Food Security

Working to improve access to healthy, affordable food while strengthening community connections through education, partnerships, and local initiatives.

Everyone deserves access to healthy, affordable food.

The Food Security Working Group works to improve access to nutritious food whils creating opportunities for people to learn, connect, and grow. Through partnerships, community initiatives, and volunteer-driven programs, the group helps strengthen local food systems and supports individuals and families in meeting their food needs.

Four volunteers stand together in a vegetable garden, chatting beside a wheelbarrow filled with freshly harvested produce.
Baskets of fresh carrots, potatoes and peppers surround a chalkboard sign reading “Fresh Local Produce” at a market.
A family of four prepares fresh vegetables together in the kitchen, with a mother helping her son chop ingredients.
Volunteers sort and pack donated groceries into cardboard boxes at a community food distribution centre.
Working Group Members
  • Terra Huston – LEAD
  • Julie Ruban-McDonald
  • Jaquie Paton
  • Cosmo Paton
  • Edith Rook
  • Jocelyn VanKoughtnet
  • Beth Bartley
  • Claudia Kohler
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Carman & Area Food Pantry

The Carman & Area Food Pantry plays an important role in supporting individuals and families facing food insecurity in our community.

Run by volunteers and made possible through the generosity of local and provincial donors, the Food Pantry provides access to essential groceries in a welcoming and respectful environment.

Carman Wellness Connections is proud to support this valuable community resource through partnerships, promotion, and ongoing collaboration.

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A father and two children enjoy a nutritious meal together at the kitchen table, with vegetables and potatoes on their plates.
An older woman smiles as she receives a basket of fresh vegetables from another person, sharing locally grown produce.
A volunteer packs canned goods into brown paper bags, preparing food donations for distribution.

Join the Food Security Working Group

Join our Food Security Working Group and help reduce barriers to nutritious food, explore solutions, and build a community where everyone has reliable access to affordable, healthy food.

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