Community Food Hub seeks support

The Food Action Network of the One Straw Society has a great idea and Community Support Needs To Make It Happen.

"In our Mission to help the Sunshine Coast Become food secure, we realize That we Need to re-create an important missing link in our food distribution system - a Facility That Can be used for food storage, food processing and distribution and a Training Centre , "said Nadi Fleschhut, co-ordinator of the Food Action Network.

"What we're talking about here is known as a Community Food Hub - a place for backyard Commercial Producers and Growers alike Thurs expand the Potential of Their Operations for the Benefit of us all, making local food more accessible."

Fleschhut said this hub will include a commercial kitchen, a warehouse storage room and a room for public use hosting skill-building workshops and community meetings. The site will feature demonstration edible gardens and composting systems and will act as a training ground for Farmers and Food Producers.

"We'll Also Be Able TO HOST regular farmers' markets all year," she added. "Our goals are Thurs Increase the Economic viability of Food Production on the Coast, Provide more venues for the distribution of local food, Decrease food waste and help build skills in food processing and Growing."

She said the Community Food Hub Project is Designed as a Social Enterprise - a business run by a non-profit That fulfills Their mission, while also Life Becoming economically self-sufficient and ideally Supporting Other Food Action Projects.

Fleschhut said the Food Action Network has submitted Their idea to the Community Fund, Aviva, M if They Get Enough votes, a potentially They CAN win a Grant Towards a start-up costs for the hub. Check out the www.avivacommunity

fund.org/ideas/acf9511 and vote.

Not only can you gain a great new facility for the community, But Voting and by inviting five friends to vote, you'll be ENTERED into a draw to win great prizes. Sign in, vote, and go to "supported my ideas." Click on "email this page" and type in your five friends' emails as well as foodhub@onestraw.ca. Prize Winners Will Be Drawn on Dec. 15.