Credit: Rachel Cheng
Prepare your crunch
When planning your Crunch, choose locally grown fruits or vegetables when possible.
Our Activity toolkit provides fun, curriculum-linked lesson plans and activities to bring the Crunch to life for children of all ages at home or safely in the classroom.
Let us know how you'll crunch
Help us keep track of all the crunches taking place this year.
We want to count your crunches towards the grand total, no matter when you do it or what you crunch.
Invite your classroom or your whole school! You can ask colleagues, or friends and family to join your crunch! If an in person crunch is not possible, plan an online video call.
The Great Big Munch
and other activities
Get ready for a taste adventure with the brand new activity in our Activity toolkit,
the Great Big Munch!
We're celebrating cultures and countries where apples don't quite cut it, shining a spotlight on the amazing versatility of bananas.
By diving into this tasty journey, you're not just munching – you're championing cultural exchange through the global magic of bananas.
Join us for a flavor-packed escapade that's all about embracing the incredible diversity of our world!
Share your crunch
Take a photo of your Crunch and share on social media, which helps us make even more noise for healthy school food.
Here’s a message you can copy and paste:
We took the #GreatBigCrunch to celebrate #HealthySchoolFood!
Tag us on
Facebook: @CHSF.CSAS
Twitter@C4HSchoolFood
Instagram:@thegreatbigcrunch
Great Big Crunch 2024
We are thrilled that the Honourable Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development of Canada, was able to attend the 2024 Virtual Big Crunch.
Do you have any feedback for the event or ideas for the next one?
Share them with us using this evaluation form.
Highlights from the 2024
Great big Crunch
All over Canada, many of you showed your support by participating in the Great Big Crunch.
Take a look below at some of the videos of all the participating schools and organizations!
All Videos
All Videos
Brant Food for Thought
West Hants Middle School
Gaspereau Valley Elementary School
Ste Evans Catholic Elementary School
Great Big
Crunch
2024
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A word from Ontario's Minister of Children, Community and Social Services
For the first time ever, Ontario's Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, Michael Parsa,
took part in this year's Great Big Crunch on behalf of Ontario Premier, Doug Ford, and the entire Ontario Government.
Listen to what he had to say!
A word from the BC Ministers
This is incredible!
This year, several politicians showed their support for the Great Big Crunch including BC's Minister of Education and Child Care, Rachna Singh, and BC's Minister of Agriculture and Food, Pam Alexis!
Listen to what they have to say!
Highlights from Politicians
across Canada
Across Canada, several MPs showed their support for the Great Big Crunch! Here is the list of MP's who showed their support:
Hon. Randy Boissonnault - Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance
Hon. Tim Houston - Premier of Nova Scotia
Hon. Shaun Chen
Hon. Stephanie Kusie
Hon. Marilyn Gladu
Mayor Shelley Ann Bentley
Highlights
from
social media
We wanted to thank each and every one of you by showing highlights of some of the photos of
the 2024 Great Big Crunch that you shared on social media!
Get on the
school food map!
THE GREAT BIG CRUNCH is a Canada-wide movement and annual moment of anti-silence in which students, teachers, parents and others passionate about food join the food movement and crunch into apples (or other crunchy fruit or vegetable) to make noise for healthy school food!
Since 2008, Canadians from coast to coast have participated in the Great Big Crunch, an original initiative of FoodShare Toronto. The Coalition now hosts the annual Great Big Crunch, developing a toolkit for schools and focused on federal advocacy.