Making Healthy Choices Available to All

Food Program Ideas and Networking

Making the healthy choice the easy choice. With the support of community centres and local associations, we can make healthy choices accessible to everyone.  Help Vancouverites make healthy choices part of their daily life.

Check out what’s happening around the City of Vancouver.

Neighborhood Food Networks - Food Security and Sustainability

• Britannia Community Centre food sustainability
• Strathcona Community Centre food security
• Vancouver Coastal Health - food security
• Vancouver Food Policy Council

Gardening and Growing Food

• Community Gardens all around the city
• Vancouver Food Policy gardens, bees and chickens
• The Vancouver Community Agriculture Network start-up and management of community gardens
• Edible Garden Project workshops and maintenance of community gardens

Access to Fresh Food

• Kitsilano Neighbourhood House Pocket Markets for Seniors on the West Side
• Quest Food Exchange sells fresh food to social agencies at a low cost
• Trout Lake Cedar Cottage Food Security Network Mobile Pocket Market in East Van
• The Vancouver Farmers Market has five locations in Vancouver

Composting

• Earth Tubs are large scale bins that the VSB is using to pilot neighbourhood composting hubs
• Food Waste Pick-up provided by several independent companies in Vancouver
• Zero Waste Vancouver offers education on waste reduction strategies

Healthy Food at Home – Cooking Groups and Recipes

• Canada's Food Guide
• Tools and Resource Database search for manuals and handouts from Fresh Choice Kitchens
• Healthy Choices Cookbook brought to you by the Canadian Diabetes Association
• Healthy Snacks For Adults brought to you by HealthLink BC
• Many Hands Cookbook brought to you by Fresh Choice Kitchens
• Quality Cooking tips and recipes

Food Workshops, Festivals and Events

• Britannia’s Stone Soup Festival celebrates food and brings awareness to food security
• Roundhouse CC’s Sustenance Festival celebrates food, art and culture
• Vancouver Community Centres cooking programs, workshops and clubs
• Village Vancouver provides workshops on food skill building topics

What our community can do

• Buy locally produced food and support the Community Gardens
• Find out what programs are already available in your community
• Raise awareness about Food Security and Sustainability
• Implement and encourage healthy choices at the community centre.

Continue Vancouver’s quest to be sustainable and healthy.

Stay Active and Eat Healthy