Our Mission: York Region Food Network connects and empowers people to access healthy food through education and advocacy.

About York Region Food Network:

For over 35 years, York Region Food Network has been a regional leader in offering dignified, innovative programs that:

• Provide healthy food
• Build skills, health and community
• Confront the underlying issues that lead to poverty and hunger

Our programs include drop-in breakfast, Good Food Box, community kitchen and gardens, civic engagement, and children and youth engagement (Kids in the Kitchen, Youth Food Committee)

What York Region Food Network Does:

We Educate

We lead kitchen and garden skills workshops, bringing community together around food, sharing our similarities and celebrating our differences.

We Advocate

Food insecurity is not about food. It’s about not having enough money to access food. We support an income-based response to food insecurity so everybody has enough money in their pockets to access food.

We Collaborate

We build relationships and connect with residents, community organizations, farms and businesses to strengthen the local food system and our communities.

We Care

We respond to the needs of the communities we serve, evaluating our work through an anti-oppressive lens, acknowledging land-based teachings, and working towards a more inclusive York Region for all. 

Each year we reach over 12,500 people.

Learn more at www.yrfn.ca