https://bvfa.ca/home daily 1.0 2026-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/f616fc79-2798-4d00-ae69-0d8e3376afc3/Fresh_Food_Box_Logo_Final_05.25+%282%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/4e583850-7e8d-40ed-8513-f842bfe1c56c/BVFA+-+Good+Food+Organization.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/44616975-f69f-4f10-a2ae-39dd1dd13ede/Website+Update+Funder+Logos+%283%29.png https://bvfa.ca/contact daily 0.75 2025-09-04 https://bvfa.ca/map daily 0.75 2025-03-19 https://bvfa.ca/food-charter daily 0.75 2025-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1605107540601-FPZNQ5QT302GXBLZEV9Z/Screen+Shot+2020-11-10+at+10.43.46+AM.png Bow Valley Food Charter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1621560317374-2NKAOF8AFQ0HO6AI8IRO/BVFC+Icons-08.png Bow Valley Food Charter - Local food systems, based on resiliency and the Buffalo as a cultural and ecological keystone species, including communities’ ability to hunt (outside existing wildlife sanctuaries), harvest, gather, and grow food as well as advocate for change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1603910028325-FZZA587HVPS60S9SRASM/Asset+4.png Bow Valley Food Charter - Vibrant regional economies, based on self-sufficiency, local entrepreneurship, and alternative food initiatives that champion sharing, cooperation, and collaboration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1605028456262-IHH6W6XJ69ER66T0O8YN/Asset+17.png Bow Valley Food Charter - Social justice, based on reconciliation and empowering marginalized communities, including fair wages and working conditions, adequate and appropriate food, secure housing, and community- based food programming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1605027383333-JZ469PW2W8BOA6J3MC4G/Asset+10.png Bow Valley Food Charter - Knowledge and education, based on intergenerational and cultural learning, including community conversations, training, and school curriculum that build gardening, harvesting, and cooking skills as well as understandings regarding the impacts of our food systems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1605028576148-DB9Z80QSR28MY0NPEXQ9/Asset+18%403x.png Bow Valley Food Charter - Accessibility to fresh affordable food, including culturally appropriate spaces to gather, grow, harvest, and prepare food in a welcoming and dignified way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1605028695392-OQBRA0V996BV55GG42E2/Asset+8%403x.png Bow Valley Food Charter - Health, including the relationships between food and physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1605028136874-2276WELVZAC7DP278ZO5/Asset+16.png Bow Valley Food Charter - Collaboration and diversity, including connecting communities and community members to each other through rich and varied food systems and their celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1605027569458-UZWAKFY6V46978DOSYAI/Asset+11.png Bow Valley Food Charter - The earth and environment, including regenerative food systems that honour the land and all living beings, and which respect Indigenous knowledges, biodiversity, protected and conserved areas, and water. https://bvfa.ca/food-supports daily 0.75 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1764009814485-7GWBSXVE8FEZUZV2JYO0/unsplash-image-A0AZf4h5ZZI.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/b558fb10-704a-40e5-b470-1dd79536c85d/Mountain+Fire+Foods.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/affba483-e11a-41c1-9501-5bb31aa08acb/Banff+Food+and+Friends.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/856119a7-cf25-4fa8-b49b-b7f2c90e8304/Wild%2BFlour%2Blogo-circle%2Bresize.webp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/b4cc3112-3c8e-449a-b472-0af5f5cd9350/Banff+Food+Rescue.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/7dd0e8a1-636b-42a0-ab28-ad79bdf7943d/Banff+Food+Bank.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/ac31e9c8-eb38-4621-889b-6c24518c6abb/Banff+Public+Library+%281%29.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/29b64846-3753-402c-9e68-486b7c701cb9/Banff+Meals+on+Wheels.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/b038ff53-cd8e-4058-8d20-3ab3e040362d/Banff+Park+Church+Soups+On.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/e420e62a-f7c2-4683-9920-a6657ab52532/FORM.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/36a594ec-062f-4ed8-88d1-24ee8dd33fc5/Town+of+Banff+-+Community+Lunch.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/52d28a23-7891-487f-8a89-04998ab8f544/Town+of+Banff+-+Seniors+Lunch.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/33e061ff-0e10-41ab-9363-1a7d093be943/Bow+Valley+Food+Bank.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/54701cad-0bf5-4bdd-ba7a-89c1919ef2d6/Canmore+Filipino+Canadian+Society+.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/d2a8ba2d-e433-4401-afb1-655e46138c13/Canmore+Food+and+Friends+.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/d7ef2fb1-f0df-4239-9118-2336d643b6de/Canmore+Food+Recovery+Barn+.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/393e7281-4e41-4c79-b2fe-5b4652c8545d/Iyahrhe+Nakoda+Food+Bank+Society+.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/5ff96d86-b1f0-4260-9d03-e02d090cdc61/Stoney+Health+Services.jpg https://bvfa.ca/bow-valley-recipe-exchange daily 0.75 2021-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1601671072491-128408ZM12QSIXJQ13IN/Recipe+Exchange.png Bow Valley Recipe Exchange - The Bow Valley Recipe Exchange is a collaborative project with the Bow Valley Immigration Partnership that showcases recipes and cooking techniques from a variety of Bow Valley residents and community members. By sharing stories of our residents’ cultures, experiences, and knowledge around food, we hope to break down barriers between people and celebrate the many ways that we are a diverse and vibrant community. 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BVFA addresses issues regarding access to affordable, healthy and fresh food in a coordinated way from the continental divide to the foothills along the Bow River corridor (from Lake Louise, ID9, Banff, Canmore, Exshaw, MD of Bighorn to Morley and Stoney Nakoda Nations). Supported by the Town of Banff, discussions began in 2013. Then a more formalized action group took shape in 2016. By 2020, the BVFA became an independent non-profit society to better serve the diverse needs of this unique valley and communities. BVFA supports small and growing local food producers, ranchers and processors. BVFA encourages equitable, sustainable practices at all points of the food system. In doing so, we will strengthen the community’s connection to food and achieve a thriving, healthy, environmentally- and socially-engaged community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1603468125332-PZB8YYX259UGUNV9YCZ6/IMG_0297.jpg About Us - Our Mission We are a network committed to creating local food systems that are healthy, socially-just, collaborative, diverse, and accessible. These food systems are based in vibrant regional economies, respect for the earth and environment, reconciliation, intergenerational knowledge, system innovation and education. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1603469911407-FDKU6HSQFUF3WN0DFCR3/ethiopian+ladies.jpg About Us - What We Do Connecting people – facilitating and strengthening interactions, identifying community needs and gaps & creating responsive and relevant initiatives to tackle them; bringing people together, starting from what exists Coordinating efforts - to make the best use of our resources, accessing mutual funding and volunteer opportunities Advocating for change – speaking with one voice to change policies and challenge the status quo i.e. the belief that access to affordable, healthy food will always be limited in the Bow Valley Educating – increasing awareness & knowledge in the broader community, by serving as content experts in community food security Inspiring action – leading by example, generating momentum & empowering community leaders, creating a replicable model https://bvfa.ca/inthenews daily 0.75 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1729283327458-NQPY9EFMD7NDLWQE7VD7/unsplash-image-4Q10JVnBhr4.jpg In the News - Press Release Bow Valley Food Alliance Celebrates $5 Million Commitment from Wim & Nancy Pauw Foundation for Affordable Housing and Community Spaces in Banff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1725115564174-XEXHU78NVGMBD1R4IC7N/unsplash-image-bhni1zsPiio.jpg In the News - Press Release The Bow Valley Food Alliance Announces Preservation Picnic Event on September 4, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/b945d0fa-d4c9-43c9-96e5-0d2480d2aceb/Stock+Photos.png In the News - Press Release Bow Valley Food Alliance receives an additional $90,00 donation from the Wim Nancy Pauw Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/23b37965-faef-43da-892b-fc3671e45e6f/20210226-banff-food-rescue-0503.jpg In the News - Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation donation aims to help Bow Valley Food Alliance “Social connection is one key to happy and successful communities. The COVID-19 pandemic made it clear that the BVFA offers essential supports to a cross-section of people throughout the Bow Valley and our donation will help them build on the work they have done and ensure their long-term sustainability.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/4d8bb004-976e-49f5-b53a-c60fc1c7e9cf/1.png In the News - Food charter signing by Canmore council to wait for staff report “Canmore council directed Town staff to return with a report to outline what would be expected if council were to authorize signing the charter, what the municipality would be able to do to enact change and how it could impact the future decision-making ability of council.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/2e1e017f-039d-4067-bb0d-dfdda709c0f9/2.png In the News - Canmore council discusses joining food charter “As food insecurity is a top concern for people and food prices continue to soar, Canmore council will soon decide whether to join the Bow Valley Food Alliance’s food charter.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1634773213573-GXT6WES6198QSHO7F2OE/Banff In the News - Combattre l’insécurité alimentaire dans la Vallée de la Bow L'émission La Croisée de Radio-Canada discute avec Marie-Eve Marchand de la Charte Alimentaire de la vallée de la Bow signée par la ville de Banff et de l'impact de la pandémie et de la sécurité et alimentaire dans la vallée de la Bow ainsi que des pistes de solutions vers la souverainté alimentaire pour la vallée et l'Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1634668194175-2GAFZY7CJ2VTMWV5P6WP/IMG_6916+2.JPG In the News - Town of Banff signs Bow Valley food charter Food insecurity and high food prices continue to leave many people struggling in the Bow Valley. Last month, the Town of Banff took the important step of signing the Bow Valley food charter, a framework that conveys what local people want their food systems to look like, including how they grow, harvest, eat, and dispose of food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1627334816970-6VLS9Q6ROJVI8IPUNISO/In+the+News+Photo+%281%29.png In the News - Reports highlight strengths, challenges for food security in Canmore, MD of Bighorn “There’s a very clear understanding for people who work in the food sector, but folks who aren’t so familiar with some of the issues surrounding food in the Bow valley, I don’t think they necessarily see some of those issues if they’re not impacted by them or working in the field on a regular basis." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1627333867073-F28TMHIH2R9V0Z10CMLV/In+the+News+Photo.png In the News - Donation aims to help food security issues “Grassroots groups and food support organizations rely on the Bow Valley Food Alliance to help them coordinate and connect. This donation will help us focus on what matters most – improving food security and food sovereignty in the Bow Valley.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1621371814985-8SZ24SYFBAAAGGU27VB2/Goodfood+box.JPG In the News - Building a resilient food system in Bow Valley Imagine a town where every new building development was required to plant—and foot the bill for—a community garden. Better access to fresh, healthy food. Opportunities to get your hands dirty and grow your own food. Stronger connection to your neighbours, and to nature. That’s what the Bow Valley Food Alliance is working to make possible in several Alberta communities. And it all started with one big idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1616595005626-FNP88490W5T1U8KRW6XX/20210317-food-market-0003.jpg In the News - New Canmore-based group, market aim to help with food security The Bow Valley Root Cellar will hold a weekly community food market Wednesday’s from noon to 6 p.m. at the Canmore Senior’s Centre, featuring vendors from the valley. “It is very expensive to live here. Having access to healthy and local food can be difficult, so thanks to the [Bow Valley Food Alliance’s] support it can help.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1616096808817-3AT8VB8VGU7WR1ESHFX1/20210302-avni-soma-0044.jpg In the News - Avni Soma, BVFA Board of Director selected to advise on National Food Policy Council “A national council created to help advise the federal Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food will include a voice from the Bow Valley. Avni Soma, president of the Bow Valley Food Alliance, was one of 23 people selected across Canada to help discuss existing and emerging issues on food in the country.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1603905940885-Y6OTMRCUIK2S8NAHGXJX/Screen+Shot+2020-10-28+at+11.25.17+AM.png In the News - Bow Valley Food Alliance receives $131K in funding “Combined, the Bow Valley Food Alliance believes that this work will lead to more resilient and sustainable food systems, a vital step in ensuring our communities will make it through the pandemic.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1627335305143-9WVW8GD92MEQA7FYEL07/Community-Garden-0001_web.jpeg In the News - Food Movement grows with charter The Bow Valley Food Alliance is working on growing the local food sovereignty movement with the creation of a local food charter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1603912037198-RIYSV59NNCNU4H83R82K/ob-market-41.jpg In the News - Bow Valley Food Alliance received $26,000 for emergency food aid Two generous grants supporting the Bow Valley Food Alliance (BVFA) have propelled its work amidst COVID-19 and are making a difference to thousands of residents. https://bvfa.ca/key-terms daily 0.75 2021-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1603917788830-KI0Y6J65N4AL9EVMYX04/IMG_0297.jpg Key Terms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1605109410297-A0R0F534OII1PSY9ULY4/Seed+saving+workshop+copy.png Key Terms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1605109537758-OD15O6MUK0EFGN61ATNU/longshotbeef.JPG Key Terms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1605109714787-01O4BCTD4FFCT11JMW5J/ob-market-45.jpg Key Terms https://bvfa.ca/research daily 0.75 2022-02-14 https://bvfa.ca/helpful-links daily 0.75 2022-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/63edd5e3-2818-4ff2-b5e7-8cb30c90f587/Banff+Maps+Final+Version+%281%29.png Helpful Links - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/8ba5a1b9-f03b-4dc6-86f2-440ec2cc04a7/Healthy+Eating+in+Community+Spaces+.png Helpful Links - Free Online Training: Healthy Eating in Community Spaces Communities Choosewell have released a free online training course called Healthy Eating in Recreation Settings. Module 10 (Healthy Eating in Community Spaces) is particularly relevant as it gives tangible strategies to make healthy changes in a range of diverse settings and learn from leaders both in Alberta and internationally. Begin Module 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1615438616635-007E9851OZO91THBLLKH/Recipe+Exchange.png Helpful Links - Bow Valley Recipe Exchange A collaborative project with The Bow Valley Immigration Partnership (BVIP) that showcases recipes and cooking techniques from a variety of Bow Valley residents and community members, sharing each cook’s personal story, the story behind the dish, as well as new and exciting meal options. Download the recipes Watch the videos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1615437623755-RPRPGE7RZRVM8N6A90G3/Plant+Appreciation+for+Perennial+Garden+Abundance+-+Poster.png Helpful Links - Gardening Resources Christian Wright, Canmore-based urban farmer, has put together a virtual workshop series called Plant Appreciation for Perennial Garden Abundance. Plant Structures & Functions Plant Life Cycles and Strategies Classification, Identification & Descriptive Language Plant Tissues, Cellular Biology & Understanding Essential Plant Nutrients Understanding & Appreciating Soil Putting our Knowledge to Practice: Part 1 Putting our Knowledge to Practice: Part 2 https://bvfa.ca/volunteerandwork daily 0.75 2026-01-26 https://bvfa.ca/foodsystems daily 0.75 2021-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1604520335729-PPQLCMD70B5JUQMCUVDX/foodsystems+image.jpg Food Systems - Food Systems Include all of the different steps it takes to get food from the farm/ocean/forest/plains to plate to waste. A food systems framework encourages a holistic understanding of the multiple ways that food is connected to our daily lives, to our communities, and to other people and places across the province, country, and world. https://bvfa.ca/food-sovereignty daily 0.75 2021-10-22 https://bvfa.ca/reconciliation daily 0.75 2021-10-22 https://bvfa.ca/the-buffalo daily 0.75 2021-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1605131206938-E977UQX1RLRRG7E4V6IN/Buffalo+Treaty+header+real.jpg The Buffalo https://bvfa.ca/indigenous-knowledges daily 0.75 2021-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f623e2f6748f04ce75df279/1604593157958-19MI8B89QUKZGELGCZND/Indigenous+Food+Workshop+%281%29.png Indigenous Knowledges - Indigenous Knowledges Are based in relationships and value place-based, lived, emotional, and spiritual ways of being and knowing. As Dr. Leroy Little Bear notes, “Knowledge, from an Indigenous perspective, is the relationships one has to ‘all my relations’.” As one of the people involved in bringing together The Buffalo Treaty, Dr. Little Bear explains that Indigenous Knowledges can work with and enrich western science by extending beyond empirical measurements. 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