“Food is the hook. It’s the commonality.”

What is the Community Food Centre?

The Alex Community Food Centre (CFC) is a welcoming place for people to come together to grow, cook, share and advocate for good food for all. The CFC provides people with access to high-quality food in a dignified setting through healthy meals and an affordable produce market. People learn cooking and gardening skills, and kids get their hands dirty in the garden and kitchen in ways that expand their tastebuds and help them make healthier food choices. Community members find their voices on the issues that matter to them, and people find friends and support. CFCs offer multifaceted, integrated and responsive programming in a shared space where food builds health, hope, skills and community.

Our Vision

Along with our partners, Community Food Centres Canada, we envision a Canada where everyone has the means and knowledge necessary to access good, healthy food in a dignified way, and the ability and opportunity to be heard on the food issues that affect them. We envision a robust, diverse food economy that sustains farmers and the land, and a social consensus that food is a key determinant of health and a public good.

The Alex CFC 2023 Impact Summary

This year, high rates of inflation added to the stress felt at individual, family and organizational levels. We saw demand for all types of programs and services skyrocket across the country.

The Alex Community Food Centre (CFC) remains committed to supporting our local community. This means providing a place where people can connect and access good food – food that nourishes the body and spirit. And it means advocating for equitable policy change that addresses food insecurity and poverty in the long term.

Read all about it in our 2023 CFC Impact Summary.