by Brit MacDonald | Apr 17, 2018 | Food Literacy, Resource
How do we solve the problem of hunger and food security on a global and local scale? This BIG question can be a tough discussion for teachers and students, often with no straightforward answer. Everybody knows what it feels like to be hungry, but for many students...
by Brit MacDonald | Apr 10, 2018 | Food Literacy, Resource
According to a 2013 report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), worldwide we’re wasting more than 30% of our food. That’s like going to the grocery store, picking up 4 bags of groceries and dropping an entire bag in the dumpster. In Canada alone, the...
by Brit MacDonald | Apr 2, 2018 | Food Literacy
For the month of April, Little Green Thumbs is celebrating Food Literacy! All month long we will be exploring how school gardens act as a catalyst for food literacy learning, engaging students to explore their relationships with food and foster healthy eating...
