Our Mission

To create opportunities for people facing adversity to share, connect, and advocate around good food.

Our vision 

A thriving community where people come together around good food for all.

Our Goals

• To build health, social, and emotional capacity in low-income community members through diverse programming,
• To increase ways to acquire, grow, and produce food locally for use in our programs,
• To engage in food security issues at the systemic level,
• To diversify food access opportunities,
• To raise awareness of issues around food access, poverty, and related oppression, and
• To operate in a space that suits our needs and where all community members feel welcome.

About Nelson Community Food Centre

The Nelson Community Food Centre runs four programs: Food Skills, Garden, Good Food Bank, and the Gathering Table. 

We allow people to come to our food bank as often as they need and don’t ask them to justify why they need our services. We respect their rights to privacy and dignity and aim to create a welcoming and safe atmosphere for all. We serve over 1,200 people every month and aim to meet their diverse family and dietary needs with healthy foods. Our program participants come from Nelson and the surrounding towns and rural areas. Close to one quarter are children and 13% are seniors. Many of our customers struggle to make ends meet on social assistance, some work for low wages and support families, and others are in transitional periods of their lives. 

All our programs strive to create opportunities for people to come together and share, grow, eat, learn about and advocate for good food.