#Greatbigcrunch
2025
Thank you for crunching with us!
The 2025 Great Big Crunch campaign wrapped up on May 1, 2025 — and what a crunch it was!
This year, over 151,000 participants from schools, communities, organizations and families across Canada came together to crunch, munch, and advocate for strong school food programs.
Over 30,000 participants joined the Virtual Great Big Crunch, connecting coast-to-coast-to-coast for a national moment of celebration and advocacy for school food.
From February to May, children and youth in Canada made noise for healthy school food and helped raise awareness about the importance of investing in strong, universal, and sustainable school food programs.
Check out last year's gREAT bIG CRUNCH IMAGES AND VIDEOS on twitteR.
Register today and decide how you would like to crunch!
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 2025
A huge thank you to the more than 31,000 participants who joined us live for the Virtual Great Big Crunch 2025! Your collective energy helped make noise for stronger, universal school food programs in Canada.
We also extend our sincere thanks to all of our guest speakers who joined us for this national moment of celebration:
- Sue-Anne Banks – Indigenous Lead, BC Chapter, Coalition for Healthy School Food
- Rachel Cheng – Mobilization Officer, Montreal Food Policy Council
With special guests:
- Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development of Canada
- Brendan Maguire, Minister of Education and Minister of Advanced Education, Nova Scotia Government
- Olivia Chow, Mayor of Toronto
Do you have any feedback for the event or ideas for the next one?
Share them with us using this evaluation form.
Past Great Big Crunch Highlights
Every year, students, educators, families, and communities from coast to coast to coast come together to take one big crunch — and make noise for healthy school food in Canada.
Since 2008, the Great Big Crunch has grown from a simple classroom activity to a nationwide movement, with tens of thousands of participants joining in every year.
Each Crunch builds momentum for strong, universal, and sustainable school food programs that nourish children and youth across the country.
Explore the highlights from past years, watch recordings of our national Virtual Crunch events, see who joined us as special guests, and relive the incredible energy that continues to drive this movement forward!
Highlights from the 2025
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
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Brant Food for Thought
West Hants Middle School
Gaspereau Valley Elementary School
Ste Evans Catholic Elementary School
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A word from Ontario's Minister of Children, Community and Social Services
In 2024, 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!
Highlights from Politicians
IN 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 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.