Deadline: 15-Jul-22
The Government of Canada has launched the Local Food Infrastructure Fund (LFIF) to improve access to healthy, nutritious and local foods for Canadians at risk of food insecurity.
The fund is designed to create or foster connections within food systems by enabling organizations to partner with other communities, the private sector, academia and other organizations to collectively strengthen local food systems and address food insecurity in a sustainable manner. Through these connections, community partnerships will be able to promote integrated food system solutions that enhance the social, health, and environmental benefits in a particular area.
The fund supports community-based, not-for-profit organizations in creating or improving their food systems through investments in infrastructure that directly relate to addressing food insecurities and increasing the accessibility of healthy, nutritious and local foods within their community.
Aims
Applicants must have a mission to establish and/or expand their local food system to reduce food insecurity. Through the creation, expansion and/or completion of a food system, recipient organizations will:
- improve access to safe, healthy and culturally relevant food while promoting community development
- improve health outcomes for Canadians most at risk of food insecurity
- promote environmentally sustainable food systems
Funding Information
Applicants under this program will be eligible to receive a minimum of $100,000 and up to $500,000 in grant funding. If you previously applied to LFIF, you are eligible to apply to this intake.
Expected Results
- The project is expected to create, expand and/or complete food systems, enabling them to be resilient, integrated and sustainable, and to facilitate access to healthy, nutritious and local foods for at-risk populations.
- The project is also expected to demonstrate how it integrates and strengthens the local food system, and how it impacts the wellbeing of community members.
- It is also expected that as organizations make increased investments in food-related infrastructure, their capacity to provide healthy, nutritious and local foods within their community(ies) will increase.
Eligibility Criteria
- This fund is targeted only to applicants who fall within at least 1 of the following categories:
- Located in rural communities (population under 1,000)
- Small cities (population between 1,000-29,999)
- Indigenous groups in either urban centres or rural areas (for example, Indigenous governments/communities, Indigenous not-for-profit organizations)
- Also, eligible applicants must:
- have a mission to reduce food insecurity
- be a legal entity, capable of entering into a legally-binding agreement
- consist of a:
- Indigenous group (for example, not-for-profit organization, government or community)
- community or charitable organization (for example not-for-profit organization)
- not-for-profit co-operative
- municipality (population under 30,000)
- Applicants are required to provide proof of legal entity and not-for-profit status, such as Certificates and Articles of Incorporation, a constitution document, etc. These documents must be issued and filed, respectively, by or with a provincial, territorial or federal government, or an Indigenous Band Council.
For more information, visit https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/agricultural-programs-and-services/local-food-infrastructure-fund