Building a connected community where everyone has enough good food!
Made possible by the support of so many community members including partners, donors, volunteers and funders.
A snapshot of what we accomplished in 2022:
We believe in hopeful solutions, multiple approaches, and many voices to solve the issue of food insecurity in Guelph-Wellington. Consider joining the movement today!
- Completed work on 1500 square foot cooler and 750 square foot freezer in the Community Food Warehouse on Huron Street! Over $1.5 million of fresh food has moved through our space this year.
- Opened Groceries from The SEED, Canada's first sliding-scale online grocery store. We now have over 1250 members of all incomes, and 265 nutritious grocery items in store with over 6000 deliveries made and counting!
- Launched the Community Garden at Shelldale Farm Park, an exciting project that will bring good food infrastructure to this priority neighbourhood through a long-term community engagement process
- Grew $100,000 of fresh food at Everdale farm through The Good Food Project, increasing the amount of local and organic food being affordably moved through our warehouse and community distribution systems
- Launched our second Fresh Food Prescription (Fresh Food Rx) pilot. 178 low-income community members receive one year of no-cost fruit and veggie prescriptions from health care providers that they redeem at Groceries from The SEED
- Cooked 5000+ nutritious frozen meals in the Upcycle Kitchen for sale through Groceries from The SEED's social enterprises
- Five out-of-work and out-of-school youth completed our employment training program, and three are still employed in The SEED'S social enterprises
- Expanded our staff and volunteer group to 21 staff members and 157 regular volunteers... 50 volunteers have contributed 100+ hours each!
You can help!
There is so much more to come for The SEED in 2023 and beyond.
Please give generously today.
Donations through Harvest Impact will be matched one-to-one up to the first $90,000 in individual cash donations raised.
This means that your $50.00 donation becomes $100.00 and will help The SEED help more people - even faster.
DONATE TO THE SEED
*You will be mailed a charitable receipt in February for donations of $30 and over.
The SEED is apart of the Guelph Community Health Centre, Charitable Registration Number 10745 6881 RR0001.
Thank you for being on this journey with us!
It is because of this community's support that this work continues to increase in scale and impact. We look forward to sharing more with you soon!
With gratitude,
Tom Armitage , The SEED's Project Manager
Harvest Impact
Socially Financing Our Future
To support increased access to healthy, nutritious food, Harvest Impact will launch its first community funding process raising funds and in-kind services to support the work of The SEED, Our Food Future’s lead circular food economy demonstration project.
While the project collaborators are mobilizing physical resources, such as warehouse space, refrigeration, cooking space and partner organizations, this online donation site will allow all who can, to help.
This project shows the power of community working together. Please support us in this work.
Julia Grady, Project Lead
Harvest Impact, by 10C
Socially Financing Our Future
and
Tom Armitage, Directing Manager
The SEED
Working towards a community with no barriers to healthy food
A project of the Guelph Community Health Centre