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January 2022
RENFREW COLLINGWOOD COMMUNITY NEWS
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Renfrew-Collingwood Food Hub winter updates
The mission of this non-profit publication is to provide the residents, businesses and organizations of Renfrew/Collingwood with a medium for community communication.
Paul Reid: staff writer and layout coordinator Lisa Symons: sales and distribution coordinator Julie Cheng: editorial coordinator
Contributors: CityReach, Collingwood Branch Library, David R. Penny, Emily Rees, Julie Cheng, Karen Vanon, Naiya Tsang, Paul Reid, Sophia Han, Together We Can
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Next submission deadline: Jan 10
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Renfrew/Collingwood Community News
Collingwood Neighbourhood House 5288 Joyce Street Vancouver, BC V5R 6C9
by Naiya Tsang
The RenfrewCollingwood Food Hub (RCFH) was launched in September 2021. This initiative is funded by United Way British Columbia and led by Renfrew-Collingwood Food Justice, a Collingwood Neighbourhood House program.
The RCFH aims to respond to issues in food insecurity and food distribution through the perspectives of food justice and mutual aid. In particular, the Food Hub works to build the capacity of community partners and community members to create an inclusive neighbourhood response to food insecurity and to provide access to healthy, affordable and culturally appropriate foods for Renfrew-Collingwood residents.
Mutual-Aid Community Supported Agriculture Pilot (September to October 2021)
We were over the moon to hear these beautiful messages from our Mutual-Aid Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Pilot program participants! Though the pilot is over for now, it was such an incredible experience, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds.
A huge thank you to all the participants and volunteers who came out each week! It was so lovely seeing new and familiar faces and hearing everyone’s stories and feedback about how they used these vegetables in their daily lives.
The Food Hub’s Mutual Aid CSA Pilot Program ran from September to October 2021 and served more than 30 residents each week with fresh, organic local produce from the Tsawwassen First Nation Farm School. Because the program ran on a mutual aid model, participants could pay it forward and subsidize the cost of neighbours’ boxes, which helped many of our participants get the same high-quali-
