The officials say Ottawa will be chipping in $108.5 million over the next three years to Ontario’s existing Student Nutrition Program and First Nations Student Nutrition Program.

With the start of a new school year, Canadian parents are facing the familiar challenge of packing healthy lunches for their potentially picky eaters.

Whether it’s high sodium, too much sugar or misleading labels, nearly 60 per cent of infant and toddler foods sold in the United States aren’t as nutritious as they appear.

Keep Kids Fed will run through two streams: a student nutrition program and providing children with food packages to take home from school on weekends and holidays.

Beckie Prime (left) and Domenique Mastronardi won an award for their beverage, Beck’s Broth. The drink is sold in about 100 retails in Canada, including Guelph’s Market Fresh.

Half of a hard-boiled egg or an apple cut six ways — student nutrition programs across Ontario are finding ways to stretch increasingly insufficient dollars.

Getting in shape is the most popular New Year’s resolution, but many people set the bar too high and struggle to maintain good habits.

The Manitoba government is planning to take a step in the coming weeks toward its plan for a universal school meal program.

The Coalition for Healthy School Food and Breakfast Club of Canada are urging the government to implement a national school food policy as programs struggle to meet demands.

A New Brunswick woman has turned her front yard into a vegetable garden, hoping to encourage more Canadians to grow their own food.