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School Food Infrastructure Fund open for applications |
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© OCIC/Alan Lissner in partnership with Eel Ground First Nation and Canadian Feed the Children. |
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Serving healthy food requires fridges, stoves, and dishwashers, as well as larger infrastructure for growing, storing and distributing food.
This is why the movement for healthy school food has always stressed the importance of infrastructure funding (see our budget submission here).
We were so pleased when on September 6, 2024, the Government of Canada officially launched the first-ever dedicated School Food Infrastructure Fund (SFIF) for community-based not-for-profit organizations involved with school food programming.
Six months later, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has now selected ten organizations to distribute the SFIF funds as grants to eligible community organizations across Canada. |
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The goals of these grants are to: |
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| Support the purchase and installation of infrastructure and equipment that increases the capacity of community organizations to produce, process, store, and distribute food for school food programs. |
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 | Strengthen wider community and local food systems. |
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| Help ensure that children have the nutritious and culturally relevant meals they need to learn, grow, and reach their full potential. |
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We invite you to discover this chart of the 10 non-profits that have been chosen to allocate the funds and the deadlines for their applications. |
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If you are a non-profit organization that produces, processes, stores, and/or distributes food for school food programs, you will likely be eligible to apply for infrastructure funding. Each organization has a different deadline for submitting applications, and some organizations have a particular geographic focus so you will want to review the list to see which organization/s would be the best fit for your application (you can apply to as many organizations as you would like though you can not use funding from more than one funder for the same purchase). |
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Applying to the School Food Infrastructure Fund -
an information session for
Black-led non-profit organizations |
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The Black School Food Working Group is hosting a School Food Infrastructure Fund Information Session on April 15, 2025, between 12:00 PM and 1:30pm EST via ZOOM to provide Black-led community organizations across Canada with insights into SFIF funding opportunities.
Join us online to learn all about the application process for this fund. If you're a Black-led, Black-focussed and/or Black-serving community organization, this event is for you.
Please note that the event will have simultaneous French-English translation. |
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Asma Musa
Black School Food Working Group |
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Lindsay Corbin
Atlantic School Food Coalition
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Carolyn Webb
Farm to Cafeteria Canada |
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François Jolicoeur
Breakfast Club of Canada |
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Fiona Bowser
Second Harvest
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Grant Goodman
Mazon
Canada
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If you are a Black led non-profit organization working to produce, process, store, and/or distribute food for school food programs, to make the most of the Information Session, please make sure you have a partnership in place that supports a school food program, either with a school, school board or community organization.
You will likely be eligible to apply for these infrastructure grants.
For more information about filling out an application or joining the Black School Food Working Group or the Coalition for Healthy School Food, please reach out to Asma Musa, Coordinator of the Black School Food Working Group, [email protected] |
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About the Black School Food Working Group |
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The Black School Food Working Group, a new initiative hosted by the Coalition for Healthy School Food, brings together Black-led community organizations working in school food. Our mission is to amplify the experiences, interests, voices, and policy recommendations of the Black School Food movement.
A key concern among Black-led organizations has been the difficulty in accessing grant funding. At our meetings members expressed interest in an information session to help them better understand SFIF grant opportunities.
For any questions regarding eligibility or the application process, please reach out to: Asma Musa – [email protected] |
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Appel aux candidatures pour les Fonds pour l’infrastructure alimentaire scolaire! |
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