• The Centre
• Staff and Board

• Speaker Series
• Annual General Meeting
• Food Connections Conference
• Harvest Festival
• Give the Gift of Nutrition
• Agri-Food Career Day
• Give The Gift Of Healthy Eating
• Community Roots Festival

• Good Food Box
• Gleaning
• Growin’ on up!
• Home Grown
• Scratch
• Farm 2 School
• Summer Lunch Munch 
• Kids Get Cooking and Gardening
• Seedy Sunday
• WeFeast
• "FACE" Youth Awareness
• NEW Soup Program
• Community Roots Gardens
  • John Barsby School
  • Fairview Elementary
  • Georgia Ave. Elementary
  • Park Ave. Community School
  • Brechin Elementary
• Local Growers

• Donate
• Volunteer
• Become a Member
• Employment

• Learn more about Locally Grown
  • VI Good Food Initiative
  • Food Security

Scratch

Ages 12-16 Years
Thursdays 3:15 - 5:00
John Barsby Secondary School


We are pleased to offer this FREE after-school cooking program in partnership with John Barsby Community School.  The sessions are all offered at Barsby in their home economics room.


Hospitality Training

Scratch is an 8-week food and cooking skills program for youth in grades 8-10.

Ideal for teens that want to enhance their food related skills and employability in the food industry.

The program includes:

• Foodsafe
• Meal planning
• Cooking skill/kitchen skills
• Guest speakers
• Possible volunteer placements

Find out more contact:

Program Coordinator
foodshareinfo@shaw.ca

Phone: 250-753-9393


“My kids really loved the Scratch program this year, and I have a really big batch of students already signed up for my grade 8/9 program for next year and we would really like to do it again.” (Louise Massey, Learn at Home Coordinator SD#68)

“Now I will know how to cook for myself when I graduate this year.” (Grade 12 Student, John Barsby)

“I loved going out to the garden and cooking what we are growing on school grounds.” (Grade 10 Student, John Barsby)