Fresh Roots – Increasing Local Food in School Cafeteria

#4: Food and Farewell

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  This is it – the last stretch! As promised, a detailed account of the taste test will be provided (with mouthwatering photos). But first, let’s take a quick look at a summary of the entirety of our project. Executive Summary LFS 350 Group 19, in collaboration with Fresh Roots and David Thompson Secondary School’s Chef Lee Green, worked together to find ways to increase seasonal, local food prepared, sold and bought by students in David Thompson Secondary School’s cafeteria. Our project stemmed from the previous LFS 350 group localEd’s…read more

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#3: Reflections

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Cartoon by Jim Davis (obtained from http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2001/01/10) With the finish line in sight, our group was eager to carry out the final practical portion of the project with the school and finish on a high. A brief overview of how the taste test went will be discussed later, when our group reflects on what has happened in the project so far and our moments of significant change. A detailed account of the event will be recorded in our next post. For now, here is a look at our achievements this…read more

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#2: Meetings and Proposals

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“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower Weekly Objectives Listing out our weekly objectives and achievements has enabled us to see what tasks we still need to complete as well as show us how far we’ve come on this project, this has helped to keep us all on track and motivate us for the entirety of the project. Discuss our preference survey and taste test with Lee Green. For now, we still have different opinions on how many dishes we should cook for the taste test. Chef…read more

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#1: First Impressions

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“I do something very, very difficult. I shut up, and listen to them.” – Ernesto Sirolli Five students, one organisation, one school, one goal. Our team is made up of five Land and Food Systems (LFS) students who are studying subjects related to food and nutrition. We are excited to work together and hope to utilise our academic knowledge in a practical way in future studies. We are all passionate about improving food systems of local communities as a first step towards understanding and achieving global food security. Amongst all the…read more

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