At the 2015 Annual General Meeting of the Federation, members adopted a resolution calling for the establishment of a universal free school lunch program. Since that time the Federation has been working toward the implementation of this project; this has included, to date:
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A “summit meeting” of primary producers, educators, chefs, dietitians and others in June 2015 to talk about the broad challenges and opportunities of the program.
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Participation in the Canada-wide Coalition For Healthy School Food
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Screening of the film Cafeteria Man in the fall of 2016.
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Organization of a visit by U.S. Chef Tony Geraci, the subject of Cafeteria Man, in October 2016 for a weeklong series of meetings with students, teachers, parents, administrators, chefs, farmers and producers, processors and politicians.
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A short video of Chef Tony's visit by Jeff Eager, Hummingbird Productions (In Production)
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Featuring a prototypical healthy, local school lunch at the Fall 2016 Semi-Annual Meeting of members.
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An Environmental Scan of School Food on PEI and School Food Fact Sheet, compiled by Tracy Michael of Nourished Kitchen.
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Letters of support from Parker Grimmer, Cheif Operations Officer, Public Schools Branch and John Jamieson, Deputy Minister, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
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PEI Home and School Federation Guiding Principles for School Food in Prince Edward Island.
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Student School Food Think Tanks, Fall 2018: Hundreds of students participated in the events at East Wiltshire Intermediate, Kinkora Regional High, and Montague Regional High.
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Centralized kitchen being tested for hot lunches at Charlottetown Schools
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Letter to Premier Dennis King, September 17, 2019: Meeting request concerning implementation of Universal Healthy School Lunch Program
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P.E.I. government launching $5 healthy school lunch program in January 2020
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Education and Lifelong Learning Mandate Letter, October 2020
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Education minister promises P.E.I. school food program for fall 2020, November 2020