School Garden Survey & Draw Prizes to be Won
by Cassie Scott and Sunday Harrison With the passing of the Local Food Act (Bill 36) and the Healthy Kids Panel in serious consultation,...
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greenthumbs2021
- Oct 15, 2013
- 5 min
Deputation to Local Food Act hearings
Sunday Harrison-Vickars, Green Thumbs Growing Kids Sunday@kidsgrowing.ca, 416-876-1480 October 8, 2013 Thank you for the opportunity to...
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greenthumbs2021
- May 23, 2013
- 2 min
Green Thumbs Growing Kids Announcements May 24, 2013
It’s an exciting time for school gardens – please join us physically and metaphysically in our celebrations of a new season of growth and...
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greenthumbs2021
- Jun 21, 2012
- 1 min
Hometown Heroes Awards
Green Thumbs Growing Kids is a finalist in the Group Category of Hometown Heroes, a national celebration of environmental achievement....
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greenthumbs2021
- Jun 21, 2012
- 1 min
Imagine a Garden in Every School
Bringing school food gardens into a provincial network has long been a goal of ours at GTGK. Thanks in part to a grant from the Heart and...
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greenthumbs2021
- Sep 17, 2011
- 3 min
Snail’s pace of environmental education
snails kissing for the camera, Winchester School Garden Jan Wong’s silly article “The Horticultural Revolution” ( or as it says on the...
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greenthumbs2021
- Jul 22, 2011
- 5 min
Green Thumbs Growing ADVOCACY!
Yesterday I was lucky enough to represent Green Thumbs Growing Kids at the Parks and Environment Committee meeting at Toronto City Hall...
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greenthumbs2021
- Dec 17, 2010
- 1 min
School gardens get funding stateside
Recently passed legislation called the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, S.3307: includes the following: Connecting More Children to...
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greenthumbs2021
- Dec 14, 2010
- 2 min
Food Secure Canada Assembly Update
Xuan-Yen, here. We had a whirlwind of a weekend, jam packed with presenting, workshops, networking and enjoying the company of fellow...
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greenthumbs2021
- Oct 18, 2010
- 9 min
School gardens and healthier school menus go hand in hand!
Rebecca Jones wrote this great article in Education News Colarado on how introducing healthier school menus is not enough in getting...
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greenthumbs2021
- May 26, 2010
- 1 min
Support Sarah! Support us! Support cancer prevention!
Sarah Dobec, holistic nutritionist and also founder of Field Trip, is doing the Cancer Prevention Challenge, and has chosen us to donate...
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greenthumbs2021
- Feb 3, 2010
- 1 min
Green Thumbs presenting at the Toronto Food Policy Council Meeting
“The Toronto Food Policy Council will be holding its first-of-the-year public meeting on February 10, 2010. With big changes afoot in the...
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