What is the Central Food Network?
The Central Food Network (CFN) is a volunteer group formed on the premise that when we work together, we can do more to help people. The CFN oversees the new Highlands East Food Hub in Wilberforce (formally Wilberforce Food Bank), the Cardiff Food Bank, Heat Bank Haliburton County and the Haliburton County Community Garden Network
The new Food Hub allows us to acquire and store more food on behalf our food banks but also our community partners across the region. Our mission is to aggressively and creatively source out food sources and share with others that need it. We also are working on new programming that assists people above and beyond food. Join us!
The new Food Hub allows us to acquire and store more food on behalf our food banks but also our community partners across the region. Our mission is to aggressively and creatively source out food sources and share with others that need it. We also are working on new programming that assists people above and beyond food. Join us!
Central Food Network's new Highlands East Food Hub Opens!
On January 6th 2016, we began operating from our new location at the Lloyd Watson Centre at 2249 Loop Road.
The new Highlands East Food Hub (operated by the newly formed Central Food Network) will:
The new Highlands East Food Hub (operated by the newly formed Central Food Network) will:
- Provide more opportunities for people, who are food insecure, with healthier food in a manner that maintains dignity, builds health and sense of community.
- Provide easily accessible food storage for the school food program.
- Establish the first community kitchen program in the municipality
- Provide a welcoming place where anyone can enjoy nutritious food, socialize with others and access information on community resources.
- Provide additional opportunities to receive and distribute fresh, locally grown produce through increased fridge and freezer storage capacity.
- Partner with other regional food banks, community gardens, local businesses and other agencies in Haliburton County to help anyone who is food insecure.
- Provide an opportunity for anyone to learn food skills such as the nutritional benefits of growing and preparing your own food.
- Provide organizational funding/support to local community garden projects that will in turn will help support the requirements of the WFC for locally grown produce.
- Increased community economic activity through the use of local contractors, purchase of local goods (where possible) and fresh produce.
- Create events that help build a sense of community and celebrate local food.
- Increased usage of community facilities.
