by YFS | Aug 29, 2025 | All About YFS, In Waterloo Region
Yesterday, we took you on a journey through the six school food garden spaces cared for by our youth leaders this summer. Now, let’s delve into the distribution side of the project: the Markets! The Youth Food Market is a series of pop up produce stalls, run by...
by YFS | Aug 28, 2025 | All About YFS, In Waterloo Region
This week marks the end of our summer activities, as the start of the new school year grows closer and closer. And with this end, we say goodbye to our youth Garden Leaders! Since 2017, Youth in Food Systems has been supporting school-based food production, building...
by admin | Sep 9, 2024 | All About YFS
Don’t you want to dig into how young people are driving innovation in agriculture and food production, which contribute to more sustainable and resilient food systems? Staff note: Skyler Yoo was one of our extraordinary Market Leaders this season running the...
by admin | Aug 15, 2024 | All About YFS
Written by: Nihal Mir and Benson Yu Staff note: Nihal and Benson are two of our extraordinary Market Leaders this season running the Youth Food Market, a seasonal project in Waterloo Region that aims to support youth skill building and leadership, as well as...
by admin | Sep 9, 2023 | All About YFS
Written by Declan Murphy Edited by Kiritika Rana Designed by Kiritika Rana Published by Kiritika Rana Are you a volunteer, or are you interested in volunteering? Good for you! No, seriously – it’s good for you! In Ontario, high schoolers are...
by admin | Apr 1, 2022 | All About YFS
Written by Rayna Almas A few weeks ago, it hit me that we were coming up on a whole year of our youth volunteer program, a program that we’ve aptly called “Youth in Food Systems” (YFS). It all started because of COVID-19. Leading up to the pandemic, our...
