Family Service Toronto and Corbrook in partnership with FoodShare, are holding ongoing Community Food Markets on the third Thursday of every month in Scarborough.
What is a Community Market? (formerly Good Food Market)
Community Markets sell high quality, affordable fruits and vegetables. These markets bring healthy produce to neighbourhoods where it might not otherwise be available, and where farmers’ markets are not viable because sales are too low to cover costs.
The markets feature seasonal, local produce plus imported favourites in order to offer the greatest quality and cultural value to the neighbourhoods they serve. Each market uniquely reflects its community and is a vibrant and important gathering place, providing opportunities for neighbourhoods to meet, share information and to celebrate.
Why a Community Market?
Food markets can become amazing gathering places. The goal of a successful market is not making a profit, but the relationship between selling affordable produce and the ability of a market to be a gathering place that people want to hang out in.
It also serves as a space in the community for information and resource sharing – email Elizabeth Irwin if your program/agency would like to host a table at an upcoming event.
Who can attend?
- The market is open to everyone!
- Corbrook and Family Service Toronto share a vision of building inclusive communities.
- We envision our market serving as a gathering place for folks to connect, learn from each other, and thrive.
Where and when is the market?
The next market is Thursday, August 15 from 11am – 4pm at Corbrook and Community Living Toronto’s social enterprise The Social Brew: 1236 Birchmount Rd. – see flyer attached for details. Moving forward, the market will be here the third Thursday of each month.
Please share the attached flyers widely with your networks and we hope to see you there!
*If you are interested in learning more about FoodShare, click here: FoodShare – Food is a right
*To learn more about Community Markets and other community programming, click here: Good Food Markets – FoodShare
Contact: If you are interested in participating in future markets, email Elizabeth: elizabethir@familyservicetoronto.org