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Update! April 15, 2010

Thanks to the support of Salt Spring Seeds, we’ve been able to give away 18 Foodshed Map posters and we only have two left! We are still seeking the support of local businesses to sponsor the purchasing of these posters for classrooms around Metro Vancouver.

A big thank you from teachers and their students at schools that have received Foodshed Map posters, including:

• Killarney Secondary School

• West Vancouver Secondary School

• Kitsilano High School

• Sir Alexander Mackenzie Elementary School

• Howard DeBeck Elementary School

• Charles Dickens Elementary School

• Vancouver Montessori School

Salt Spring Seeds generously sponsored 20 teachers to receive the Foodshed Map for their classrooms! A huge thank you to the folks at Salt Spring Seeds for their contribution, which will allow local youth to learn more about how the food we eat, is intimately linked to our history, communities and the environment. Check out their really cool “zero-mile diet seed kit” and all the other great supplies they have to offer on their website: www.saltspringseeds.com. Spring is on its way after all!

We are still 80 Foodshed Map posters away from reaching our goal of providing to 100 teachers. Therefore we are continuing to seek out individuals, groups and businesses who feel as strongly as we do about supporting teachers and bringing the lessons that food has to offer into our local schools.

If you would like to learn more, would like to become a sponsor or are a teacher interested in receiving a Foodshed Map poster for your classroom, contact shirlene(at)100milediet.org

Lesson Plans

The Foodshed Map is an excellent tool for teachers to explore food culture in our region with their students. We are interested in developing curriculum-linked lesson plans and activities to accompany the foodshed map. If you have a special request, please contact shirlene(at)100milediet.org.

Check out these fun and educational activities in the meantime (feedback welcome). If you are going to print these documents, remember to check your printer margins and please use recycled post-consumer paper!

Puzzles:
BCFishCrossword-blank
BCFishCrossword-Answer

Foodshed Map Wordfind

Adapted from Switch On Switch Off ; Thanks to Get Local BC for the seasonal food availability chart:
EatingSeasonsActivity

For the aspiring young foodies:
KnowYourFruitsColouring
KnowYourVegetablesColouring

Curriculum links to Foodshed Map poster and website for Home Economics 8-12:
FoodshedHomeEcCC