What is Food Security?

The Food Security Network describes it as, “Food security happens when all people at all times have access to enough food that…

• is affordable, safe and healthy
• is culturally acceptable
• meets specific dietary needs
• is obtained in a dignified manner
• is produced in ways that are environmentally sound and socially just”

Food Security

QUEST Food Exchange
Quest Food Exchange rescues food that would otherwise be tossed in the garbage and headed for our landfills, and redirects it to hungry people in the Lower Mainland who need it most. Volunteers are needed for a variety of duties. Phone (604) 602-0186 or e-mail gbokowski(at)questoutreach.org

 

Urban Aboriginal Community Garden Project
To Urban Aboriginal Community Garden Project provides the opportunity and support for Aboriginal people living in East Vancouver to improve our capacity and create community by collectively, sustainably growing our own vegetables. In collaboration with 17 different agencies working in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), a plot of land on the UBC Farm is dedicated towards the DTES Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project.

 

Food Not Bombs
Provides free vegetarian meals in the Downtown EastSide. Every Saturday! Meet at noon, serve food at 4pm.
For more info or to get involved, email foodnotbombs(at)sfpirg.ca
For Vancouver group, email van.fnb(at)gmail.com.

 

Food Action Collective for Transformation and Sustainability (FACTS Collective)
Born out of the 2008-2009 People’s Health Series, FACTS is a grassroots group of people working for food justice in our community. We are not a social service program or a food bank, we are a group of community members dedicated to organizing to meet our own food needs, and fighting for social and economic justice. Email allianceforpeopleshealth(at)gmail(dot)com.

 

Dig In!
Dig In! is a collaborative project started by the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (www.cban.ca), Check Your Head (www.checkyourhead.org), and the National Farmers Union Youth (www.nfu.ca)

 

The Farmland Defense League of BC
A community-based BC volunteer organization working to protect all farm lands of British Columbia. We hold a vision of defending & expanding the number of hectares available for food forever and to protect current food lands, promote farmland stewardship activities, and promote sustainable “organic” farming. Email: DonnaP(at)farmlanddefenceleague.org

 

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