LONDON FOOD COALITION 

On May 5, red dresses appear in windows, trees, public spaces, gathering places and hearts across the country. They move in the wind like spirits asking not to be forgotten. They are beautiful, devastating and impossible to ignore. Red Dress Day, also known as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people, is not only a day of remembrance. It is a day that asks Canada to look honestly at what has been take

The recently released Malcolm in the Middle reboot places Malcolm as the Executive Director of a nonprofit software company that connects food banks with grocery stores and manufacturers. It’s a strange detail to notice, but it lands because it reflects something real. In the past week alone, stories about food rescue, what we at the London Food Coalition call collecting food abundance, have surfaced across multiple regions, sectors, and scales. Taken together, they suggest t

The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly evident with each passing year, as extreme heatwaves and unpredictable weather...

There’s a quiet kind of power in food volunteerism. It doesn’t always make headlines. It doesn’t ask for recognition. But every day, in food hubs, community kitchens, and agency spaces across our city, people show up and make something essential happen. They help ensure that good, nutritious food moves where it’s needed, when it’s needed, and in ways that respect the dignity of the people receiving it. At the London Food Coalition, we talk a lot about food collection and food

Spring doesn’t begin with a date. It begins with movement. With longer days, softer ground, and the quiet return of possibility. And across London, that movement has already been underway through the work of the London Food Coalition. Even in March, before the season had fully turned, nearly 36,000 pounds of food were collected and shared across the city. That food became almost 30,000 meals, reaching individuals, families, and community programs who rely on consistent access

Food insecurity is an increasingly pressing issue in Canada, with serious implications for both individual health and the broader...

In developed countries like Canada, two major sources of food waste stand out: commercial waste , which comes from businesses such as...

Black History Month invites us to reflect not only on Black excellence and resilience, but also on the systems that have shaped—and constrained—Black lives in Canada. One of those systems is food. Access to healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate food has never been evenly distributed. For many Black communities across Canada, food insecurity is not a temporary crisis, but the result of long-standing structural inequities rooted in racism, economic exclusion, and neig

London is a city of approximately 422,300 people. According to reporting by the CBC in December 2025, one in three households in our community is coping with food insecurity. That means food insecurity is not a marginal issue, affecting only a small subset of residents — it is a widespread condition shaping daily life for tens of thousands of people across the city. At the same time, London is a city where enormous amounts of food move through farms, warehouses, grocery store

Last year, the London Food Coalition rescued approximately 514,000 pounds of food . That number deserves attention — but not applause on its own. Weight is a blunt measure. It tells you how much moved through a system, not whether the system is fair, sufficient, or finished. Still, it’s one of the few ways we can begin to talk honestly about scale. In practical terms, 514,000 pounds represents hundreds of thousands of meals that didn’t disappear into landfills and instead sho

In developed countries like Canada, one of the biggest contributors to food waste is something surprisingly close to home—our kitchens....

As the first real snow settles in, something shifts in our kitchens. We slow down a little. We take stock. We remember what’s in the freezer, what’s tucked into the bottom of the pantry, and what’s been waiting patiently in the crisper drawer. Winter, in so many ways, invites us into a different rhythm—one that our Elders have always known. A rhythm that honours every part of the harvest. People often ask me, How can I help? How can I support the London Food Coalition beyond

Today I found myself thinking about the meaning of giving. Not because it’s a special day or a campaign deadline, but because this work constantly reminds me that giving shows up in countless ways — each one meaningful, each one necessary. Whether it’s a planned donation, a quick act of generosity, a bag of rescued food, a volunteer shift squeezed between responsibilities, or a moment of kindness offered to someone who needs it — it all matters. It all moves something forward

Despite a growing global hunger crisis, approximately one-third of all food produced worldwide is wasted. Food waste refers to edible...

Every November, Canadians pause to remember. We wear a poppy close to our hearts, stand together in silence, and recall the sacrifice of those who served in the Canadian Armed Forces. But remembrance is not only about the soldiers who went to war — it’s also about the communities that sustained them, the families who rationed and waited, and the hands that gathered, prepared, and shared food when it was scarce. At the London Food Coalition, where every pound of collected foo

Every day across London, food moves quietly from abundance to access — from farms, wholesalers, and grocery stores to community centres, shelters, and meal programs. Behind that movement are not just trucks and schedules, but people. Volunteers are the heartbeat of the London Food Coalition (LFC), transforming good food that might have gone unseen into nourishment, connection, and dignity. The Power of People At LFC, our mission — collect, connect, nourish — depends on hundr

How the London Food Coalition is helping transform short-term relief into long-term resilience Walk into almost any community agency in London, and you’ll find more than a food shelf. You’ll find conversations, care, and connection — people helping people find their footing. You’ll find volunteers serving meals with dignity, staff offering counselling or housing support, and neighbours learning that they’re not alone. For many, that first visit for food opens the door to som

How the London Food Coalition turns generosity into nourishment, every single day Most people never see it happen — the quiet choreography that keeps good food moving through our city. Every morning, before most of London has poured its first coffee, a single white refrigerated truck pulls out from the London Food Coalition’s Food Hub. It makes its rounds to grocery stores and distributors, collecting fresh produce, dairy, meat, and prepared foods that might otherwise go to w

How Collective Effort Turns Good Food into Shared Good Every day, thousands of pounds of good food move quietly through our city — from grocery stores and distributors, through warehouses and kitchens, into the hands and homes of neighbours. Much of it might have once been overlooked or discarded. But in the right hands, with the right relationships, that same food becomes something extraordinary: abundance. At the London Food Coalition (LFC), abundance isn’t just a word. It’

Each year, on October 16th, the world celebrates World Food Day, which is also the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture...