COMMUNITY FOOD PROGRAMS
GABRIOLA ISLAND
Plant a Row-Grow a Row
675 North Road phone 250 247-7311
Phc-gab@shaw.ca www.phc-gabriola.org
Providing gardeners with seeds to plant an extra row to provide fresh produce for the Emergency Food Depot
Gabriola Community Gardens
675 North Road at Gabriola Commons
Allotments for community members and a potato and squash co-op
LADYSMITH
Camper’s Corner Food Club
A bulk buying and low cost food co-op with an eye to nutrition for residents of particular RV Campgrounds
Kiwi Cove Community Garden
A community garden for people with developmental challenges that grow food and donate the produce to a local food bank
Ladysmith Good Food Box
721 1st Avenue phone 250-245-3079
info@lrca.bc.ca www.lrca.bc.ca/food_box.htm
A bulk buying food program providing a monthly box of fresh produce at low cost. If you eat, you qualify
Born Healthy
12 Buller Street phone 250-245-3079
bornhealthy@lrc.bc.ca
A prenatal nutrition al program providing food vouchers, weekly free lunch, nutritional education, cooking and gardening and more.
NANAIMO
Good Food Box
(Cathy Dibernardo)
271 Pine Street phone 250 753-9393
A bulk buying food program providing a monthly box of fresh produce at low cost. If you eat you qualify.
Nanaimo Community Gardens Society
(Jessica Snider)
271 Pine Street
www.nanaimocommunitygardens.ca
Nanaimo Community Kitchens Society
(Anita Smith)
271 Pine Street phone 250-753-7470
www.nanaimocommunitykitchens.org
Providing access to economical, nutritious food through cooperative meal planning and preparation. Sharing knowledge and teaching skills in cooking, budgeting, shopping, food safety and nutrition. The kitchen, a group leader, a resource cookbook and a food subsidy is provided, if needed.
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
(Crystal Pederson)
271 Pine Street phone 250- 753-9393
www.nanaimofoodshare.ca
Several food programs are operated out of this centre:
Summer Lunch Munch Program
Growin’ On Up
Home Grown
Scratch
Kids in the Kitchen
The Gleaning Project is a joint project of Nanaimo Community Gardens Society and Nanaimo Foodshare Society.
