Food Rescue Program
Save the earth.
Eat great.
“The food you’ve been providing me has made a huge difference. Now with the money I’ve saved I’m able to get some of the nicer things in life. I’ve also got your recipes magnetized to my fridge.”
A lot of food is wasted in Metro Vancouver and over 50% of this waste is avoidable.
We are very appreciative of our long-term partnership with Nature’s Fare Markets, where every week they give us a few boxes of rescued food - that is, food that is still edible, but because of some small imperfection - a bruised peach / wrinkly peppers – may go unsold at the store. Instead now those bruised peaches and wrinkly peppers come to us, and we’re able to provide healthy, organic snacks and meals to Youth Space participants, while reducing the amount of food that ends up going to waste.
Some of the extras even go home with youth and families to help them stretch their dollars further.
Stretch your culinary boundaries
We never know what we're going to get so we have to get really creative with our recipes.
Ever Google Image Searched, "purple root vegetable" and then figured out how to make beet and ginger juice? Yeah, we just did that for the first time too.
If you're interested in cooking with us, check out the current calendar, hours and age groups at the Youth Space, and come on by.
