VISION

A resilient community and local food system, that nourishes all people and supports dignified access to good food.

MISSION

Loving Spoonful builds community around good food across Kingston and area, providing programs and championing policies that build capacity in the local food system.

Values

Loving Spoonful:

Is committed to social justice and will advocate for social justice and endeavour to maintain its operations in ways that promote the equal rights of its employees, volunteers, and the broader community.
Believes in the strength of vibrant and connected community food systems.
Is committed to equity and inclusivity and will continue to proactively dismantle barriers to participation and provide an opportunity to those who are most likely to be marginalized.
Believes that access to good food is a fundamental right.
Is respectful and will ensure its programs focus on supporting the dignity of all people.
Believes that all people have the right to a livable income.
Adheres to good food principles

ABOUT

In Community Kitchens kids, teens, adults, and families learn basic, affordable, healthy cooking and share great meals together. They also come together around good food to address some of life's trickiest issues: mental health, social inclusion, poverty reduction, community integration. People with intellectual disabilities learn cooking and Indigenous community members use the kitchen space to work on reclaiming Indigenous languages.

In Schools and School Gardens Over 600 students learn about growing food, community, and cooperation through GROW Project every year. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to watch the upcoming growth of this fantastic hands-on learning program!

Fresh Food Delivery: Every year, Loving Spoonful volunteers reclaim tens of thousands of pounds of local, healthy, surplus, perishable food. Over $1.5 million has been picked up from farms and farmers' markets and delivered to the CFRC (Community Food Redistribution Centre) where it is then distributed agencies around the city that feed our low-income neighbours and others who need good food. Our innovative Fresh Food Market Stands allow people to take the fresh food they need -- no questions asked!

In Community Gardens, Loving Spoonful convenes the Community Garden Network for the City of Kingston, offering hands-on workshops, funding opportunities, supporting the community gardens to make gardening irresistible.

We're teaching

Kids in classrooms and gardens about good food, growing, collaboration and community!
Families, adults and teens in Community Kitchens about cooking easy, affordable, healthy food!

We're collaborating with

Over 150 agencies and community partners across the region, bringing good food programming and fresh food to all!
Kingston's 38 Community Gardens and 4 Community Orchards, assisting with annual reporting, grants, discounts on mulch and compost, and with establishing new gardens
Kingston’s gardeners and farmers who "Grow A Row" for donation to those who need fresh food most.

We're delivering!

Over $1,500,000 of the freshest local, healthy produce for free to over 50 agencies and Fresh Food Market Stands serving those experiencing hunger in Kingston since we started. That's the equivalent of over 600,000 healthy meals delivered free from surplus at grocery stores & farms and from donations from those growing extra in their gardens.