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From Sept. to Nov. 2018, a cohort of eight students with their instructor created a Mindfulness Garden to support Winchester Grade 1-2...


greenthumbs2021
- Oct 26, 2015
- 2 min
A double-double black magic kale, please!
Five-year-olds don’t always want to eat their vegetables. But when they’ve spent time exploring a schoolyard garden and picking their...
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greenthumbs2021
- Jan 22, 2014
- 1 min
Honey Pot Herbals – New Cross-Promotion with GTGK
Check out this amazing online small business making beautiful personal care products with fine imported and native ingredients. We love...
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greenthumbs2021
- Aug 2, 2011
- 2 min
A Life Change
Growing up as a kid I had to be cautious around food due to my sensitivities and allergies. It didn’t help that my mom would make sure I...
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greenthumbs2021
- Jul 12, 2011
- 3 min
Toronto District School Board Food and Grounds Tour Review
Meghan the intern here again, bursting at the seams to talk to you about one of my latest adventures! As a student whose academic...
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greenthumbs2021
- May 26, 2011
- 2 min
School Gardens – What’s Nutrition Got To Do With It?
Greetings everyone – my name is Meghan and I’m an intern student from the Masters of Health Science in Nutrition Communication program at...
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greenthumbs2021
- May 11, 2011
- 2 min
The urban food-producing ecosystem
It’s important to remember the value of trees in our food-producing landscapes. I remember when Ecoschools first started, feeling like...
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greenthumbs2021
- May 6, 2011
- 1 min
Growing Up Together May 13: Digging into healthy snacks and healthy soils
Next Friday! If you’re a teacher or educator there are a couple spots left! Please register. Information is on the flyer below.
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greenthumbs2021
- Nov 19, 2010
- 3 min
A deliciously warm autumn in the school food gardens
The school food gardens in east downtown Toronto have been blessed with an exceptionally long and warm autumn, making for a lot of...
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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
- Sep 30, 2010
- 4 min
Article sur le Centre Francophone et le jardin commencé à Allan Gardens
The lovely Candice Nsongo, Community Health Worker at the Centre Francophone de Toronto(CFT), was featured in an article in L’Express,...
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greenthumbs2021
- Aug 18, 2010
- 1 min
Youth Health Navigator Event – August 25th, 5:30 – 9 pm
As a product of the Food4Health Equity Project facilitated in partnership with Green Thumbs Growing Kids and the Wellesley Institute the...
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greenthumbs2021
- Aug 10, 2010
- 2 min
Summer Youth & Good Times
Goodness. It’s August! We’ve had Sarah, Jijo, J.J., Amanuel, Winston, Jiawen, Abie and Sail, the youth we’ve co-hired with Youth Voices...
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greenthumbs2021
- Jun 10, 2010
- 4 min
Benefits of tasting plants in the garden
“This garden is so pretty and there’s so much food” – 9 year old girl at Winchester at lunch recess on Monday. I am super pleased when...
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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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