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​UPDATE

  • Our Feeding Futures department has been teaming up with local food producers to bring you the freshest bites possible — and support our local economy while we're at it! 🍐🍎🍇
  • Whipping up delicious creations from scratch
  • Those Asian pears, apples, and plums you enjoyed? Picked straight from a neighbor's tree the morning before delivery. Our muffins? Made with berries lovingly hand-picked by a local family just 8 minutes from Facilities. And yes — our smoothies, muffins, and trail mix bars are all made in-house, with as many local ingredients as we can get our hands on. 💪🌱
  • We want everyone to know the love, care, and community spirit baked into every bite. So starting today and into early next week, every school will display our new “Fact of the Day" sheet. These fun facts will share where your food came from, or a cool historical tidbit about what's being served. It's a tasty way to learn — and a great way to reconnect students with the story behind their food.​​​
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What is the Feeding Futures school food program?​​

​The Ministry has allocated $71.5 million per year​ in dedicated, multi-year funding to school districts to enhance student food security through expanding or establishing school food programs. This funding initiative is a cornerstone of the government's comprehensive Feeding Futures School Food Programs Framework, reflecting our commitment to ensuring students are well-nourished for optimal learning and health outcomes. The Feeding Futures School Food Programs (FFSFP) funding addresses critical challenges identified by schools in the province, including sustainable food funding and human resources. ​
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What is the goal of this new school food initiative?

The Feeding Futures initiative aims to address sustainable nutritional needs, and helping to alleviate the impact of rising food costs for families. With this initiative, we are working together as a community to give children the best start in life. By nourishing bodies with healthy food and promoting food literacy initiatives, we aim to foster a sustainable, healthy, and nourished future.​​
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​Article: Mission City Record, February 16, 2024​
Articles: School Food News and Updates​

March 7, 2025: BC Gov News Release:

The governments of Canada and British Columbia reach a bilateral agreement on school food

🍎 #BritishColumbia announced a deal with the federal government as part of the National School Food Program.
British Columbia will receive approximately $39 million over 3 years, further enhancing school food programs in British Columbia.
This demonstrates British Columbia's ongoing commitment to strengthening school food programs in the province through the Feeding Futures program, a move that will ensure 90,000 more children and youth have an opportunity to be well-nourished, ready to learn, and set up for success. ​

Healthy meals for kids, savings for families in British Columbia - Canada.ca.pdf
BCSTA Statement_HealthySchoolFood.pdf
National School Food Policy​​
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​Feeding Futures Advisory Committee had their first meeting on January 26, 2024. The Committee comprises of community volunteers, acting in an advisory capacity and a collaborative manner for the promotion of nutritional food access and food literacy programs in the schools within the District. The 20+ members were appointed by the Manager of Feeding Futures.
The committee's goals: 
- ​Holding at least one meeting every two months
- Having Indigenous representation
- Reflecting the diversity of BC
- Including at least one student from Mission Schools
- Having at least two people with knowledge of community organizations of foods 
- Committee members serve without remuneration
- Committee members include members from inside or outside Mission Public Schools (clear CRC) 

NEWSLETTER​​

​Make sure to explore all the Feeding Futures sub-sites.

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​For more information about Feeding Futures Program in Mission Public Schools, contact

Stefany Tunshell

Manager of Feeding Futures


33860 Dlugosh Avenue
Mission, BC  V2V 6B2
T: 604-854-0263
E: stefany.tunshell@mpsd.ca​

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