The Nourish and Develop Foundation

Our Story

In 2011, The Nourish and Develop Foundation’s office opened in Cannington to fill the need for further community supports in Brock Township. 

Over the years, TNDF has grown in more ways than one. We have added to our dedicated team of staff, recruited and trained new volunteers, increased and improved community programs, and researched and implicated new strategies to strengthen our community. Today, we support families and individuals through our 2 service branches - Food Services and Social Services. Through our various programs, including Food Bank, transitional housing, referrals, education workshops, Mobile Food Market, Community Lunch, Maple Tree Community Garden and more, we pursue our vision of a thriving community where everyone is food secure, safely housed, and well supported.

We believe that improving lives and building stronger communities is the result of working together with a sense of purpose. Our programs are developed to improve self-reliance and include projects that strengthen the community.  

Our Mission

We connect people to nourishing food and supportive resources, empowering the community to come together to develop lasting change.

Our Values

• Curiosity - our team is geared towards learning and non-judgement; we ask questions and listen to the answers, recognizing that everyone has something valuable to contribute to the work we do
• Connection - building reciprocal relationships with and between community members and partners to facilitate inclusion and belonging
• Advocacy - we influence change at a local level by amplifying the lived and living experience of community members and pushing for systemic solutions to poverty, injustice, and social isolation
• Responsiveness - in conversation with our community, we identify and address service gaps in innovative and collaborative ways
• Equity - we meet people where they are at, emphasizing the right for community members to determine and meet their own needs in a dignified way