Dignified Food Access Guide
Roots Community Food Centre
Designed for staff and volunteers working with social service organizations who support people accessing emergency food.
Culture Kitchen
Roots Community Food Centre
A place for newcomer women to share their cooking with the local community and learn the skills and knowledge they need to start a food business from home.
Link2Feed
Regional Food Distribution Association (RFDA)
New software connects partner food banks to streamline services.
Community Food Market & Greens Prescription Program
NorWest Community Health Centres, Roots Community Food Centre
A year-round fresh produce market offering wholesale prices to food insecure households.
Shuniah Soil Mates Community Garden
Municipality of Shuniah
Since they opened with nine beds in 2016, Shuniah Soil Mates has grown to have 35 active vegetable garden beds.
Locally-Grown Seeds
Superior Seed Producers
A collective of local Thunder Bay area growers who promote the saving and distribution of locally adapted, sustainably grown, open-pollinated non-GMO seeds
Field of Greens
Salvation Army Journey to Life Centre
A community garden that helps people to develop their gardening and kitchen skills and make connections with the community
Cooking with Fire – the Joys of Outdoor Cooking
submitted by Roots Community Food Centre
As COVID-driven social distancing continued and people spent more time together outside, Roots CFC staff saw a new level of interest in cooking outdoors over fire.
Traveling the World and Local Community Through Culinary Arts
submitted by Lakehead Public Schools
an invitation for Grade 7 and 8 students to delve into a world of discovery, creativity, and experiential learning
Farm partnership helped support mental health and farm sustainability during pandemic
The partnership has let the two farms tackle problem-solving together and give each other much-needed social support during pandemic social distancing.
Affordable land and welcoming community attract new farmers to region
Affordable farmland prices made Thunder Bay an attractive option to explore but it was the welcome they received from the farm community that made them decide to make their home here.
Thunder Bay Community Pasture develops drought-tolerant rotational grazing system thanks to government funding
Thunder Bay Community Pastures received a grant of $90,000 from the Federal and Provincial governments in 2021 to create a rotational grazing system through the installation of new interior fencing and gating.
15% Food Budget Increase for Ontario’s Long-term Care Homes
In July 2022, new regulations were adopted in Ontario under the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 that provide long-term care homes with a 15% funding increase to nutritional support.
City of Thunder Bay’s Pioneer Ridge Long-Term Care Home Buys 30% Local Food
New policies & processes automatically include year-round and seasonal ingredients and foster the development of relationships with new growers
City seeks Indigenous-led partners in food
The purchasing model developed by the City of Thunder Bay has built-in criteria that considers more than just price, assigning value to diversity, inclusion, social justice and sustainability.
Working with a Broader Public Sector Institution – Farmer Feedback
From COVID stability to shared product expertise, feedback from the three farmers we asked about their experiences supplying Pioneer Ridge was very positive.
Processor/ retailer partnership makes regional fish more available
Eat the Fish, East Coast Seafood A new partnership between seafood retailer East Coast Seafood and local fish processor Eat the Fish has made locally-caught fish more accessible to the region. Typically, local commercial fishermen have sold their product to...
New online local food directory
tbayInSeason.ca offers one-stop information including seasonal harvest calendars, recipes and listings for local food producers, retailers and restaurants
Thunder Bay Co-op Farm Supplies expands capacity, product lines
In the past two years the farmers’ co-op has made two significant expansions to its operations.
Superior Seasons Farmer’s Market supports small producers
online store and new retail location offer large selection of seasonal products
Gaagige Zaagibigaa
a community-led initiative that is bringing Indigenous practitioners, funders and other stakeholders together to develop a food system planning and resourcing process that strengthens Indigenous food sovereignty and food security
What is the Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movement?
Indigenous food sovereignty is fundamentally achieved by upholding the sacred responsibility to nurture healthy, interdependent relationships with the land, plants and animals that provide people with food.
13 Moons Learning Resources
In 2020, a partnership between the Indigenous Food Circle, Thunder Bay District Health Unit and Lakehead University produced the Traditional Harvesting/ 13 Moons learning resources. The kit includes a poster, a video and an online interactive game, and is designed to help people begin to understand and reclaim seasonal, traditional practices around food.
Community Garden Collective
The Community Garden Collective is a network of community garden leaders that formed in 2009 to collaborate with the City of Thunder Bay, community members, groups and businesses to increase food skills, food security, and community engagement through community...