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Cultivating Abilities is a work-readiness project that provides adults with disabilities job-placement opportunities in the community in the food and agricultural sectors.

Summer Lunch Munch/School Meals feeds children in inner city parks during the summer season, when school is out and kids have less access to foods through their usual school programs and works with schools to address hunger in the classroom during the school year.

A 10 week cooking and skill building program for pregnant women and parents of young.

The After School Program is offered for children in Kindergarten to grade 7. This program provides healthy role-modelling, physical activity, healthy snack, literacy, and culture.

Community market located on waterfront in Port McNeill. Seasonal Fresh Vegetables, Baking, Arts, Crafts, wellness supplies.

The Cowichan Incubator Seed Farm is the first seed training farm to be launched in Canada. Based on the successful ‘Incubator Farm’ model that has been implemented in numerous places to train new farmers, the Cowichan Incubator Seed Farm (CISF) will be the first to focus specifically on training new seed farmers.

The Cowichan's first online farmers' market.

This group meets monthly to discuss current food related programming, concerns, and to do projects to help bridge the gap of food insecurity in Cowichan.

Cowichan Green Community offers a variety of cooking classes. Programs are a constant so call (250)748-8506 or email info@cowichangreencommunity.org for details on the cooking classes we are running today!

FoodFit, a program developed by Community Food Centres Canada, is now being offered through Cowichan Green Community Foundation to bring low-income community members together to set goals, learn skills, and make measurable changes in overall health and fitness. The goal of the FoodFit program is to support community members to become better nourished, more active, and less socially isolated.