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 ...

A network of nonprofit organizations in the Downtown Eastside committed to preventing the spread of COVID-19 and ensuring that it does not disproportionately affect the most vulnerable in the community. The DTES Response Fund benefits agencies who are supporti...

Integrates suppliers and consumers to reduce the amount of food waste, including food with improper packaging and close-to-expiry dates. Food is dropped off at local charities or prepared into meals. Funded in part by United Way. Nonprofit society, registered ...

A network of community organizations committed to promoting food security in neighbourhoods across the City of Vancouver. Promotes food equity and access, education, skill building, and advocacy, particularly for community members who are struggling economical...

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...

Encourages community connections through apiculture (beekeeping) in the Downtown Eastside, with a focus on at-risk communities. Through mentorship-based programming, provides opportunities for people to connect with nature and each other, participate in local ...

Builds capacity within local communities to enable lasting behaviour change towards urban sustainability. Promotes policies that lead to more resilient communities and protect our environment for present and future generations. As part of these initiatives, wo...

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.

Builds community in Central and Southern Okanagan through the local food system. Programs that help reduce food waste, increase stigma-free access to local produce for those experiencing marginalization, and support knowledge exchange around important food sys...

Breakfast Connect provides hot breakfast and referrals to community resources from 9 am to 10 am Fridays. Free Food Market distributes recovered and donated food items from 9 am to 10 am Wednesdays. Nourishing Hope Marketplace allows individuals to choose the...

Aims to cultivate a local, sustainable food system and build connections between food producers and consumers. Administers projects that provide access to, and protection of, food lands; support local food producers; and raise public awareness about food secur...

Volunteer-run, organic community gardens located in Strathcona neighbourhood. Strathcona Community Gardens, at 700 block Prior Street, features allotment-type plots, local school plots, and raised plots that are wheelchair accessible. The site also has a herb ...

Strengthens Vancouver's food security by celebrating and distributing the bounty of local fruit trees, reducing fruit waste, and cultivating community. Harvests fruit from backyard trees and distributes it to neighbourhood houses and community programs. Throug...

Centre for youth ages 13 to 18 to meet, get information and support, and share ideas and interests. Offers cooking classes, sports, outdoor and camp activities, workshops, art, anti-graffiti projects, and leadership programs. A public access computer is also a...

Support and resource drop-in centre for parents/caregivers and their young children from birth to six years of age. Provides direct support, referrals, parenting groups and workshops, resource listings, developmentally stimulating play opportunities, and a spa...

Provides opportunities for involvement and engagement of newcomers to Canada. Offers mentorship around employment search, employment readiness, and a community kitchen.

Provides a variety of programs to build a resilient, healthy, and food-secure community. Holds low-cost community dinners at 5 pm on Fridays, and by-donation music nights at 7:30 pm on Thursdays. Little Mountain Riley Park Neighbourhood Food Network (NFN) work...

Little Mountain Riley Park (LM-RP) Neighbourhood Food Network (NFN) is a grassroots network of community members, businesses, and organizations that ensures local residents have access to healthy food through programs such as the Riley Park Community Garden (R...

Free 10-week program for families with children or youth ages six to 17 who are above a healthy weight that provides twice-weekly sessions focused on healthy meal planning, physical activity, nutrition, and behavioural techniques. Offers support through a mult...

Develops community farmyards by connecting volunteers enthusiastic about gardening with homeowners looking to transform their front and/or back yard into a productive growing space. Facilitates the yard transformation, communal gardening, and distribution of h...

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 ...

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...