Offers programs bringing healthy, local, and sustainable food into schools and provide students with hands-on learning opportunities that foster food literacy, strengthen the local food system, and enhance school and community connectedness.

A free, interactive healthy lifestyle program for families in BC with children ages eight to 12. Participants learn how to build healthy habits together as a family engaging in various activities. Topics covered include healthy eating and healthy body image, p...

Promotes awareness of ecological farming practices by providing visitors with the opportunity to live and learn on organic farms. Promotes cultural and educational experiences while helping to build a sustainable community. Office hours are 8 am to 3 pm Monday...

An interactive map highlighting places where people can grow, prepare, share, buy, receive, or learn about food across the North Shore. Food assets include low-cost meals, subsidized groceries, community gardens and education, food assistance programs, school ...

Low-cost food market providing healthy food at an affordable price while empowering clients to make their own choices about what they purchase. Open to card-carrying clients of a food bank, income assistance recipients, or by referral from a social service age...

Provides proactive prevention and education strategies to Squamish Nation families with children up to age six. Aims to help parents and children learn about lifespan development skills; family dynamics; developmental milestones; health and nutrition; and Squa...

Supports the nutritional health of British Columbians by working with other organizations to inform and educate people in making healthy food choices. Office hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Nonprofit society, registered charity.

Provides a safe place where Aboriginal women with or without children can gather. Offers a grassroots setting to foster pride and independence, and enables women to increase their health, self-esteem, and skills. Offers a daycare, a community kitchen, and advo...

Low-cost food market providing healthy food at an affordable price while empowering clients to make their own choices about what they purchase. Open to card-carrying clients of a food bank, income assistance recipients, or by referral from a social service age...

The Low Cost Produce Market offers fresh, affordable fruits and vegetables for sale from 2 pm to 4 pm every Wednesday. Community Lunch is held on the first and third Friday of each month; three-course meals start at 12:15 pm and cost $5 for adults 55 and up, $...

Faith-based organization provides a variety of services to the Vancouver Downtown Eastside community. Offers a Community Kitchen where members of the community gather to plan, cook, and eat a meal together. Facilitates weekly drop-in community art times. Also ...

Provides free primary health care and health information for residents ages 19 and up of the Downtown Eastside and Strathcona area who do not have a primary physician and who have challenges accessing traditional health care services; an intake is required bef...

Operates Potluck Cafe, a social enterprise business that offers healthy, free meals daily through its community meal program. Over 100 meals are distributed daily on the street to Downtown Eastside residents. Also delivers community programs: an employment pro...

Pregnancy outreach program provides health and social service support to women in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside who are dealing with a current or recent history of substance abuse, and are pregnant or parenting infants/toddlers younger than 18 months. Helps ...

A free exercise and wellness program that provides fitness, health awareness, wellness education, and social contact to help older adults age 55 plus lead active and independent lives. Weekly drop-in program includes one hour of physical exercise followed by o...

Provides culinary training programs. The free eight-week Culinary Training Program teaches occupational and life skills to individuals facing employment obstacles such as physical disability, mental health, poverty, addiction, or homelessness. Readies students...

Low-cost food market providing healthy food at an affordable price while empowering clients to make their own choices about what they purchase. Open to card-carrying clients of a food bank, income assistance recipients, or by referral from a social service age...

Offers a variety of programs for families. Family Drop-In offers regular programming and access to crafts and activities to children and their caregivers on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Dinner provided. Early Years Drop-In offers workshops a...

Offers community drop-in programming on Mondays and Wednesdays. Oatmeal served from 10 am to 12:30 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. Free food items offered at the community fridge and pantry located inside the Neighbourhood House on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10...

An online, self-serve, business-to-business marketplace that connects unsold surplus food to retailers, charities, and processors. The FoodMesh Marketplace allows organizations to purchase, sell, or donate imperfect, close-to-date, and overstock food to recove...

Helps to build a better tomorrow through various services. Education services include ESL classes for new immigrants, scholarships for community-involved students who are pursuing post-secondary education, and yoga class. During tax season, offers free income ...

By correspondence, offers a self-paced, distance learning version of the FOODSAFE Level 1 program. Teaches the skills necessary for proper food handling and preparation techniques, as well as how to follow appropriate safety measures to prevent food-borne illn...

Aims to improve outcomes for children living in poverty by supporting their single-mothers through trust-based relationships. Volunteer mentors provide respectful, non-judgmental support to other mothers and children, helping to connect women to other mothers ...

Provides people with significant physical disabilities the opportunity to become involved in gardening in order to develop skills, build self-confidence, learn, and grow. Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Affiliated with the Disability Foundation...

Multidisciplinary forum for discussion and action towards building a food system that is ecologically sustainable, economically viable, and socially just. Citizens and government officials work together to examine the operation of local food systems and provid...