The Local Community Food Centre

The Local invites the community in and around Stratford, Ontario to come together to grow, share, cook, access and advocate for good food for everyone.

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Our programs, staff, volunteers and community members reflect the belief that dignified access to healthy food is a right that should (and can!) be fulfilled for everyone in Canada.

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We also believe that everyone can benefit from learning how to cook healthy food from scratch even on a tight budget, and demonstrate how community gardening, low cost markets, and community meals can help with food while also promoting health and social connectedness.

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And while we continue to develop innovative program approaches to addressing food insecurity, we also seek to empower those whose right to food has been violated to have a voice to challenge the conditions, policies and structures that maintain this inequality.