LUSH VALLEY FOOD ACTION SOCIETY – Comox Valley Community Services Directory

LUSH Valley

2342 Rosewall Crst, Courtenay, BC V9N 8R9

Phone: 250-331-0152 Email: support@lushvalley.org

Hours:

Office: 250-331-0152 – Mon to Thurs 10am-3pm

Warehouse: 250-207-5874 – Mon to Thurs 10am – 3pm

The Warehouse phone is always monitored during Good Food Box pick-up hours

LUSH Valley is a charitable, non-profit organization focusing on food security – both at the kitchen table level and within the larger context of community. We support food-related projects that educate and empower the Comox Valley people towards personal wellness, community health and environmental stewardship. We are both a Good Food Organization with Community Food Centres Canada and a member of the Island Food Hubs. We provide leadership, support, resources and opportunities to the community while working directly with all levels of government.

Food Security exists when all community residents obtain a safe, culturally acceptable, nutritionally adequate diet through a sustainable food system that maximizes self-reliance and social justice. LUSH Valley supports local, sustainable food production. LUSH = Let Us Share the Harvest.

Programs & Services:

Good Food Box (cost / subsidized / no cost options available)

Fruit Tree & Farm Gleaning (June to October)

Healthy Student Meal (In partnership with Indigenous Education, the Healthy Student Meal program serves nutritious meals and snacks to over 1000 students in 20 Comox Valley schools each week)

Hot Meal Program (Meals are created by LUSH Valley staff and volunteers, then distributed through partner organizations)

Healthy Foods Programs that help people gain knowledge, skills and empowerment around food

Community Gardens: Share the Harvest (located at 6th and Harmston in Courtenay), Tsolum (located across from G.P. Vanier School on Headquarters Road in Courtenay)

Grow Food Everywhere: Community Food Sharing Group on Facebook