Guardians of the Greenbelt

We invite you and your students to join us as we embark on a journey to become Guardians of the Greenbelt.

Over the course of the year your students will learn all about the different foods available in Ontario, how they’re grown, how they’re harvested, prepared, preserved and most deliciously – how they taste.

If your class takes on the challenge to become Guardians of the Greenbelt they will benefit from the following:

• A series of in class workshops on local food including tasting, planting and preparing a variety of foods
• A chance to communicate with a local farmer or producer
• Visit FoodShare’s education centre including a tour of our large scale compost operation, our warehouse where we distribute fresh fruit and vegetables and our full scale industrial kitchen where they will prepare a delicious and nutritious recipe made from Greenbelt ingredients
• Sample honey from our urban apiary and learn all about the important role pollinators play in our food system
• Learn where to find and purchase local food and the environmental benefits of eating local.

The goal of the Guardians program is that students will enhance their understanding of the Greenbelt, while fostering stewardship and strengthening an interest in nutritious, healthy eating and an understanding about where our food comes from.

Click here for more information on the Guardians of the Greenbelt program including workshop registration form.

Contact: brooke@foodshare.net