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...

Offers intensive in-home parent support and education programs to families and children from birth to age 15 who are experiencing difficulties. Outreach services in the home or community assist with developing skills, setting personal and family goals, and loc...

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 groceries by donation for the general public from 11 am to 12 noon on Tuesdays; also accepts food donations. A Community Dinner (by donation) is held at 4:30 pm every second Saturday of the month; doors open at 4 pm when they give out free clothing fo...

Offers facilitator-led traditional teachings associated with food preparation, as well as recipes, and stories to promote health and nutrition to Indigenous families. Participants will prepare meals to take home for their family to enjoy. Serves Burnaby, New W...

Works to ensure compliance and enforcement of legislation and regulations related to the safe production, distribution, and use of consumer products, tobacco, pest control products, drugs, biologics, medical devices, and natural health products. Ensures compli...

Provides BC residents with 24-hour daily access to non-emergency health information and advice via telephone and online services; serves people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, and offers translation services in over 130 languages. Also provides information ab...

Supports health and wellness through food security initiatives. Food Hubs offer access to food, food literacy and wellness programming, as well as other services; provided by networks of nonprofit partners, residents, businesses, government, the agricultural s...

Rescues surplus food from producers and suppliers, and redirects it to local nonprofits and food-insecure households and individuals throughout Vancouver. The Rescued Food Box Program provides weekly delivery of a grocery box to members for $10 per delivery. B...

Advocates for public policy and human rights-focused solutions to family poverty in BC through research, policy recommendations, legal action, and targeted programs. Operates on a community-based organizing model shaped by an active member network of parents a...

Educates and certifies employers to pay a living wage and advocates for government policies that help families make ends meet. A program of Vancity Community Foundation.

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...

Non-partisan coalition of provincial and regional organizations who have united their voices to put children and youth first in BC through public education, community mobilization, and public policy advocacy. Offers education and training events and monthly ne...

Provide services to investigate and monitor foodborne illness in BC, including laboratory testing of food and clinical samples, and tracking and disease surveillance at a population level. Also provides policy and scientific advice to local health authorities ...

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 advocate for and advance the interests of groups that are generally unrepresented/under-represented in issues of major public concern, with an emphasis on utilities regulation and anti-poverty work. Current area of focus is on addressing energy poverty...

A BC-based online anti-poverty community for legal advocates, social justice lawyers, and other front line workers who assist the public with poverty or family law issues. Hosts a publicly accessible website with information, resources, and tools, including th...

Promotes and supports BC farmers' markets. Fosters networking, educates the public, and advocates regarding issues of concern to producers of agricultural products, food products, and crafts. The BC Farmers' Market Trail (bcfarmersmarkettrail.com) provides a d...

Provides information on urban agriculture through a comprehensive resource library, workshops, and lectures. Maintains the Compost Demonstration Garden at 2150 Maple Street in Vancouver, where would-be city farmers can learn to grow food; also operates the Com...

Provides financial assistance to help people impacted by a disaster cope with the cost of repairs and recovery from uninsurable disaster-related property damage, when an event has been declared eligible. Disasters such as flooding, landslides, mudslides, or ic...

Provides safety training to workers who handle food with the goal of preventing food-borne illnesses and workplace injuries. FOODSAFE Level 1 courses are mainly intended for front line food service workers. Level 2 courses are for owners, managers, and executi...