Yes. Thank you.
You talked about good models. The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate has an excellent program that feeds students and also involves local caterers to provide country foods for students. It is quite an extensive program that we do reference often.
In Newfoundland and Labrador, their school lunch association has a program that uses a “pay what you can” model. Families can pay using software so that students aren't stigmatized. They pay whatever they can, from nothing to whatever they can afford. Kids are provided a hot lunch at school during the day that's produced from local caterers.
There are a number of different models in different regions. Some regions have really strong breakfast programs. For instance, to my understanding, 95% of those in Nova Scotia schools receive breakfast at school.
I think we do have a diversity of really great models that we can learn from and figure out which are the best. There are some really innovative “farm to school” models, as they're referred to, that involve local farmers or food producers or harvesters bringing food to the school and engaging with the children. They are producing the food and then serving it.
Thank you for referring to this idea. We do have some excellent models that we can grow and support and extend.