Food Security Project Kitsilano School

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Food Security Project Kitsilano School

• Group 10

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Introduction

• Weak anthropocentric view
• Priority is on human needs while maintaining care
  for the surrounding environment
• Systems approach
• Looking at the community components and
  interactions as a whole
• People are being distanced from food system
• Lack of education about food and nutrition in
  most school curriculums

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Description of Kitsilano Secondary Catchment Area
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Kitsilano High School

• Located at 2550 West 10th Avenue
• Consists of the Kitsilano, Fairview and West
  Point Grey communities
• 5 elementary feeder schools
• Wide variety of programs
• Approximately1,630 students

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Kitsilano Characteristics

• Largest community
• 551 hectares
• 39,620 residents (50
  are around 20-39 years old)
• Average household income is 66,093
• 19 of the population is low income

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Fairview Characteristics

• Adjacent to the
  Kitsilano community
• 333 hectares
• 28,405 residents (48 are
  around 20-39 years old)
• Average household income of 60,244

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West Point Grey Characteristics

• Small portion falls into
  Kitsilano Secondary Schools catchment area
• 455 hectares
• 12,680 residents
• Average household income of 105,383

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Results From Kitsilano Focus Groups
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Method

• Viewing PowerPoint presentation
• Complete the questionnaires supplied
• Six grade 10 students
• Discussion in focus group

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Research Result

• Findings

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KSS students' primary concerns about their food

• Taste
• Nutritional value
• Organic
• Appearance

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KSS students ideas of good food

• Incorporation of spices and vegetables in the
  food
• Taste
• Nutritional quality
• Organic

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KSS student thoughts

• Most students brought lunches from home
  especially since they thought the cafeteria was
  smelly and the food was greasy
• Students believed the vending machines had a lack
  of variety
• Community gardens were of great interest to the
  students
• Many students showed interest in learning more
  about the Land and Food Systems faculty

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Result And Discussion
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Food security problems at KSS

• Limited accessibility to healthy food
• Connections between our food, the environment and
  the students
• Lack of education about food and nutrition in the
  school curriculum
• Junk Food vending machines
• Commercialization is prevalent in the vicinity of
  the school and its community

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Program of High school activities

• 30-Hour Sustainable Living Quest
• Introduction of guest speakers
• Intermission of nutritional snacks
• Interactive games that relate to our activity
  goals
• Screening of movies that are also related to our
  goals
• Overnight school sleep-over
• Nutritional meal at the end of the 30 hour period

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Past AGSC 250 Research and Findings
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Past AGSC 250 Research

• 2000-2003 Investigated the security and
  sustainability of food systems in 23 communities
  within the Vancouver region
• 2004 Studied how these issues affected high
  school kids at KSS and Sir Winston Churchill
  using community action based research

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Results of Past AGSC 250 Findings

• The majority of students brought food from home
  ( 38)
• Substantial number also bought lunch at a store
  near the school ( 33)
• The most important characteristics were taste,
  nutrition, and appearance
• They showed little interest about learning where
  their food comes from and how healthy it is

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Literature Review
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Literature Review

• Turning the Tables
• Recommendations on existing food security
  problems in high schools in England
• - training their cooking staff to provide
  healthy meals and
  design healthy menus
• Reviews the challenges of practical
  implementation
• - financial pressures of schools and the
  parents of low income families
• Recognizes the economical and environmental
  sustainable effects of food security
• - supports local economy by encouraging
  schools purchase food from local suppliers and
  farmers

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Literature Review

• Jamie Oliver
• Goal Try to replace junk food with nutritious
  food
• Result Successful in implementing nutritious
  lunch meals in British elementary schools
• He went to different communities and schools, to
  realize the lack of knowledge of food
• Many people gain a greater awareness of the
  importance of healthy food for children
• Slowly he helped the students become more aware
  of their connections with food

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Literature Review

• Worldwide food programs taking place
• US
• Skidmore College in N.Y. establish a dining hall
  revolution to bring local and organic food to the
  colleges own dining hall
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
  provide lessons to ESL students and their parents
  on food choices
• France
• French government is involve to improve students
  nutrition by establishing school meal menus so
  parents know in advance of their childrens meal
• Suggested-Dinner weekday menus are establish to
  enable parents to make nutritious meal at home
• French schools have field trips to farms

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Recommendations
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For our AGSC 250 2006 colleague

1. Take a tour of the high school during regular
   lunch time hours
2. Debrief with the other facilitators, or conduct
   more than one focus group
3. Improve preliminary power point presentation to
   be more captivating and interactive
4. Send an additional newsletter/booklet of relevant
   information home with the students

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For KSS principal and other faculty members

1. Organize field trip to the farm
2. Date with a Dietitian, get students to go to a
   local supermarket
3. Have students prepare a Food Journal for a
   typical day
4. Show the Jamie Oliver episodes
5. Help and encourage interested students to
   organize food security related clubs

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For Vancouver School Board

1. Implement food security and sustainability
   programs in elementary schools
2. Make alterations of our current curriculum
3. The VSB can collaborate with the PAC to hold more
   meetings on food security issues in schools
4. Join with the Vancouver City Council to promote
   awareness within the community

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Thank you

• Group 10 members Berkyto, Meghan Leah
• Chow, Amanda Hoi
  San
• Hartell ,Tamara
  Valeria
• Lam, Iris
  Po-King
• Niknamian ,Darya
• Siu ,Chi Bon Gabriel
• Wang, Jin