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 and Heat Bank Haliburton County.
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:
- Provides residents of our community who are food-insecure with access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity, aims to improve health, builds a sense of community.
- Provide storage and a distribution point for monthly Good Food Boxes (a project run by the Rotary Club of Haliburton).
- Provide a welcoming place where people who are struggling to make ends meet can access food and 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 share and trade surplus food donations to increase the variety of food available to all County residents.
- Increased community economic activity through the use of local contractors, purchase of local goods (where possible) and fresh produce.
