The Edible Garden Project, by way of an extensive community
consultation process,  has identified food
security as a key priority area. Adequate access to fresh fruit and vegetables
is a cornerstone to good health, but is beyond the reach of many low income community
members.

The mission of the project is to create a network of
communities where locally grown food is collected and distributed to
organizations that provide food to low income families and individuals. The EGP
strives to create a network between homeowners with gardens who want to donate
a portion of their harvest, people who have under or un-used garden space and
would like to cultivate this land for growing food, and volunteers who want to
contribute to the growing, sharing, and learning around locally produced food.

The EGP aims to provide information and education to the
community, where knowledge and skills are built around ecological food
gardening, healthy eating, and food preservation.

The EGP has three main activities on the North
Shore; Growing
Gardens, Sharing Backyard Bounty,
and building Strong Roots. The Edible Garden Project actively increases
land-use for food production in the North
Shore by seeking-out unused garden
space both on private and public property. The EGP also encourages people who
grow gardens to plant an extra row for donation.

The fresh local produce that is produced is distributed to
organizations, like the Harvest Project, who serve community members who require
it the most. The EGP also strives to create a community network around the
environmental and nutritional importance of growing, harvesting, and sharing
fresh local food.