This Nutrition Month, we are celebrating youth who are leaders in food - look inside to find contests, recipes and more!
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| Nourish supports food work in Mi'kma'ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq, across 5 regions (Kespukwitk, Sɨpekne'katik, Eskikewa'kik, Unama'kik, and Piktuk) |
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| Welcome to Nourish News - March 2023
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| Nourish has long been involved in advocacy for better school food. In 2021, we helped establish a Nova Scotia chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food; now its coordinator, Lindsay Corbin, connects and engages countless voices in the call to #NourishKidsNow. This year’s Great Big Crunch might be the biggest yet. Be sure to get involved! In the meantime, Nourish is saying “yes” to invitations from communities and schools looking to figure out the recipe for nourishing children and youth. We’ve hired Annapolis Valley-based Jenny Osburn (co-author of the Local Food Lunch Toolkit) as a School Food Outreach Worker; she’ll be supporting professional development for food service workers this spring. In Halifax, we’re looking at options for better breakfast and more frequent lunch at three schools that don’t have cafeterias – as is the case in many schools! Many thanks to donors and our core supporters – including the Province of Nova Scotia – that enable us to embark on this work. Finally, please join me in tuning in to what children and youth have to say about food – including through many activities throughout Nutrition Month (more below). |
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Lisa Roberts, Executive Director Nourish Nova Scotia |
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| Blog: Youth Engagement in Food System Change |
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Youth voices are more important than ever in creating change in the food movement. We must work to break the barriers to youth involvement—including finances, land access and limited education—and open the conversation around food. Without youth participation, our food system will never reach its full potential. Let youth take a bite! |
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| Nutrition Month™ Contest: Youth as Food Leaders |
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Nova Scotia youth are driving change in the food scene! From becoming the next generation of chefs and farmers, to leading food justice movements—your efforts do not go unnoticed. We are calling on youth to tell us what food means to you for your chance to win awesome prizes! |
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| Great Big Crunch: March 9 |
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| Foodsafe Recipes for a Camp Lunchbox |
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Looking for foodsafe lunchbox recipes to keep your kids nourished while they attend March Break camps? Here are a few of our favourite lunch ideas: |
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| What We're Learning: In support of our Nutrition Month theme, this month’s learning corner is about youth engagement. Staff member Nat has completed the Building Healthy School Communities Through Youth Engagement course from UpLift Nova Scotia. The course, developed in partnership with Heartwood, aims to support partners to better engage the energy and wisdom of young people to create school communities optimized for health and learning. Learn more about community youth development with Heartwood’s Circle of Awesomeness. |
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