From Field to Table
Kids Eat Smart knows the importance of teaching kids where our food comes from! When eating a healthy diet it’s always important to include whole real foods from the food guide which can include things that come from our very own fields such as: blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, lettuce, root vegetables, meats, eggs, etc.
Each year Kids Eat Smart hosts a “Rooting for Health” day during Nutrition month to help teach kids in our Kids Eat Smart Clubs about where their food comes from. We host events in different schools throughout the province and bring local foods and local farmers along to share their knowledge and practices with the kids.
With Farmer’s markets becoming ever more popular here’s some info on some of our very own market’s throughout the province:
St. John’s Farmers’ Market
When: Saturdays, June – December
Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Where: Lion’s Club Chalet (behind the Remax Centre), Bonaventure Avenue
Visit http://stjohnsfarmersmarket.org/ for weekly lists of vendors and performances.
Grand Falls-Windsor Farmers’ Market
When: Saturdays, June – fall
Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Where: 14 High Street
Fresh vegetables, fruit, fish, beef, berries, and crafts. Visit the market online at https://www.facebook.com/GrandFallsWindsorFarmersMarket
Fogo Island Farmers’ Market
When: Saturdays, July – fall
Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Where: Fogo Central, next to the Credit Union
For more information contact Winston Osmond: osmond.winston@gmail.com or (709) 270-0748.
Salmon Cove Community Market
When: Saturdays, monthly (August 10, August 24, September 28, October 19, November 9)
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Where: Salmon Cove Community Centre (Fire Department) located on the main highroad just before the road to the Sands, Route 70
For more information or to become a vendor visit: https://www.facebook.com/SalmonCoveCommunityMarket
Happy-Valley Goose Bay Community Outdoor Market
When: Saturdays, July – October
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Where: CNA Gym, 219 Hamilton River Rd. (The market has relocated to the CNA gymnasium until further notice.)
Fresh produce, crafts, jewellery, baked goods, home based business products and more! For more information visit www.facebook.com/communityoutdoormarket
Kristin Harris is a registered dietitian with Kids Eat Smart Foundation Newfoundland and Labrador.
Great post! Today’s generation indeed needs to learn that even though their food may arrive from the supermarket in a plastic container, a pouch, a box, or a tin can, the origins of these foods are on the farm. They need to know, for example, that the pasta in their Kraft Dinner (Hey, serve some broccoli with that!) originates on the wheat fields of the Prairies. Or that the raspberries in their smoothie came from a U-Pick out in Campbellton. It’s too easy, in these days of convenience foods, to lose sight of where the food originated.