Food in Schools

• Join DPAC's February General as we present: Cultivating Nourishing Food at Schools, following a short formal meeting. We have invited a panel of speakers who will discuss the VSB’s new Food Framework, the challenges and opportunities in providing nutritious food to students, as well as discuss different lunch programs and how community partners can help to advance school food goals.
  
  
   

• The workshop will provide PACs with insights on the state of school food in Vancouver, and help DPAC and parents and caregivers to better advocate on school food issues. Speakers include Celena Benndorf, DPAC Food Committee; Shehzad Somji, VSB; Helen Yeung, VCH; Alexa Pitoulis, Coalition for Healthy School Food and Fresh Roots; Meryn Corkery, Farm to School BC; and Brent Mansfield and Chef TJ of LunchLAB.
   

•  In 2020 the BC government mandated ministers to create more school food programs for BC students and federally there is support and momentum as well. This is an opportune moment to root this dialogue and envision what can be grown.