Database: List of Local Food Infrastructure Fund projects (Small Scale Projects intake)
Backgrounder
The 61 projects announced to date under the Small Scale Projects intake of the Local Food Infrastructure Fund (LFIF) total nearly $4 million to help improve food security in communities through investments in equipment and infrastructure needs.
Use the table below to search for LFIF projects.
| Organization | Town/City | Province/ Territory |
Project description |
AAFC Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloydminster & Vermilion For Equity Foundation | Lloydminster | Alberta | Purchase a greenhouse, installation and a one-time training program. | $64,100 |
| Grande Prairie Friendship Centre | Grande Prairie | Alberta | Purchase hydroponic grow towers, an irrigation system and composting units. | $25,879 |
| City of Grande Prairie | Grande Prairie | Alberta | Purchase garden beds, irrigation system, soil, site prep and installation and gardening tools. | $38,996 |
| Mama K Ethnic Food Processing Centre | Leduc | Alberta | Purchase a trailer, a greenhouse, solar panels, an irrigation system, walk-in cooler/freezer, refrigerator, root cellar, garden beds with tools and supplies, vacuum sealer, food labeler and insulated storage/food transportation containers. | $98,724 |
| Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth | Calgary | Alberta | Purchase raised garden beds, gardening tools and supplies, a propagation tower, pergola, seeds and soil, gardening tools, range, freezer/fridge, fridge, food preservation equipment and storage containers. | $76,680 |
| Village of Bawlf | Bawlf | Alberta | Purchase a greenhouse, rototiller, wheel cart, pallet and garden beds and supplies. | $38,733 |
| Driftpile Cree Nation | Driftpile | Alberta | Purchase greenhouses, shelving, watering systems and garden supplies. | $45,270 |
| Campus Food Bank Society | Edmonton | Alberta | Purchase a hoop house, seed starting greenhouse, raised garden beds, processing equipment, and a refrigerator. | $32,799 |
| Heartland Grow Your Own Association | Fort Saskatchewan | Alberta | Purchase a tractor, backhoe, rototiller and two trailers. | $84,205 |
| Métis Nation Powell River Association | Powell River | British Columbia | Purchase a greenhouse, garden beds, an irrigation system and beekeeping equipment. | $31,425 |
| Mamas for Mamas | Kelowna | British Columbia | Purchase garden equipment and supplies, a greenhouse, utility trailer and irrigation equipment. | $25,484 |
| Nisga'a Village of Ging̱olx | Gingolx | British Columbia | Purchase two climate-controlled greenhouses. | $100,000 |
| DUDES Club Society | Vancouver | British Columbia | Purchase garden boxes and planters, various food processing equipment, small kitchen appliances, fridges and freezers. | $32,548 |
| Maiyoo Keyoh Society | Fort St. James | British Columbia | Purchase a hunting utility vehicle. | $52,341 |
| PHA Public Health Association of British Columbia | Fraser Lake | British Columbia | Purchase a greenhouse. | $72,304 |
| Kara-Kata Afrobeat Society of Canada | Misson | British Columbia | Purchase two commercial greenhouses and an irrigation system. | $69,413 |
| The Sharing Farm Society | Richmond | British Columbia | Purchase a portable tunnel greenhouse, a poly greenhouse with electrical extension and hot water heater and a tractor attachment with rotary tiller. | $64,323 |
| FED Urban Agriculture Society | Victoria | British Columbia | Purchase planters and garden supplies, irrigation system, modular hoop houses with hoophouse row shifting system and modular greenhouses. | $33,977 |
| Stqeeye' Learning Society | Salt Spring Island | British Columbia | Purchase a tractor, irrigation system, smokehouse and gardening supplies. | $66,880 |
| Bridge River Indian Band | Lillooet | British Columbia | Purchase a tractor, cultivator, rototiller, irrigation system, compost, modified shipping container for cold storage. | $99,696 |
| Seabird Island Band | Agassiz | British Columbia | Purchase two tunnel greenhouses, irrigation equipment, a two-wheel tractor, gardening tools and supplies and food preservation equipment. | $50,062 |
| Ashcroft Indian Band | Ashcroft | British Columbia | Purchase an ATV with an agricultural trailer and sprayer, garden tools and plants. | $62,371 |
| City of Pitt Meadows | Pitt Meadows | British Columbia | Purchase planter boxes, trellises, poles, table, drip irrigation system, soil, seeds, fertilizer and, storage containers. | $80,634 |
| Cowichan Green Community Society | Duncan | British Columbia | Purchase a greenhouse, a tractor and an irrigation system. | $68,558 |
| Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society | Vancouver | British Columbia | Purchase two irrigation systems and gardening tools. | $85,546 |
| Shackan Indian Band | Merritt | British Columbia | Purchase an automated hydroponic community farm. | $98,900 |
| Buffalo Point First Nation | Buffalo Point | Manitoba | Purchase a greenhouse and growing supplies. | $76,997 |
| Northlands Denesuline First Nation | Lac Brochet | Manitoba | Purchase two snowmobiles and two ATVs. | $100,000 |
| Under One Sky-Monoqonuwicik-Neoteetjg Mosigisg Inc. | Fredericton | New Brunswick | Purchase a grow dome, garden supplies, hydroponic grow towers, food processing equipment and cold storage. | $74,909 |
| Bilijk First Nation | Kingsclear First Nation | New Brunswick | Purchase a solar-powered irrigation system, a tractor with loader, plow, disc harrow and potato planter attachments. | $92,185 |
| CoastArts Association | Canning | Nova Scotia | Purchase garden equipment and materials, two greenhouses, two composting facilities, irrigation equipment, beekeeping equipment, electric farm vehicle, commercial-grade kitchen appliances, commercial smoker, small and large kitchen appliances and materials as well as tables and chairs. | $90,896 |
| Glace Bay Food Bank Society | Glace Bay | Nova Scotia | Purchase a greenhouse, raised garden beds, an irrigation system, row covers, netting, hoops, and clips and a composter. | $37,082 |
| Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation | Mahone Bay | Nova Scotia | Purchase a water barrel, garden tools, fencing, greenhouse, composter, seeds, excavation and garden bed expansion. | $36,130 |
| Town of Truro | Truro | Nova Scotia | Purchase fencing, garden tools and the installation of a previously donated greenhouse. | $33,057 |
| The Take Action Society | Dartmouth | Nova Scotia | Purchase materials to build garden boxes, an irrigation system and small kitchen appliances. | $44,700 |
| Qikiqtani Resource Institute | Iqaluit | Nunavut | Purchase net haulers, fishing equipment, gillnets and pots. | $100,000 |
| The Environmental Network Collingwood Inc. | Collingwood | Ontario | Purchase a greenhouse automation system. | $88,344 |
| Compass Community Health | Hamilton | Ontario | Purchase raised garden beds, an irrigation system and wash station including installation and a composter. | $86,326 |
| Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services | Scarborough | Ontario | Purchase a greenhouse, garden infrastructure and tools, composters, dehydrators and canning equipment. | $29,502 |
| Aroland First Nation | Aroland First Nation | Ontario | Purchase all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, augers, fishing nets, boats and trailers. | $92,024 |
| Canadian Foundation for the Prevention of Family Violence | North York | Ontario | Purchase two tillers, two tractors, greenhouse, harvester, two garden carts, wheel hoe, weeder and two row covers. | $26,098 |
| Urban Roots London | London | Ontario | Purchase a high tunnel greenhouse and gardening supplies. | $97,623 |
| Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation | Port Perry | Ontario | Purchase two hoop houses, fencing, an irrigation system, planters, a tractor with attachments, a cattle handling system, a feed trough, sinks, shelving and cold storage. | $71,418 |
| 10 Carden Shared Space | Guelph | Ontario | Purchase a greenhouse, fruit trees and shrubs, a hoop house, garden tools, raised beds, soil, a trailer, small appliances and kitchen accessories, a freezer and storage bins. | $53,795 |
| Bethel Outreach Community Services | Brampton | Ontario | Purchase garden tools, equipment and supplies, tables and food processing equipment and cold storage. | $28,000 |
| Links for Greener Learning Inc. | St. Catharines | Ontario | Purchase a greenhouse, an irrigation system and gardening supplies. | $44,079 |
| Scarborough Food Security Initiative | Scarborough | Ontario | Purchase a greenhouse and food truck retrofiitted with kitchen equipment. | $100,000 |
| Mamaweswen, The North Shore Tribal Council Secretariat (1058) | Thessalon | Ontario | Purchase floating beds, a water and fertilizer pump system, greenhouse fans and automated greenhouse equipment. | $96,013 |
| Igbo Association of London and Area | Aylmer | Ontario | Purchase irrigation systems, floating row cover, vegetable harvester, vegetable processor, vegetable washer, vegetable packaging, vegetable cleaning, cold storage and a cargo van. | $90,649 |
| Friends of the Utopia Mill and Park/Les Amis du Moulin et du Parc d'Utopia | Utopia | Ontario | Purchase and installation of a greenhouse, irrigation system and water hookup, gardening tools, kitchen appliances and cold storage appliances. | $63,845 |
| Parkdale Community Food Bank | Toronto | Ontario | Purchase hydroponic equipment, cold storage and shelving. | $93,750 |
| Growing Chefs! Ontario Society | London | Ontario | Purchase garden infrastructure, food processing equipment, a walk-in refrigerator and a cargo van. | $99,575 |
| Equal Ground Community Gardens | Burford | Ontario | Purchase a greenhouse, concrete pad, irrigation system and gardening equipment. | $29,845 |
| Webequie First Nation | Webequie First Nation | Ontario | Purchase a snowmobile, ATVs and trailer, toboggans, canoe with motor and rototiller. | $99,455 |
| Ginoogaming First Nation | Longlac | Ontario | Purchase a walk behind tractor with tilling attachment, garden fencing, gardening tools and supplies, watering systems, chicken coop, canning equipment, fishing boats and fishing gear, composters, kitchen utensils, storage equipment, refrigerator, and a freezer. | $80,832 |
| English River First Nation | Beauval | Saskatchewan | Purchase fruit plants, a tiller and a well. | $40,215 |
| South East HealthAbility Society Inc. | Moosomin | Saskatchewan | Purchase deer-proof raised gardens, irrigation equipment, seeds, starter plants and soil. | $29,321 |
| Day Star First Nation | Punnichy | Saskatchewan | Purchase a root cellar, shelving, trees and shrubs, irrigation system, mulcher, garden tools and supplies, tower gardens, rototiller, seeder and weight scale. | $98,126 |
| Kahkewistahaw | Broadview | Saskatchewan | Purchase rototillers, hand tools, a tractor with attachments and an irrigation system. | $45,475 |
| Turnor Lake & Birch Narrows Community Food Centre Inc. | Turnor Lake | Saskatchewan | Purchase butchery equipment, kitchen appliances, an ATV, gardening supplies, sleigh attachments and fishing supplies. | $38,119 |
| Sturgeon Lake First Nation | Sturgeon Lake | Saskatchewan | Purchase a greenhouse, irrigation system, water tanks, fencing, fruit trees and garden beds. | $88,520 |
Related products
- News release: Government of Canada announces support for local food infrastructure projects across Canada (March 6, 2024)
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