Food Security Programs

Join DIVERSEcity’s Community Garden, Community Kitchen and other community programs

With increasing cost of living, newcomers, seniors and other vulnerable people and families may face a lack of access to healthy foods. DIVERSEcity’s Food Security programs are here to help with community gardening, healthy cooking information and skills training and community programs.

DIVERSEcity’s Community Garden

In the Community Garden Program, you learn to grow healthy food organically at our community garden in Surrey, BC. We also host workshops, cultural celebrations and events to build connections between all garden members who come from many different countries.

Our beautiful Hazelnut Meadows Community Garden (140th Street and 68th Avenue) has 80 plots, a greenhouse and an orchard.

This is a learning garden program that helps new immigrants and refugees connect to their new communities.

Learn more by contacting the Community Garden Coordinator at garden@dcrs.ca or 604-547-1378.

With funding by:

Community Kitchen

In our Community Kitchen programs, we teach skills to feed your family healthily, affordably and independently. You will learn healthy cooking skills, meal preparation, nutrition tips and food safety. We use hands-on cooking classes to teach new skills, visit grocery stores and learn about local community food supports for families on a low income. You can share food from your own culture, connect with new friends, practise English and join us in building a community through food.

Learn more about our Community Kitchen programs for seniors, youth and parents with children aged 0-12 by contacting the Community Kitchens Coordinator at kitchen@dcrs.ca.

FoodFit program

Are you a senior looking to eat healthier, move more and make new friends? DIVERSEcity offers the FoodFit program that will help you improve your cooking skills, learn new recipes, join exercise classes and share healthy meals with new friends. To learn more, please email kitchen@dcrs.ca.

Our Food Security initiatives are further supported by:

A Rocha

BC Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program

West Coast Seeds