots & Shoots” of the program

Local Farm Partners

Madrona Farm (http://madronafarm.com/ ) Healing Farm (http://www.healingfarm.ca/

Ken Nakano– Island Chef’s Collaborative http://www.iccbc.ca/public/index.html Ken was very helpful in helping us to know how much

produce we were going to require for our needs He has agreed help get the students running the program

a work experience placement in an ICC restaurant.

Joanne Bays—Farm to School Programhttp://www.phabc.org/modules.php?name=Farmtoschool&pa=showpage&pid=40 Current Co-Chair of the Vancouver Food Policy Council Co-Investigator in a community based research project exploring

the impact of school food systems on climate change. Over the past two years has lead the development of a province

wide Farm to School Network linking farm to school activity in urban, rural, remote, and aboriginal communities.

Time Line—Take it slow...get it right April – June 2010... COMPLETE

make connections to local farms create steering committee design infrastructure with farm partners source and obtain equipment needs, access grants as

needed Sept 2010- June 2011

work to have courtyard fully functioning and producing Create IDS (Independent Directed Studies) for 6-8

Students to operate the salad bar get parents involved test run

Sept. 2011 Full Roll out with goal to have 1 salad bars offered per

week by January 2012

Stay Tuned to Hear How the Salad Bar Turns out! (yes we were eating local organic pizza )