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Nutrition Month 2025
Nourish to Flourish!
March is Nutrition Month and the theme for 2025 is Nourish to Flourish. What this means will be slightly different for everyone, but is all about the broad role food plays in our lives, going beyond simply meeting our physical needs. It’s about exploring the social, cultural and emotional side of food.
Food has a powerful way of bringing people and communities together, of making people feel connected to their culture and home, and of bringing joy and comfort.
There are so many ways to integrate the varied roles that food has in our lives. Some ideas are listed below to help you get started. This March and beyond, get creative about how food can not only nourish, but allow us to flourish as well!
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Have a picnic meal or snack – lay out blankets on the floor, turn off the lights, put on a video of a crackling campfire or a sunny day with bird songs.
Have a picnic snack – bring blankets to sit on the floor, turn off the lights, put on a video or sounds of a crackling campfire or a sunny day with bird songs.
Child care centre staff – check out the workplaces tab below for more ideas.
Have a food sharing day, such Fruity Friday or Class Culture Day and invite students to bring in an item to share.
Have a picnic lunch/snack – bring blankets to sit on the floor, turn off the lights, put on a video of a crackling campfire or a sunny day with bird songs.
Plan a collaborative lunch, where everyone who participates contributes an ingredient to make a delicious soup, salad or nourish bowl. Find a recipe book and sign-up sheets below.
Ask staff to share a recipe that has meaning to them – this might be a family recipe that has been passed down for generations, or a recipe that reminds them of home, or maybe it’s a simple comfort food is made on cold winter days.
Compile the recipes, with a short description of why it was chosen and share the recipe book amongst staff.
You could also plan to host a potluck, where staff prepare their meaningful recipe to share with colleagues.
Place them in a bowl or box and invite staff to take a slip to try out at home or on break.
Put out some blank slips and pens for people to leave their own ideas of conversation starters.
Make & Take Coffee Break Snack
If you have a small budget, or if folks want to contribute a dollar or two, purchase a few ingredients for people to make their own nourishing snack at break time.
Things that work well are parfaits (yogurt, fruit & granola), smoothies (banana, yogurt, frozen fruit & milk), mini wrap roll-ups (hummus, vegetables & cheese, or pizza sauce, spinach & cheese), cheesy cucumber crunch (cheese, crackers & cucumber slices), trail mix (nuts, seeds, whole grain cereal, dried fruit).
Consider allergies when planning
Charcuterie Break
Set a date and time, and invite colleagues to bring an item to contribute to a group charcuterie board to share.
Food ideas could be cheeses, crackers, fruits, vegetables, dips, pita triangles, pickles, olives, dried fruits, nuts (if no allergies), jams, spreads, baguette.
Use this as an opportunity to connect with and get to know colleagues better!
