Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank
Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank is a vegan food bank that has served over 350,000 meals worth of fresh healthful plant-based whole food groceries to community members experiencing poverty and food insecurity.
FOOD INSECURITY
People who reach out to food banks for help are often severely food insecure and facing multiple forms of marginalization.
And the sad reality is that, at regular food banks, where the options are already extremely limited, there is almost nothing that vegans can eat.
“We don't want people to have to compromise their health, or their ethics, when they are already in such a vulnerable position."
— Matt Noble, Executive Director
GOOD FOOD FOR ALL
Veg Food Bank was created in 2015 to ensure that people who are following a plant-based diet for the planet, their health, or the animals, have somewhere they can turn to when they can't afford groceries.
We're fortunate to have an amazing and supportive team of volunteer nutrition consultants who provide free sessions for food bank clients who are trying to eliminate meat or other animal products from their diets.
Basic Income: A Real Solution To Poverty
While we do provide support in the form of groceries, it is important to note that food banks are not a solution to poverty and food insecurity.
Food banks are forced to exist because the politicians in power have failed to provide adequate financial support for citizens who are unable to work, or to those who live below the poverty line despite working multiple jobs.
That's why, in 2023, Veg Food Bank is launching Put Food Banks Out Of Business, a national campaign advocating for a guaranteed basic income floor below which no Canadian can fall.
VEGANIC FARM
Veg Food Bank Farm cropped up at Wishing Well Sanctuary in the Spring of 2022.
The farm's purpose is to grow fresh local veganic food for Veg Food Bank clients, while also connecting people with the sanctuary's rescued animals and their individual stories.
COOKING CLASSES
Building on the success of our partnership with the T. Colin Campbell Centre for Nutrition Studies and Yonge Street Mission, we are now partnering with HSI Canada’s Forward Food program and Sodexo, to create a free national plant-based peer-to-peer cooking program for cooks and kitchen managers in the charitable food sector.
If you are looking for more information about the food bank, making a donation, or how to register with us, please reach out to us at TOvegfoodbank@gmail.com