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This page provides links to organizations besides Toronto Green Community that do work with food security throughout Canada, be they gardens, community centres, or non-profits. If you know an organization you'd like added to the list, please email it to garden(at)torontogreen.ca
Canada - Alberta - British Columbia - Manitoba - New Brunswick - Newfoundland and Labrador - Nova Scotia - Ontario - PEI - Quebec - Saskatchewan - Territories
Canada
Canada's Action Plan for Food Security - Ten priorities developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to increase Canada's national food security
Canadian Association for Food Studies - Community of academic and social researchers who promote critical, interdisciplinary scholarship in the broad areas of food production, distribution, and consumption
Food Secure Canada - Connects groups working on Food Security across Canada
Landshare Canada - Connects people across Canada who want to grow vegetables with people who have land to spare. Also provides opportunities for people who want to help out and learn from a more established grower.
Meal Exchange - a national student-driven, registered charity that helps young Canadians realize their potential to improve the future of their communities, through meaningful opportunities to reduce local hunger. Manages the Student Food Network, coordinates Trick-or-Eat Halloween foodraising and leads food security peer education training
Peoples' Food Policy Project - Bilingual, Canada-wide network creating Canada's first food sovereignty policy
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Alberta
Agriculture
Community Shared Agriculture Alberta - website to help you find a farm close to you where you can purchase locally grown seasonal food, while helping to ensure the longevity of the small family farm.
Community Groups
Community Kitchens of Calgary - Programs such as a good food box, nutrition classes and distribution of surplus fresh produce increase food security in Calgary
Greater Edmonton Alliance - Created "The Way We Eat" a strategy for developing a local food economy in Edmonton
Just Food Edmonton - create a just food system in the Edmonton Region by building relationships and coordinating efforts, raising awareness through education, initiating and supporting projects, actions, research and evaluation, and influencing policy.
Live Local Edmonton - Promotes local food merchants and runs a good food box program
Operation Fruit Rescue Edmonton - volunteer pickers who harvest urban fruit and divide it between owners, food banks and pickers
WeCan Food Basket Society (Edmonton) - Nutritious weekly food baskets distributed at low cost through cooperative buying
Networks
Growing Food Security in Alberta - An Alberta network of individuals and groups focused on creating supportive environments for the development/creation of local/regional food systems that are equitable and sustainable
Urban Agriculture
City Farm (Edmonton) - Educational urban farm on the outskirts of the city which runs indoor and outdoor programming for children and provides grants and support to community gardens.
Community Garden Resource Network, Calgary Horticultural Society – connects gardeners, strengthens and promotes community gardening in
Calgary
Community Garden Network of Edmonton and Area - a resource network to help you through the process of starting your own community garden or linking up with an existing community garden.
Voices of the Soil (Edmonton) - Has supported and developed urban agriculture programs across Edmonton, including City Farm and community and school gardens
Social Enterprise
EthniCity Catering (Calgary) - Social enterprise of the Centre for Newcomers employs immigrant women in transition to prepare multi-ethnic food
British Columbia
Academic/Student
SFU Local Food Project (Burnaby) - Promotes food security on campus through a good food box, pocket market, and a workshop series
Sprouts (Vancouver) - UBC's volunteer run cafe works to make local, organic and fair trade food accessible to everyone on campus
UBC Farm (Vancouver) - Organic teaching, research, and community farm in the city
Agriculture
Agricultural Land Commission - preserves agricultural land and encourage and enable farm businesses throughout BC
Community Groups
Edible Garden Project (North Shore) - works to address urban environmental and social issues by creating a network that grows and shares local food and by promoting sustainable regional agriculture.
Farm Folk City Folk (Vancouver) - provide access to and protection of foodlands; support local growers and producers; and engage communities in the celebration of local food.
Galiano Food Program - increases Galiano Island's food security through community-building activities and skills sharing. Programs include a community greenhouse, senior/youth skills sharing and gleaning programs.
The Garden Institute of BC - has worked promoting organic urban food production, community development, biodiversity conservation, community gardening, seed and farming literacy, traditional knowledge documentation, ethnomusicology, ethnobiology, and more since 1998
Lifecycles (Victoria) - nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating awareness and initiating action around food, health, and urban sustainability. Helps to develop community and school gardens, leads food workshops and runs a fruit tree harvesting program
Lush Valley Food Action Society (Comox Valley) - Runs a food hub, fruit tree project, and has a kitchen under development
Nanaimo Foodshare - Helps communities develop skills to become food secure and self-sufficient
Nelson Fruit Tree Project - a part of Nelson's Earth Matters Program, The project links homeowners who are unable to harvest their fruit trees with community members who can use their fruit. the harvested fruit is shared between homeowners, volunteers and non-profits; preservation workshops are also given
North Kootenay Lake Community Services Society- Operates the Kaslo Food Hub which offers: A farmer based bulk buying club, the North Kootenay Lake Food Cupboard, a tool and Food Resource Library, West Kootenay Food Directory and Farmland Database, a Community Root Cellar, as well as a community kitchen program, a Fruit Tree Project and ad-hoc events/workshops throughout the year.
North Thompson Valley Food Coalition - Coordinates gleaning, gardening and farmers' market programs, also works on local food policy issues
One Straw Society (Sunshine Coast) -supports the growth of sustainable agriculture on previously developed land, encourages proper use & expansion of the Agricultural Land Reserve, supports & encourages self-sufficiency in individuals & small businesses by sharing information & resources.
Powell River Food Security Project - Markets, gardens, good food box, fruit tree project and monthly potlucks, among other initiatives
Renfrew Collingwood Food Security Institute (Vancouver) - Community kitchens, food prep workshops and organic garden for community members
Richmond Fruit Tree Project (Richmond) - grows food for those in need on donated lands and with the help of hundreds of volunteers
Richmond Food Security Society (Richmond) - Hosts discussions, develops info materials and connects food security groups in the city
Shuswap Food Action (Salmon Arm) - Developed a Food Charter and Regional Food Network, runs workshops, gardens, and a local food directory
Small Scale Food Processor Association - Supports the creation and development of small-scale food processors
Sunshine Coast Fruit Tree Project - a community based initiative that works to build community and strengthen food security using local fruit.
Food Banks
Kamloops Food Bank - Provides emergency food and runs a food recovery program
Richmond Food Bank - provides emergency food as well as children's nutrition programming, gardening workshops and nutrition demos
Food Policy
Kamloops Food Policy Council - Develops policy for programs that promote gardening, cooking skills and provide food to people with mental health issues
Vancouver Food Policy Council - combines members from all sectors of the local food system to develop just and sustainable food policies
Local Food
Coast Food Action - volunteer run site that offers information on buying, growing and preparing local foods as well as promotes food security initiatives and projects
Vancouver Island Local Food Directory - helps people on Vancouver Island connect with local farmers, producers, and processors of local food and educates the public about issues with the industrial food model
Networks
BC Food Security Gateway - One stop resource for building food secure communities
BC Food Systems Network - Share insights, initiatives, strategies and critical analysis of events in the food system
Fresh Choice Kitchens (Vancouver) - Connects community kitchen programs and participants, provides resources for kitchen organizers
Vancouver Island Food Network - Connects food security groups on the island and offers an online community forum
WestShore Harvest - Connects communities on the WestShore with food security groups throughout the area
Urban Agriculture
Environmental Youth Alliance (Vancouver) - Youth-centred sustainability programs in Vancouver and abroad including gardens and apprenticeships
Sharing Backyards (Greater Victoria) - Connects people looking for space to garden with people who have spare backyard space
Strathcona Community Garden (Vancouver) - community garden offering accessible plots, beehives, a community orchard and 110 plots
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Manitoba
Academic/Student
Manitoba Alternative Food Research Alliance - fostering alternative food systems and food justice within and among rural urban, and northern regions in Manitoba and beyond. Our specific objectives are: to identify and address food-related needs ; to network with and learn from AFS in other prairie provinces and other parts of Canada; to facilitate new and enable existing initiatives and to explore how these outcomes benefit other low population density regions, especially as they relate to vulnerable groups.
University of Manitoba Student Community Farm (Winnipeg) - Educational and productive farm tended on campus
Agriculture
Aagaard Farms (Brandon) - Runs a Community Supported Agriculture program which allows people to sponsor families in need and attends 3 local farmers markets
Beyond Factory Farming - Promotes socially responsible livestock production in Canada by helping communities that are dealing with problems caused by factory farms and factory farm proposals and promoting livestock production that is safe, fair and healthy for the environment, farmers, workers, animals, neighbours, communities and consumers.
Farmers' Markets Association of Manitoba Coop - A cooperative of farmers and producers that work harmoniously to promote the success, development and benefits of farmers’ markets for vendors, consumers and their local communities
Organic Food Council of Manitoba - Promotes organic food production and consumption as well as providing links to producers, retailers, and farm internships
Community Groups
Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation - Works to improve communities across Brandon through a variety of programs, including a community garden network
Food Matters Manitoba - Home of the Manitoba Food Charter. A registered charity that engages Manitobans towards healthy, fair and sustainable food for all
Harvest Moon Society (Clearwater) - The HMS has consulted and worked with local residents of Clearwater, Manitoba, to develop an action plan for long-term rural environmental and economic sustainability. This work has consisted of volunteer organized community meetings, vision, mission and objective workshops and the development of eco-agricultural education and training at the local elementary school.
North End Food Security Network (Winnipeg) - Works to establish a network in the North End of Winnipeg that is able to provide education and resources to all residents, with the ultimate goal of creating a stronger, more sustainable and equitable food system.
Northern Healthy Foods Initiative - A community-based intervention that is designed to increase accessibility to healthy food in northern and remote Manitoba communities. The main role of the NHFI is to readily obtain and provide resources, equipment, supplies and expertise according to the needs voiced by the communities. A partnership is built to map a success route particular to each northern community.
Samaritan House Ministries (Brandon) - Partners with Aagard farms on CSA program as well as running a food bank, and providing food hampers and a drop-in service
Spence Neighbourhood Association (Winnipeg) - Organizes neighbourhood improvement programs including community compost, gardens and children's garden programs
West Broadway Good Food Club (Winnipeg) - community cafe, good food box, and vegetable markets. Allow exchange of volunteer hours for food
Winnipeg Family Resource Centres - Community kitchens, kitchen basics hampers, community cupboard
Wolseley Family Place (Winnipeg) - Has a broad range of services and programs that address the needs of children and their families in the community including a community store, cooking classes and nutrition programs
Food Banks
Winnipeg Harvest - Non-profit collecting and distributing surplus food throughout Winnipeg
Food Policy
Winnipeg Food Policy Working Group - addresses food security in Winnipeg to bring people together, create vibrant communities, enhance our economy, and empower citizens
Urban Agriculture
FortWhyte Farms - Works with marginalized youth, using the practice of sustainable urban agriculture to build confidence and leadership skills, provide employment training, while instilling values of individual and community self-reliance.
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New Brunswick
Agriculture
ACORN - Connects organic growers and consumers throughout Atlantic Canada
Buy Local NB - Online resource connecting producers directly with consumers
Eat Atlantic - Organization promoting Atlantic producers
Falls Brook Centre - a sustainable community demonstration and training centre in rural New Brunswick. strives to promote exemplary sustainable practices in the two major economic drivers in the region - forestry and farming - through organic gardens, orchards, forest trails and promotion of ecological certification.
Farmers' Markets New Brunswick - Listing of farmers' markets throughout the province
Community Groups
Mapleton Teaching Kitchen (Moncton) - works to increase the food security of individuals and families living in Moncton and the Moncton area through four main programs: Teaching Kitchens, Collective Kitchens, Money Smart Program, and Food Purchasing Club.
Sun Farm Kitchen Coop (Moncton) - a cooperative that manages and operates solar powered mobile kitchen units, supporting local agriculture, providing healthy food options, and educating about sustainable food production.
YMCA of Greater Moncton’s Community Food Centre - includes a 6000 square foot community garden, food bank, monthly workshops on gardening, nutrition, and baby food making classes.
Food Banks
Fredericton Food Bank - Provides emergency food and clothing to those in need
Networks
New Brunswick Food Security Action Network - Using the guiding principle of "access for all" this group works to build new links within the food supply chain, strengthen information exchange, increase organizational capacity, support outreach and education campaigns, and development of a food network.
Urban Agriculture
New Brunswick Community Harvest Gardens Inc. (Fredericton) - Organization to help launch and connect community gardens in Fredericton
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Agriculture
ACORN - Connects organic growers and consumers throughout Atlantic Canada
Food Banks
Community Food Sharing Association (St. John's) - Collects and distributes food to those in need, works to engage food recipients in self-advocacy
Networks
Food Security Network of Newfoundland and Labrador - Connects groups to discuss barriers to food security and develop a provincial action plan
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Nova Scotia
Academic/Student
AHPRC: Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre (Halifax) - Research on food costing and enhancing ability of community groups to increase food security
Participatory Action Research and Training Centre on Food Security (Halifax) - A research unit at Mount St. Vincent University that focusses on adressing food insecurity by working with those most affected by it
Agriculture
ACORN - Connects organic growers and consumers throughout Atlantic Canada
Farmers' Markets of Nova Scotia - Supports farmers markets through education, networking, research and advocacy
Friends of Agriculture in Nova Scotia - Group to promote and support growers of local food through research and policy work
Select Nova Scotia - Online resource for finding local products and producers
Community Groups
Ecology Action Centre: Food Action Committee - Research and capacity-building surrounding food issues, promotes urban agriculture through land sharing, school and community gardening
Just Us! Development and Education Society (Grand Pre) - Raises awareness of fair trade and responsible purchasing, also runs a fair trade museum, roastery, and cafes throughout the province
South Shore Family Resource Association - Food Action Committee develops food security policy and programming in the South Shore
Sun Root Eco-Solidarity Association (East Hants County) - non-profit organization/farm which facilitates awareness in environmental stewardship, social justice, and community development.
Voices Antigonish - works to bring about local, healthy, and sustainable food options in Antigonish through urban gardening and local food box program
Food Banks
FEED NOVA SCOTIA - a charitable organization that helps feed hungry people by collecting and distributing food to more than 150 member agency food banks and meal programs, while at the same time striving to eliminate chronic hunger and poverty through research, awareness and support programs.
Food Policy
Nova Scotia Food Policy Council - citizens’ group working with communities, organizations and governments to develop and implement policies and programs that ensure an equitable, healthy and sustainable local food system, responsible to the economic, environmental, social and cultural needs of Nova Scotians.
Thought about Food? - A bilingual workbook on Food Security and influencing policy. Developed jointly by Food Security Projects of the Nova Scotia Nutrition Council and the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre to provide tools and information to inspire communities to come together and act to make food security a reality for everyone
Networks
Nova Scotia Food Security Network - Researches and writes reports on food security in NS, connects organizations throughout the province
Nova Scotia Nutrition Council - facilitates co-operative activity with groups and individuals who have the common goal of improving and maintaining nutritional health and well-being for Nova Scotians of all ages, and provides a mechanism for dialogue amongst members on current nutrition related issues and for addressing nutrition issues in the public interest.
Urban Agriculture
SeeMore Green (Halifax) - Dalhousie University collective garden and growing urban agriculture hub
Urban Farm Museum Society of Spryfield - Demonstrating and facilitating food production in Spryfield
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Ontario
Academic/Student
Centre for Studies in Food Security @ Ryerson (Toronto) - Promotes food security through research, dissemination, education, community action and professional practice
The Garden Spot (Ottawa) - pay-what-you-can vegan soup kitchen designed to serve healthy, affordable meals to all members of the Carleton University community.
Hart House Farm (Toronto) - U of T's student run farm in Caledon has maple sugaring, cider making and vegetable production
People's Republic of Delicious (Ottawa) - food collective staffed by student volunteers at the University of Ottawa that seeks to offer a healthy, environmentally responsible and affordable food alternative on campus and at like-minded events around the city
Seasoned Spoon (Peterborough) - Trent U's cooperative cafe serving ethically mindful, non-packaged food
Community Groups
East Scarborough Storefront - acts as a bridge between people, services, and communities, including a community garden, community market, youth programming and a business incubator
Food Down the Road (Kingston) - looks down the road toward a sustainable Kingston and countryside where all citizens can enjoy healthy food.
FoodShare (Toronto) - works to improve access to affordable, healthy food through education, food markets, and policy work
The Foodshed Project (Sudbury) - works in partnership with youth and the citizens of the City of Greater Sudbury to develop sustainable community food security initiatives that improve our health, our community, our economy, and our environment
Hamilton Eat Local - supports programs that encourage Hamiltonians to buy food grown by local farmers and harvest food from urban gardens and other settings that would otherwise go to waste. Provides a local farm map and directory as well as managing an online local food directory and the Hamilton Fruit Tree Project, among other initiatives.
Just Food Ottawa - works with people in all parts of the food system, including rural and urban food producers and eaters, low-income community members and community organizations and partners to ensure food security in Ottawa.
GTA Community Health Centre Food Security Network (Toronto) - Not an official website, but a handbook on food security programming going at CHCs across the city, along with how-to instructions for starting up new programs.
London Community Resource Centre - providing options and opportunities for people to grow, prepare, preserve and enjoy locally grown fresh food through community kitchens, gardens and a community food advisor program.
Not Far From The Tree (Toronto) - A residential fruit tree picking program that harvests and donates urban fruit
Ottawa Good Food Box - non-profit community-based initiative bringing neighbours together to buy a variety of delicious and nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables at wholesale prices
Stonegate Community Health Centre (Etobicoke) - runs a variety of food access programming including a community garden, a snack program, a farmers market, and a farmers market nutrition voucher program to increase access to market produce.
Sudbury Food Connections Network - Work to implement Sudbury Food Charter through gardens, food education and public events
The Stop: Community Food Centre (Toronto) - Food bank, community gardens and breakfast programs provide food with dignity, and policy work to put food in the government budget
The Working Centre (Waterloo) - coordinates a market, CSA, and community kitchen in compliment to urban agriculture programs for adults and youth
York Region Food Network - Operates a food bank as well as community gardens, kitchens, and a farmers' fields gleaning program. Info in Russian, Chinese and Tamil
Food Banks
Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank - offers food and support to people and community groups in need within Cambridge and North Dumfries. We encourage self-reliance through programs and services.
Community Harvest Ontario - The goal of this program is to increase the quantity of fresh, local, healthy foods distributed to food banks across the province. CHO connects with farmers to acquire the product that can not make it to market for cosmetic reasons such as size or colour, works with farmers across Ontario to plant crops specifically for their local and area food banks, and connects volunteer groups with farms that have surplus produce in their fields
Regional Food Distribution Network of Northern Ontario - secures and distributes emergency food to meet the needs in Northwestern Ontario
Food Policy
Food Forward (Toronto) - works with the public, politicians and those involved in the food sector to educate and advocate for food that is healthy, local, sustainable, ethically produced and accessible for all.
Guelph Wellington Food Roundtable - works to develop a thriving regional food system for Guelph and Wellington County through action, advocacy, networking, coordination, planning, and education.
Toronto Food Policy Council - partners with business and community groups to develop policies and programs promoting food security
Toronto Youth Food Policy Council - engages youth in building a just food system through bi-monthly meetings, events, and discussions
Local Food
Eat Local Sudbury - farmers, food professionals and eaters working to promote the purchase, production and consumption of locally-grown food in the Sudbury area.
Foodlink Waterloo Region - Connects people with local food producers while educating them about healthy food choices
GTA Agricultural Action Committee - enhances and energizes the GTA local food scene, provides links to local food and producers, developed a GTA Agricultural Action Plan, available on the site
Haliburton Fresh - Promotes local food, farmers' markets, retailers and restaurants in Haliburton Region
Networks
Food Security Research Network for the North - Providing a strongly linked network of researchers, students, and community partners through our Community Service Learning program and facilitating leadership
FoodNet Ontario - site to facilitate communication and cooperation between food system groups across ON
Thunder Bay Food Action Network - create awareness, support food projects, advocate for policies that support community food security, and act as an information centre for community food security.
Sustain Ontario - connects groups from various sectors to address food issues through policy development, research, and action
Waterloo Region Food Systems Roundtable - a place where anyone interested in food issues in Waterloo Region can access key information about the health of the food system, meet others with similar interests, and discuss issues and strategies to improve the system.
Urban Agriculture
Ben Nobleman Orchard - Find out about Toronto's first community orchard in a park through blog and FAQ pages
Community Garden Council of Waterloo Region - envisions a strong, supportive infrastructure enabling residents to plant and harvest their own food. website contains a garden list, upcoming events and gardening resources
Toronto Community Garden Network - find information and events at community gardens throughout the city
Youth
Seed to Table (Scarborough) - connects youth to food through growing, cooking, and providing leadership opportunities for young adults to plan and lead cooking workshops
Roots to Harvest (Thunder Bay) - inspires young people in urban & rural Thunder Bay to engage in issues about food security within a science & technology framework
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PEI
Agriculture
ACORN - Connects organic growers and consumers throughout Atlantic Canada
Networks
PEI Food Security Network - Collection of working groups researching access, policy and production issues impeding food security
PEI Healthy Eating Alliance - Promoting nutrition education, food access and policy change to encourage healthy eating
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Quebec
Academic/Student
Concordia Food Systems Project (Montreal) - brings together students, faculty and staff to facilitate a transition to a more sustainable food system for all through: building our own understanding of the food systems operating throughout society, reconnecting campus community members with these food systems, convening students, faculty, and staff for healthy dialogue and discussion around food, Undertaking research and action projects and making policy recommendations.
Le CRAPAUD (Montreal) - UQAM's student garden organization works to promote urban agriculture through research, raising awareness, reappropriation and action. Provide gardening and food workshops, campus composting, and a summer school program.
McGill Centre for Indigenous People's Nutrition and Environment (Montreal) - Participatory research and education on traditional food systems
McGill Food Systems Project - Uses student research, community engagement, and stakeholder collaboration to maximize the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of the food systems of McGill’s campuses.
The Midnight Kitchen (Montreal) -a non-profit, volunteer-run collective dedicated to providing affordable, healthy food to as many people as possible. Aims to empower individuals and communities by providing a working alternative to current market-based systems of food collection and distribution.
The People's Potato (Montreal) - vegan soup kitchen run out of Concordia University. The project was initiated in 1999 in order to address student poverty.
Community Groups
Action Communiterre (Montreal) - a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising public awareness about food security and urban agriculture, while improving the community's access to healthy organic produce through collectively-managed vegetable gardens and other urban agricultural projects
Equiterre - environmental organization which works to increase food security by building a network of Community Supported Agriculture producers and consumers, as well as promoting sustainable procurement in schools and other institutions and providing ecological gardening support and resources.
Les Fourchettes d'Espoir (Montreal) - North Montreal organization providing kids' cooking classes, community gardening, and an affordable cafeteria and meals-on-wheels program.
MultiCaf (Montreal) - runs a community cafeteria providing affordable meals in addition to providing emergency food hampers, a Good Food Box and community kitchens to residents of Côte-des-Neiges / Snowdon and beyond.
NDG Food Depot (Montreal) - strives to eliminate hunger by offering programs including emergency food baskets, a Good Food Box, surplus food distribution and community kitchens to NDG residents.
Protecterre - non-profit which works to connect urban consumers to rural producers, promote farm viability, and maintain Quebec's agricultural heritage.
Santropol Roulant (Montreal) - uses food as a vehicle to break social and economic isolation between generations and to strengthen and nourish our local community. Programming includes a meals on wheels program, cooking classes and rooftop gardening, among many other activities.
Service de Nutrition et Action Communautaire (Montreal) - SNAC hosts a community grocery which sells goods at a discount, as well as a food bank, community kitchen, Good Food Box program, and more.
Sun Youth Organization (Montreal) - youth group providing emergency food hampers with a special focus on seniors, pregnant women, kosher foods and people living with HIV/AIDS
Regroupement des Cuisines Collectives de Quebec - offers workshops on starting up and leading collective kitchens, as well as training sessions on economics, politics, and social relationships
Food Banks
Moisson Montreal - collects and distributes surplus food to 211 organizations across Montreal and coordinates Good Food Box program for Greater Montreal.
Social Enterprise
Chic Resto Pop (Montreal) - runs an affordable cafeteria and meals on wheels program while providing work and training to people receiving social assistance.
Resto Plateau (Montreal) - fights poverty and social exclusion of unemployed people by training individuals from diverse backgrounds to prepare food for an affordable restaurant.
Urban Agriculture
Regroupement des jardins collectifs de Quebec - network which provides assistance to develop and run collective gardens throughout Quebec
Rooftop Garden Project (Montreal) - Collective hydroponic gardens on roofs and balconies donating food to a meals-on-wheels program
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Saskatchewan
Agriculture
Saskatchewan Farmers' Markets - Network of farmers' markets across the province with dates and contact info.
Community Groups
Biggar & District Family Centre, Inc - Runs community and kids kitchen programs among other social services in western Saskatchewan
CHEP: Good Food Incorporated (Saskatoon) - Developed a Saskatoon Food Coalition and Charter, also run kids' kitchens, Good Food Box, gardening and nutrition programs, neighbourhood markets, infant nutrition and cooking groups
Hunger in Moosejaw - works to support children and their families through educational and nutritional programming that nurtures their potential through community kitchens, a good food box program, child nutrition programming and a community garden
North Central Community Association (Regina) - offers a variety of food programming including a good food box, "R" Healthy food store, a community garden and food bank referrals
REACH: Regina Education & Action on Child Hunger - Healthy food programming for children and marginalized groups including: Convenience Meals, Good Food Box, Family Basket, ‘R’ Mobile Stores, and the REACH Bulk Food Buying Cooperative
Regina's Food for Learning - Provides nutritious meals to children in Regina's low-income communities
Food Banks
Regina & District Food Bank - Provides emergency food and pre-employment training
Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre - Provides emergency food as well as community kitchens, infant nutrition, first nations nutrition and urban agriculture programming
Local Food
Local Bounty Saskatchewan - seeks to forge relationships among farmers, chefs and the general public in order to strengthen local food economies in Saskatchewan. This will be achieved through advocacy, promotion and special events focusing on great local food.
Saskatchewan Local Food Map - Made using google maps, this page provides links to hundreds of local food producers across the province
Networks
Food Secure Saskatchewan - advocating for and coordinating among groups working on food security throughout the province
Urban Agriculture
Grow Regina - Helps to develop, educate, and connect community gardens in Regina
Saskatoon Community Garden Network - Facebook group providing a space for community gardens to network and share ideas
Youth
Agriculture in the Classroom - teaches children about food and agriculture through indoor and outdoor gardening projects such as Little Green Thumbs and Greenscapades.
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Territories
Food Banks
Food Bank Society of Whitehorse - provides emergency food to the hungry while supporting the greater effort to alleviate poverty.
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