Grow. Forage. Build. Preserve. Share. Eat. Connect.
We’re a registered Canadian Charity, building a strong, resilient, sustainable food system that feeds us today and 7 generations from today.
Our mission
We’re working to build a healthy, local, resilient and sustainable food system, that will feed us today and seven generations from today.
To us this means that as an organization and a community, we:
Support people to grow and produce food locally
Protect and regenerate the environment
Make healthy local food accessible
Help build a robust local food economy
Why does it matter?
Our food system is in a precarious state – degraded soil quality, disrupted supply chains, impacts of industrial agriculture on the earth and human welfare, unprecedented food waste, skyrocketing food costs, and our overall disconnection from each other and where our food really comes from.
We’re passionately working to build a local food system that’s healthy, regenerative, and resilient for us now and seven generations from now.
A holistic food system seeks to balance the needs of people, the planet, and future generations. There’s power in:
- the simplicity of fresh, nourishing harvests from the soil
- the unity that blooms through skill-sharing and resourcefulness among neighbours, generations, and cultures
- reconnecting to ancestral wisdom from our elders
- conquering the world’s problems by breaking bread together
What we're doing
Systems change is the long game. Policy change, ecological healing, addressing poverty that impacts food security, and creating inclusive and impactful opportunities takes time.
We’re building resources and programs that are making a difference in our own back yards. When we share and collaborate with eachother and other communities and organizations across BC and Canada that are also doing this good work, we can make lasting change here and beyond. Baby steps leading to big impacts.
Community gardens
Our public farms and gardens connect community to food-growing green spaces for learning, growing, eating, events, daycamps, and more.
Education
Year-round learning: hands-on workshops, online zoom talks, farm tours, show & tell, retreats, lectures, volunteer/mentor opportunities, and more.
Sunshine Coast Tool Library
Community-owned, shared equipment and tools for farming, gardening, food preservation, building, and creating.
Local Foodbox (CSA)
A multi-farm cooperative weekly CSA produce box that supports you, local farms, our earth, and our community’s food resiliency.
Farm-to-table dinners
7 chefs, 7 courses. Long table fine dining in the heart of the gardens, showcasing local farms & creators. A fundraiser for this passionate work in our communities.
Sunshine Coast Farm & Local Food Map
A handy digital map of farmer’s markets, farm stands, garden centres, community kitchens, and other food resources.
Food equity (Support)
We build equal access into all our programs – dignified, inclusive access to subsidized or free learning opportunities & food programs. Contact us for more details about programs of interest.
Sunshine Coast Food Charter
Our shared vision of the elements of strong and resilient food systems when it comes to projects, policies and action.
Research & policy
The basis of food systems work comes from understanding where we’re at, why, and the impact of policy, land use bylaws, and impact projects.
Soup Stories
Winter event series connecting generations in the kitchen, providing stigma-free food, and connecting people to solve the world’s problems
Seedy Saturday
The Seeds of March is a whole month of Seedy Saturdays: seed exchanges, markets, plants, workshops, gathering, food, & sustainability
Project Waterbox
Drought Crisis: A partnership of land owners with wells and water, trucks to transport it, and the gardens & crops that need it.
Kids programs
Kids are our future food producers. With our partners, Roberts Creek Childcare Society, we built and host a children’s garden for preschool, after-school, and daycamp programs. A “Seed to Jam Sandwiches” garden.
Regional Food Systems Think Tank
Peer network and collaboration with 30+ local organizations and experts to maximize reach, capacity & impact of food systems work
The Salmon Project
Indigenous and elder-led salmon canning project: pressure canning, skill-building, story-telling, connection and reconciliation in the kitchen.
The Kitchen
Coming soon
We’re building a “Creation Station” space where we – and you – can get creative in the Kitchen.
Our 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) is coming!
Monday, MAY 13
5:15 Free workshop!
6:00 AGM official business
6:30 Potluck, music & chats
Location: One Tiny Farm
Your attendance as members is very important so that we can make quorum, and show member support in our reporting. We’re famous for short-n-sweet AGMs, usually only around 30 minutes, so that we can get to the good stuff! Feel free to join at 5:15 for a fun little workshop, or at 6:00 for just the AGM, or for everything!
Meet The Kitchen
We’re building a “Creation Station” space where we – and you – can get creative in the Kitchen. More than just a community kitchen, this opens up to the gardens, creating an indoor-outdoor flow for learning, groups, events, and projects.
With unique equipment like a stone grain mill, commercial freeze dryer, pressure canners, vacuum sealer and tin canning machine, not only can we preserve food when it’s bountiful, but we can preserve it creatively, learn in the process, empower new food projects and small business startups, and share this food with people in our communities who need it.
Get involved
Anyone can become a member. You get perks such as local discounts and resources, and you get to be a part of building a resilient Sunshine Coast.
