Workshops for students and for teachers

Workshops are available for bookings at your school during lunch hour, after school, SAC meetings, etc. on a wide variety of topics. See our winter 2009 lineup below, for teachers and for students.

To register for our workshops, please contact Mona Hashim at 416-363-6441 ext 247 or by email at mona@foodshare.net.

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For Teachers

Bring local food education into the classroom!

Workshops are free and open to teachers, parents, students and community members. Participants will leave with resource packages and replicable, curriculum linked activities and ideas.

Workshops will take place at FoodShare’s offices at 90 Croatia Street (one block west of Dufferin subway) Click here for map and directions.

Dinner will be served!

Learning from the Local

Monday January 26, 4:30 – 6:30 pm (see below for registration details)

Join local food educators Emily Van Halem and Mona Hashim for a workshop filled with tips, tricks and resources for bringing local food education into the classroom. You’ll gain curriculum connected ideas and resources on tracking food miles, learning through the seasons, mapping food choices and understanding the environmental and social benefits of local food.

For more information or to register for one of the Teacher Resource Sessions please contact Mona Hashim at 416-363-6441 ext 247 or by email at mona@foodshare.net

Taking the Great Big Crunch on Thursday March 5th, 2009

Monday February 23, 4:30 -6:30 (see below for registration details)

On Thursday March 6th, 2008 at almost 200 schools and community sites across Canada 26,123 students and teachers took one big bite towards healthy living through healthy eating. At 2:30 eastern standard time participants took a cross Canada synchronized ‘Great Big’ apple crunch. Students and teachers learned about healthy eating and local and global food systems while following the journey from the apple seed, to the harvest, to the market, to the core.

Join us for information on how you could get your class involved, classroom and school wide initiatives and other apple based education resources and activities.

All workshops are free and open to teachers, parents, students and community members. Participants will leave with resource packages and replicable, curriculum linked activities and ideas.

Workshops will take place at FoodShare’s offices at 90 Croatia Street (one block west of Dufferin subway) Click here for map and directions.

Dinner will be served

For more information or to register for one of the Teacher Resource Sessions please contact Mona Hashim at 416-363-6441 ext 247 or by email at mona@foodshare.net

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New Workshops in 2009

For Students

Foodprints
Do you want your students to learn about local food in an exciting and hands-on way? Field to Table Schools' "Foodprints" workshop looks at the ecological footprint our food choices have every day and helps kids understand how they can make eating more eco-friendly!

Ultra-Local
How lo-cal can you go? This workshop explores urban food production as a way to really shrink your ecological footprint. Students will get to design an urban food-scape and grow their own sprouts!

Preserving Tradition
Drying and pickling are important skills and a great way to extend the shelf life of delicious local produce. We invite you to join us in the FoodShare kitchen for a lesson on the historical significance of food preservation and an opportunity for students to gain hands on experience. Students will have a chance to sample a variety of preserved foods, try out some recipes and bring home a sample to share with their families.

For more information or to register your class for one of the Local Food Workshops please contact Mona Hashim at 416-363-6441 ext 247 or by email at mona@foodshare.net.