Introduction to Healthy Eating Videos
Moderated by: Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education
Agri-Trekking Across Ontario – Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc. (3:48 min)
Moderated by: Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)
Presenter: James Mifsud, Legion E Technologies
A new learning resource for Ontario schools using interactive technology to teach students about the foods grown/raised as they explore various geographic counties of Ontario.
Cook It Up! - London Community Resource Centre (3:19 min)
Moderated by: Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)
Presenters: Heather Thomas, Linda Davies
To increase participant (at risk youth) knowledge and awareness of agriculture, healthy eating, food preparation and purchasing skills.
Cross-Cultural Local Food Initiative – Noojmowin Teg Health Centre (4:49 min)
Moderated by: Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)
Presenter: Kathleen Shaw
Highlights the diverse ecological and multi cultural reality of local foods found within the Manitoulin district via farm visits, wild food learning sessions, health and nutrition sessions, public workshops based on seasonal gathering and public harvest feasts.
Get Stuffed! - Tapestry New Opera Works (2:51 min)
Moderated by: Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)
Presenter: Amber Ebert
Get Stuffed promotes a change in behavior by empowering children to make informed decisions about their food choices via an innovative approach to teaching children about healthy eating by engaging them on a meaningful level through the performing arts.
Green Thumbs Growing Kids (3:36 min)
Moderated by: Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)
Presenter: Sunday Harrison
Working with urban children and their families to grow, prepare and appreciate fresh, nutritious foods, grown in an environmentally sustainable and socially just manner in hands-on programs.
Greenhouse Giving Garden – Rideau District High School (4:00 min)
Moderated by: Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)
Presenter: Richard Swann
Promoting healthy eating in the school and community by having participantsgrowing their own vegetables through curriculum based programs in the school greenhouse.
Greenhouse Grows Program – Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (4:36 min) Moderated by: Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)
Presenter: Laura Brinkmann
Increasing the consumption of fresh produce by understanding how this may bedone within existing potential and future markets. The project has 4 segments: curriculum-linked experiential learning kits, industry mentors, field trips and video production.
Healthy Eating Club – Lambton-Kent Agriculture in the Classroom (3:50 min)
Moderated by: Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)
Presenter: Debbie Coke
To demonstrate the importance of eating a variety of healthy, local foods and teach students basic food preparation skills through bi-weekly Healthy Eating Club
Healthy Eating Program – Lindsay Agricultural Society (2:22 min)
Moderated by: Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)Presenters: Carm Hamilton
An agricultural awareness project intended to reach the general public through a trade show display that promotes the economical, ecological, and nutritional reasons for purchasing foods locally, including a six part series on canning and preserving local fruits and vegetables.
Healthy Eating Project – St. Marys and Area Home Support Services (3:31 min)
Moderated by Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)
Through the integration of healthy eating initiatives into food related services there will be a reduction in the risk of health related conditions/diseases in the surrounding community, an increased awareness of healthy local foods along with a better knowledge of how to prepare fresh foods.
iBEAN Healthy Eating Program – Ontario Bean Producers’ Marketing Board (3:26min)Moderated by Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE) Presenter: Tino Breuer
Promoting the nutritional, economical and health benefits of Ontario farm grown and Ontario/Canada canned beans. This project seeks to heighten student awareness of healthy eating by, and through, the use of beans in meal options.
Thinking Critically About Local Food – Ontario Family Studies Leadership Council (3:50 min)
Moderated by Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)
Presenter: Diane O'Shea
A teacher resource that provides curriculum linked activities to help students think critically about local food, their food choices and the role grocery stores/farmers’ markets have in the local food movement.
Vealing Great with Ontario Veal – Ontario Veal Association (3:26 min)
Moderated by Colleen Smith, Executive Director, Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)
Presenter: Vanessa Shepherd, Ontario Veal Association
Increasing awareness for veal as a protein choice; increasing veal consumption and promote Ontario veal’s lean protein properties to consumers that want to eat well and are physically active.