Food Security

People wearing blue pack food containers at a food bank.

Food security is essential for a healthy, thriving community

It ensures everyone has reliable access to affordable, nutritious food. This supports physical and mental wellbeing and improves overall quality of life. Strong local food systems also enhance community resilience, strengthen the local economy and promote sustainability. Across our region, many charitable organizations are working together to improve access to healthy, affordable and culturally appropriate food. Their efforts boost local food production, food waste reduction and skills training and employment.

Sustainable development goal

Support Food Security

There are a number of ways you can support food security in our community, including:

Donate to the Food Security Community Action Fund to pool your funds with other donors’ gifts. The funds are then granted strategically to many organizations within the cause area through the Community Grants Program and other equitable granting initiatives.
Set up a Donor Advised Fund to support a cause of your choice.
Support a Hosted Organization Fund.

How Fateh Care Charity won the hearts of the community

After moving to Canada in 2020, the Popli family founded a mobile food bank to support community members with mobility challenges. ‘Fateh Care’ means “winning hearts by caring,” a mission that’s grown from a family-run passion project into a wider community initiative.

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Food Insecurity: A Decade in Review

Victoria’s 2013 Vital Signs report asked a key question: “Do you know where your next meal is coming from?” The results spurred a decade of focus on food security for the Victoria Foundation to build a food-secure region with less reliance on emergency support, and a strong local food economy. Ten years later, the Foundation is taking stock of successes, learnings and looking at what comes next.

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