Canadian Choice Awards | Nominate Infinite Wave Foundation
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Growing food. Building Knowledge. Strengthening Communities.
We Bring people together around local food productioin, hands-on learning and community participation to help build stronger, more resilient communities.
The cost of food continues to put pressure on individuals and families, and many communities face barriers to accessing fresh, nutritious food.
Providing food when someone needs it matters. But we are also creating something that lasts beyond that moment.
Community Food Resilience focuses on helping communities develop the knowledge, skills and capacity to grow food locally while creating opportunities for people of all ages to participate in the food system.
Grow more locally. Learn together. Share what we grow.
Community Food Resilience Brings Together Three Important Areas:
Grow
Food
Create and support local growing opportunities that produce fresh food for the community.
Grow
Knowledge
Provide hands-on learning about food, agriculture, sustainability and the different ways food can be grown/
Grow
Community
Bring youth, families, older adults, volunteers, and partners together around a shared resources that benefits everyone.
✔ Community Gardens and Growing Spaces
✔ Indoor and Outdoor Growing
✔ Greenhouse Growing
✔ Workshops and Demonstrations
✔ Youth Education and Skills Development
✔ Intergenerational Learning
✔ Partnerships with Local Organizations
✔ And More...
Community Food Resilience is also about reconnecting people with food and what it takes to grow it. For youth, it can open the door to new opportunities. For adults and older adults, it provides a chance to share knowledge, build skills and stay connected.
When generations learn from one another,
knowledge continues to grow.
Community Food Resilience is one part of our broader food security work.
Meals
Movement
Meeting an immediate need through meal support.
Community
Food Resilience
Building longer-term capacity through local food production and edcuation.
Stronger
Communities
Working together for a more resilient future.
We want to help create communities where more people understand how food is grown, have opportunities to participate in growing it and can contribute to a stronger local food system.
We see growing spaces that become more than places where food is produced. They can become places where:
➥ children discover where food comes from
➥ youth explore new opportunities
➥ adults develop practical skills
➥ older adults share knowledge and experience
➥ communities grow stronger together
As the program grows, we will measure both what is produced and who is reached.
This helps us learn, improve and build stronger community food resilience projects overtime.
Food Grown And Harvested
Individuals And Families Reached
Youth Participating
Workshops And Learning Opportunities Delivered
Volunteers and Community Members Engaged
Growing Spaces Established
Food Shared Through in the Community
Partnerships Created
Building a stronger local food system takes many hands. We welcome community organizations, municipalities, schools, growers, businesses, funders, volunteers and community members who want to help create stronger and more resilient communities.
A seed may start small, but with the right conditions, it can become something that continues to provide.
We believe communities can do the same.
Your support helps create opportunities to grow food, teach practical skills, engage different generations and strengthen local food systems.
Together, we can help communities become better equipped to grow, adapt and support one another.
Community Food Resilience Program
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