The Stop Community Food Centre 
Contact Information:Phone: 416-652-7867Website: http://www.thestop.org/mission About Us:The Stop Community Food Centre strives to increase access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity, builds community and challenges inequality. The Stop has two locations that provide frontline services to our community, including a drop-in, food bank, perinatal program, civic engagement, bake ovens and markets, community cooking, community advocacy, sustainable food systems education and urban agriculture. The Stop’s Green Barn, located at 601 Christie Street, is a sustainable food production and education centre which houses a greenhouse, food systems education programs, a sheltered garden, community bake oven and compost demonstration centre. |
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1884 Davenport Rd |
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6 Programs Available:
Community Gardens
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Include an 8,000 square foot garden at Earlscourt Park and a Greenhouse and Sheltered Garden at The Green Barn. These sites yield over 4,000 lbs of fresh organic produce for our programs every year, and engage community members of all ages in learning how to use environmentally-friendly methods to grow fresh, local produce year-round.
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Eat Smart
| Subcategory:Community Gardens
| Program updated 12:45 pm on Tuesday Aug. 10th, 2010.Food Animators
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Initiate community gardens, kitchens and fresh food markets to increase access to healthy food and build community.
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Eat Smart
| Subcategory:Urban Agriculture
| Program updated 12:46 pm on Tuesday Aug. 10th, 2010.Food Bank
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Provides community members with a three-day supply of food once a month. The program places a high priority on providing as dignified an environment and as high quality food as possible.
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Eat Smart
| Subcategory:Healthy Diet
| Program updated 12:46 pm on Tuesday Aug. 10th, 2010.Community Cooking Program
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This program brings people together to socialize and learn how to prepare nutritious, culturally diverse and inexpensive meals are communal cooking groups that bring people together to learn, cook eat and socialize.
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Eat Smart
| Subcategory:Healthy Diet
| Program updated 12:47 pm on Tuesday Aug. 10th, 2010.Sustainable Food Systems Education
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This program teaches children from local schools where their food comes from with hands-on cooking and growing activities matched to the Ontario school curriculum.
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Education
| Subcategory:Schools
| Program updated 12:48 pm on Tuesday Aug. 10th, 2010.Civic Engagement
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This department supports community members to speak out about and work together on issues of poverty, hunger and inadequate income in the community.
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Eat Smart
| Subcategory:Organic And Fair Trade
| Program updated 12:48 pm on Tuesday Aug. 10th, 2010.This page was last updated at 2010-08-10 12:48:46.