Bow Valley Food Alliance

08/07/2026

🥕 Harnessing the Power of Food: Cooking Out of the Box!

What’s in the box? Join us to find out!

Turn fresh, seasonal ingredients from the Bow Valley Food Alliance Fresh Food Box into a delicious shared meal while learning practical tips to cook with confidence, reduce food waste, and make the most of what’s in season.

📅 August 12, 2026
🕠 Doors: 5:30 p.m. | Workshop: 6:00 p.m.
📍 Co+Kitchen, Canmore
🎟️ Sliding Scale: $20–$50

Your ticket includes a hands-on cooking workshop, a shared meal, leftovers to take home, and plenty of kitchen inspiration.

If cost is a barrier, please contact [email protected] for a complimentary ticket, no questions asked.
Register today! Limited spaces available. 🌿

06/21/2026

We are deeply grateful to Right To Food Canada for sharing this story and for creating spaces that challenge us to think differently about food, relationships, and community.

The Groundwork for Change framework has helped shape how we approach our work at the Bow Valley Food Alliance, from greenhouse and garden projects to conversations with Elders, community gatherings, and partnerships. It reminds us to move at the speed of trust, honour Indigenous knowledge systems, and place relationships at the centre of everything we do.

Thank you to all the Elders, knowledge keepers, community members, and partners who continue to teach us that food is more than nourishment, it is connection, culture, reciprocity, and a teacher.

06/13/2026

🧡 National Indigenous Peoples Day is just around the corner, and there are several opportunities to learn, celebrate, and engage with Indigenous culture, knowledge, and community in the Bow Valley.

🧡 June 19 | Stories of Food, Culture & History
5–7 PM | Banff Pavilion
Join Tracey Stevens (Îyârhe Nakoda Nation) for an evening exploring Food Is Our Teacher, traditional teachings, and traditional teas. No registration required.

🧡 June 20 | Harnessing the Power of Food: Food Is Our Teacher
10 AM–12 PM | Co+Kitchen, Canmore
A workshop with Tracey Stevens exploring food, culture, reciprocity, and traditional knowledge. Registration required through Eventbrite.

🧡 June 20–21 | Indigenous Day Market
12–7 PM | Goodstoney Meadows & Stoney Nakoda Resort
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with local vendors, artisans, food, culture, and community.

We encourage everyone to take part in these opportunities to listen, learn, celebrate, and strengthen relationships as we continue the journey of truth and reconciliation together.

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06/03/2026

🌿 National Indigenous Peoples Day is approaching and we’re kicking things off with gratitude, community, and opportunities to connect.

Over the coming weeks, the Bow Valley Food Alliance will be sharing a number of events, gatherings, and ways to engage through our Food is Our Teacher work alongside incredible community partners: bowvalleygardencentre anythinggrowsgarden Îyâhrhe Nakoda Food Bank Experience Howl Studio 209: Dawn Saunders Dahl pauwfoundation Wim & Nancy Pauw Foundation Rotary Club of Canmore Calgary Foundation. Stay tuned to our page as we highlight upcoming opportunities to learn, grow relationships, celebrate, and support Indigenous food sovereignty across the Bow Valley and beyond.

We look forward to sharing upcoming gatherings, garden days, community meals, conversations, and celebrations leading up to National Indigenous Peoples Day.

✨ Stay tuned, there are many meaningful ways to engage, support, and learn together.

05/28/2026

Today, on , we’re standing with Right To Food as Jasmine Ramze Rezaee, Director of Policy & Community Action, presents recommendations to the federal Standing Committee on Finance for Budget 2026.

With food insecurity affecting nearly 10 million people in Canada, bold action is needed. Food insecurity is not a food problem, it is an income and affordability crisis that requires policy solutions grounded in dignity, equity, and the recognition of food as a human right.

These recommendations, endorsed by 180 organizations across the country, reflect a growing call for meaningful action to address poverty and hunger in Canada.

Read the full recommendations here: https://righttofood.ca/a-national-call-to-act-on-food-insecurity-in-budget-2026/

Today, on World Hunger Day, Right To Food’s Director, Policy and Community Action, Jasmine Ramze Rezaee, is in Ottawa presenting Right To Food’s recommendations to the government’s Standing Committee on Finance for the 2026 federal budget.

With food insecurity at historic levels in Canada, affecting nearly 10 million people, the next federal budget must include bold action to address poverty and hunger.

Right To Food’s recommendations were endorsed by 180 organizations across the country, reflecting a growing, united call for policies that uphold dignity and recognize food as a human right.

Read the full recommendations here: https://righttofood.ca/a-national-call-to-act-on-food-insecurity-in-budget-2026/?utm_campaign=&utm_content=1779983499&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=facebook

05/24/2026

📦 Don’t miss out — Order Your Fresh Food Box Today!
Next pick-up day is coming up fast (June 1st) and the order deadline is Monday May 25th.

🥦 Order for yourself, or split a box with a friend or neighbour
📍 Pick up in Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise and Exshaw.
💰 Affordable, fresh, and full of good things
🌱 Let’s make fresh food a habit and a right.

Tell a friend. Order a box. Nourish your community.
bvfa.ca/bvffb

Get fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables delivered monthly with the Bow Valley Fresh Food Box. Choose a regular box for $35, a Supported Pricing Rate box for $30 or donate a box to support local households facing food access barriers. Supported pricing is available to: Banff Access and Canmore A

05/15/2026

We’re proud to stand alongside community food organizations across Canada in supporting Right To Food’s 2026 pre-budget submission.
This submission is an opportunity for the food security sector to put forward solutions ahead of the fall budget. Together, we’re calling for action to:

✔ Meaningfully reduce food insecurity
✔ Strengthen income supports
✔ Fund Indigenous food sovereignty

The more organizations that endorse, the stronger the call for action becomes.

🖋️ Add your organization’s endorsement by May 22 at 11:59 p.m. ET: https://forms.gle/kguiHr1i65earfFP9

05/07/2026

🌱♻️ Compost Giveaway is back in Canmore!

Turn food scraps into healthy soil and help grow a more resilient local food system. 🌎💚

📅 May 12 & 13
🕚 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
📍 Canmore Recreation Centre back lot

Residents can pick up up to 100L of free compost (registration required). Bring your own containers + shovel! 🪏🪣

Learn more & register:
https://www.canmore.ca/news/post/canmore-ca-communitycompost2026

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04/30/2026

🌱 What We’ve Been Up To | March + April with BVFA 🌱

The past two months have been full, in the best way. From fresh food on tables to big-picture systems change, here’s a snapshot of what’s been keeping us busy across the Bow Valley

🥕 Fresh Food Access
* March 2 + April 6 - Over 200+ Bow Valley Fresh Food Boxes shared across the valley, increasing access to fresh, nutritious food

👵 Older Adults + Community Wisdom
* March 23 + April 7 – Connected with older adults (including Mount Edith), listening, learning, and integrating lived experience into future programming
* April 27 – Served 45+ meals at our lobster bisque lunch with Banff 55+, featuring hands-on deshelling demos and lots of laughter form local experts

🌱 Learning + Skill Building
* March 25 – Partnered with CYAN at Canmore Brewing Co. for a hands-on workshop (sprouting + preserving herbs 🌿), with seeds shared and connections sparked
* March 26 – Celebrated the Great Big Crunch, supporting healthy school food conversations across Canada

🌍 Community + Collaboration
* March 31 – Hosted our AGM with 11+ organizations and community members helping shape our path forward
* April 12 – Joined the Canmore Rotary Club for Eco Food & Fashion Fest at artsPlace
* April 20 – Convened our Food Charter Working Group on emergency food preparedness with 10 organizations, strong momentum to continue this work

📣 Advocacy + Bigger Picture Impact
* April 28–29 – Joined 450+ organizations at the Right to Food Summit, celebrating policy wins and building momentum for local action

✨ Across all of this: We’re connecting people, strengthening local food systems, and turning community voices into action.

Food. Community. Change.

04/13/2026

🌱 Before the next emergency… let’s be ready.

Floods. Fires. A global pandemic.
The Bow Valley has already experienced how quickly our food systems can be disrupted.
Now it’s time to come together and build something stronger.

Join us for an in-person Food Charter Working Group session on Emergency Preparedness for the Food Sector.
Date: Monday April 20th, 2026
Time: 9:30AM-11AM
Location: The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre

This will be a fun, interactive gathering to help shape a Bow Valley-wide response framework.

💬 Share your experiences
🛠️ Explore real-life scenarios
🤝 Strengthen connections across our food system

This is just the beginning and your voice matters.

👉 Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1986283194504?aff=oddtdtcreator

Collaborating on emergency food preparedness; Join us as we explore existing emergency frameworks and plan for a Bow Valley response.