The Local Community Food Centre: A Place For Food in Stratford
612 Erie Street, Stratford
519 508 FOOD (519 508 3663) [email protected]
The Local Community Food Centre is a pilot by Community Food Centres Canada, established in 2011 as a division of the United Way of Perth-Huron. The Local Community Food Centre provides “A Place For Food” in Stratford, Ontario, where the community can come together to access, grow, prepare, share and advocate for good food. The goal of The Local CFC is to foster food security in Perth County through the creation of a food-centred community space that includes: a Food Distribution Centre to supplement healthy (and as much as possible local!) food to food banks and other not-for-profit food services; Community Access Markets providing fresh healthy local food at wholesale cost; community gardens and a greenhouse; nutritious drop-in meals; community cooking sessions; activism, advocacy and community development opportunities; and food education resources and programming.
To empower community members to overcome barriers to accessing & benefiting from fresh, healthy local food. To use the power of food to bring the community together and engage citizens to work together towards a more socially just society.
