Nutrition
1. National School Food Program
In March 2025, the governments of Saskatchewan and Canada signed a $15.8-million, three-year agreement under the National School Food Program (NSFP).
The NSFP will support school divisions to enhance, expand or develop school food programming to increase reach and improve access, so more students can have healthy, nutritious food at school as they need.
2. Nourishing Minds: Eat Well – Learn Well – Live Well
Student success in learning is impacted by nutrition. Schools play an important role in encouraging healthy eating. Children learn about nutrition at school and they often eat or buy meals and snacks at school.
Nourishing Minds: Eat Well – Learn Well – Live Well (2019) uses a Comprehensive School Community Health approach to support schools and school divisions to develop and/or renew policy and administrative procedures related to child and youth nutrition. The renewal includes Saskatchewan voices and cultural considerations, updated references, suggested resources, guidelines for policy development, and food safety health practices. A number of supporting resources are designed to assist the school, families, and community to work together to enhance the nutrition environment for students.*
Access the recorded webinar to learn more about Nourishing Minds: Eat Well – Learn Well – Live Well (2019) and the role of Public Health Nutritionists in supporting school divisions.
*Food and nutrition guidance referenced in Nourishing Minds: Eat Well – Learn Well – Live Well (2019) has been updated.
3. Teaching Nutrition in Saskatchewan
Learning about nutrition in engaging ways and real-life settings encourages students to make healthy food choices.
Saskatchewan Curricular and Treaty Outcomes and Nutrition
Food is an important aspect of current and historical First Nations and Métis culture. Learning about the history of treaties and their impact on First Nations and Métis foods and related practices can support the school's food environment to become more inclusive of First Nations and Métis students and their families (Treaty Education Outcomes and Indicators, 2013).
The Saskatchewan Curricular Outcomes and Nutrition and Saskatchewan Treaty Education Outcomes resources highlight opportunities for educators to teach about nutrition in a variety of subject areas.
Agriculture in the Classroom
Hands-on experiences are key to engaging students in their own learning. Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) provides teachers with, educational resources that foster an understanding of food and agriculture. AITC also offers opportunities for students and educators to increase students' connection to food and food literacy, including two elementary school gardening programs and #MyFoodChoice, a resource that asks questions to allow the student deeper understanding of their own personal food choices.
4. Saskatchewan School Food & Nutrition Guidelines
Saskatchewan School Food & Nutrition Guidelines (2025) now replaces the following three documents: Healthy Foods for my School (September 2018), Food Safety for my School (June 2018) and Planning Healthy Menus for my School (November 2018).
Schools are an ideal place for children and youth to observe and learn about healthy eating. The Saskatchewan School Food & Nutrition Guidelines 2025 (Lignes directrices en matière d’alimentation et de nutrition dans les écoles de la Saskatchewan) help schools identify the most nutritious food and drink options to offer and sell. The guidelines also help schools understand what safe food handling practices are and why they are important.
Schools are encouraged to use the guidelines to move towards providing nutritious choices and to reduce the availability of highly processed foods whenever food and drinks are offered or sold.