Programs

Our Community Gardens 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.

The Community Cooking 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.

Our Bake Ovens & Markets bring neighbours together around fresh, healthy food. The Good Food Market at The Stop features affordable, local food and free pizza-baking session at an outdoor wood-fired oven. The Green Barn will host a year round Farmers’ Market and community bake oven.

Food Animators initiate community gardens, kitchens and fresh food markets to increase access to healthy food and build community.

The Food Bank 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.

The Drop-in is a safe welcoming place where community members can enjoy nutritious food, meet others and access information on social issues and community resources.

Healthy Beginnings and Family Support is a pre-and post-natal nutrition and support program for pregnant women living on low incomes.

Our Sustainable Food Systems Education program teaches children from local schools where their food comes from with hands-on cooking and growing activities matched to the Ontario school curriculum.

The Community Advocacy program trains peer support workers’ to provide one-on-one assistance to community members to provide advocacy and assistance in accessing social services.

Our Civic Engagement department supports community members to speak out about and work together on issues of poverty, hunger and inadequate income in the community.

The Stop’s Green Barn is a satellite site of The Stop located in the Artscape Wychwood Barns at St. Clair & Christie. It includes a year round greenhouse, sheltered garden; bake oven, compost demonstration project, community kitchen, a classroom and a weekly farmers’ market.