Service-design prototype · not approved software · not a final brandNot endorsed by NFFT, Student Nutrition Ontario, a school board or any government
Northumberland Harvest Day
Next Harvest Day · Thursday, September 23, 2027
Local farms. Local schools. Every student included.
One day each season, food grown in Northumberland County arrives at Northumberland schools. Families join Harvest Day for their school and contribute what they can. Contributions are pooled, so every student at the school eats the same food.
Funding the next Harvest Day at Cobourg Public School
Prototype figures
312 students · one school-wide fund · no family is named
$1,872
Harvest Day cost
$1,045
Family contributions
$527
Program & community funding
$300
still to fund
Help close the gapContributions from families, community partners and school-food funding are pooled into one fund for the whole school.
September Harvest Snack
Three Northumberland farm products, plus a protein food so the snack meets student nutrition guidance.
Prototype menu — subject to dietitian / SNP approval
Snacking carrots
Cold Springs Organics · Port Hope
Cherry tomatoes
Burnham Farm · Cobourg
One apple
Moore's Orchards · Hamilton Township
Rounds out the snack
Hummus cup · protein food
A sealed single-serve chickpea dip made in Cold Springs Organics' own commercial kitchen. It pairs with the carrots and tomatoes and is what lets the Harvest Snack satisfy the vegetable/fruit plus protein pattern SNP snacks are expected to follow.
Everything is served whole, washed-and-ready or pre-portioned, so schools need no extra preparation, equipment or cold storage beyond what they already use. Nut-free and suitable for vegetarian and halal diets; the exact menu still requires dietitian and program review.
Meet the farms
Three growers, all within 40 km of the schools they're feeding.
Cold Springs Organics
Carrots + hummus · 18 km away
A certified-organic family vegetable farm growing roots, greens and alliums. Its on-site commercial kitchen processes food from the garden, so the hummus cups are made where the carrots are grown.
Burnham Farm
Cherry tomatoes · 9 km away
A family farm market with greenhouses and field crops, selling its own produce alongside other local growers.
Moore's Orchards
Apples · 11 km away
An orchard of thirty apple varieties, picking early-season fruit right as school begins each September.
Prototype content — farms illustrative, not yet recruited
How Harvest Day works
01
Families join, schools confirm
Families join and contribute what they can. The school confirms its student count — that's the entire order.
02
Farms grow to the number
Three farms commit to their share months ahead, so the demand is predictable.
03
One place packs it
The farms' food is combined at a single aggregation point and packed per school.
04
One delivery, one invoice
On September 23 the food arrives. The school receives a single invoice, not three.
Every student is included
Families join Harvest Day and contribute what they can. The food itself is served to every student at the school — there is no eligibility check and nothing that marks out one child from another.
—The suggested contribution is voluntary — $0 is a real option.
—Contributions are pooled into the school's fund, never a fee for one child's food.
—Whether a family contributes is not visible to the school or to students.
Step 1 of 2 · your family
Join Harvest Day
Tell us where your children go to school. You'll choose your contribution next.
Children at this school
1
Used only to suggest an amount — every student is served either way.
Choose your school to continue.
Northumberland Harvest Day is an unapproved service-design prototype exploring whether local food can be made remarkably easy for schools to buy. Schools, farms, figures and dates shown are illustrative.
