Mobilizing Canadians for a Healthier Food System

CCFE delivers joyful, taste-first experiences that educate and engage Canadians in their local food economies.

Imagine a future where food is valued as a social good. 

We are working to transform Canada’s food system so that human health, ecological health, and community resilience are the ultimate ends.

What We Do

Shift behaviour with taste and joy
Regenerate local food economies
Build a groundswell of support for local foods
Nurture healthy ecosystems & communities

Explore our Programs

GTB Regenerator Pilot

Co-creating programs and events to engage eaters across the Greater Tkaronto Bioregion.

Flavour Harvest

Fun flavour-fueled events that engage new audiences in regeneratively grown foods.

Salad Club

Workplace well-being program powered 
by local food.

Why Focus on Food?

Our food system is a root problem. It’s also a transformational solution.

50%
the nutritional density fruits and vegetables have lost due to industrial growing practices
14 million
Canadians who will be impacted by chronic food illnesses like diabetes and heart disease by 2026
115%
the increase in Canadian farmland covered by pesticides over the past 20 years

No civilization has ever survived the consequences of soil misuse or exploitive agriculture…Today, almost all of the world’s most productive soil is already in use. We are on the last frontier.

Ontario Farmer Donald Lobb

When food is treated as a commodity, the result is a destructive cycle that perpetuates waste, nutritional loss, soil degradation, and ecological harms. That’s where we are today, and the impacts are mounting.

But food also holds the power to repair what’s been broken and make it stronger. That’s why we’re working to make local, human-centred food economies the beating heart of our food system.

Our Model

The Local Food Economy Regenerator 

Increasing the accessibility, availability, and viability of regeneratively grown, local foods.
Local food economies offer a value-rich alternative to our current food system. These place-based networks restore proximity, connection, and accountability between those who produce food and those who eat it.

The good news is: we don’t have to invent local food economies.  They already exist. They look like people buying directly from producers, eating local at their neighbourhood cafe, or ordering from a farm-to-table catering company.

Cutivate change
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