Farm to School Canada Grants program is transforming school food in Canada.

The Active Living and Wellness Fund is designed to support active living, holistic healing, and wellness. Funding is available for initiatives, infrastructure, and equipment that directly increase sport, physical activity, active recreation, holistic healing, wellness and/or healthy eating for individuals of all ages.

The purpose of the grant program is to support community involvement and action to promote wellness.

Areas of funding support include healthcare, education, community wellness, arts and culture and research. Grant applications will be considered for projects within this area, which is on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador (north of Reef’s Harbour) and Coastal Labrador (excluding the communities of Churchill Falls, Labrador City, and Wabush).

Recognizing the positive and lasting impact that Community Kitchen programs can have in communities large and small, Food Banks Canada offers this program to its Members and Affiliate Member food banks to develop, maintain, or expand their community kitchen programs.

Scotts Canada is offering grants in amounts of up to $1500 that will be awarded as a combination of cash and in-kind product donation. Recognized charitable organizations and non-profit groups involved in establishing or expanding a community garden or green space in Canada are eligible.

Clean the air, beautify your neighbourhood, and bring fresh fruits or nuts to your community all at the same time with Tree Canada’s Edible Trees program. Your community gardening group, arboretum, school, housing project, or other organization can apply to have a project funded.

The Community Garden Support Program helps eligible municipalities, schools, not-for-profit organizations and community groups establish and enhance new and existing community gardens.

Applications accepted year-round

 Funding supports projects focused on:

• Food security: organizations or programs addressing issues around food insecurity
• Well-being: supporting the physical or mental health of those working in the Canadian food system
• Education and food literacy: education for people about agriculture and food; creating understanding of production practices and careers in the industry
• Public trust in agriculture and food: promoting the Canadian food system
• Community enhancements: making a difference where our employees and customers live and work

The Healthy Canadians and Communities Fund is a funding program of the Public Health Agency of Canada. We aim to prevent the main chronic diseases of:

• cancer
• diabetes
• cardiovascular disease

The Food-Link Fund is open to fund programming in not-for-profit and incorporated for-profit orgs related to improving access to food, specifically the food hub program which is aiming to support investments in regional infrastructure, equipment, and logistics capacity that connect local producers to markets and improve supply chain efficiency.

The Foundation supports a wide range of environmental initiatives, with a primary focus on environmental education and green space programs.

Eligible projects include schoolyard greening, park revitalization, community gardens, park programming and citizen science initiatives.