Over 23% of households in Guelph-Wellington cannot afford the food they need to be well.

WE NEED TO BUILD A BETTER FOOD SYSTEM

Rebuilding a better food system means that we have to find new ways of doing things and fill gaps that traditional food systems were not built to address.

PROGRAMS

Food insecurity is an income based issue. Many people simply do not have enough money to afford they food they need. We offer free-to-access programming to complement our work with social enterprise to ensure we offer something to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status.

PARTNERSHIPS

We can’t rebuild a food system or address all the needs of a community alone. What we are doing is BIG and requires a great deal of collaboration with other organizations and businesses who can share knowledge, resources, connections, and ultimately share in the success of this common goal.

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

We are using innovative social enterprises as a way to involve the whole community in the solution. Sliding scale pricing allows us to offer something to everyone. Sales at retail pricing help offset a small fraction of operating costs, but more importantly gives everyone a chance to experience the quality of what we offer.

Read our blog posts below for more information on the ‘why’ and ‘how’ we are transforming and innovating within the food system…

Program Spotlight: Creative Conversations

Program Spotlight: Creative Conversations

Creative Conversations provides opportunities to cook and learn and grow food together, while forming community connections, for older adults (ages 55+). Creative Conversations is a drop-in program. The SEED has been running it for the past several months, two days...

Souper Heroes Update

Souper Heroes Update

It's soup season! You can now find our famous soup starters at markets, stores and pop-up events. All proceeds directly support our programs- help us get to $30,000 in sales this year! A Souper track record Now in its seventh year, The SEED's Souper Heroes fundraiser...

The SEED is a charitable, non-profit food program of the Guelph Community Health Centre.

About the Guelph CHC

The vision of the Guelph CHC is A community without barriers to health and well-being. We reduce health inequities by providing inter-professional primary health services and community programs, focused on the populations we prioritize, in collaboration with community partners.

HOW THE SEED CONTRIBUTES TO THE VISION OF THE GUELPH CHC

Access to nutritious food is core to a person’s well-being. As a non-profit program we are able to design and operate programs that increase physical and financial access to food among people facing food insecurity.

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