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FMNCP – Community Partners

FMNCP – FARMERS MARKETS NUTRITION COUPON PROGRAM

Vancouver Farmers Markets DOES NOT register or give out coupons directly to participants. Local community partners enrol and distribute the coupons.

How it works

Under the BCAFM Nutrition Coupon Program participants receive coupons from community partners and these can then be redeemed at the BC farmers markets. BCAFM collaborates with community organizations and BCAFM member farmers’ markets (like us) to support lower-income families, pregnant women and seniors.

The VFM Fresh to Families Program provides funding and administrative support to the entirety of the Nutrition Coupon Program, which serves 18,000 families across BC living with low income, newly arrived refugees, seniors, and at-risk families with food skills and nutritional programming.

The program is specifically targeted to the following populations: lower-income pregnant persons, seniors/elders, and families with children. In some instances, with external funding, a partner may support other populations. VFM’s Fresh to Families Program is one such example where VFM fundraises to support additional families via four community partners. Know more about Fresh to Families here on our website.

Please review the list of Community Partner in your area participating in the program on BCAFM website. You must look the partners up on google and contact them directly to enquire about how to get involved. The Community Partner coordinates further steps toward becoming a participant, not the BC Farmers’ Markets.

Spaces for the program are limited and most Community Partners are at capacity; however, they may be able to put you on their wait list if they have one.

For more information, visit the BCAFM Website.

Here is the list of Community Partners that have been accepted to participate in the 2024 program for City of Vancouver:

  • Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
  • Family Services of Greater Vancouver
  • YMCA of Greater Vancouver 
  • Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice
  • Gordon Neighbourhood House
  • Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Society 
  • South Granville Seniors Centre 
  • AMS Food Bank 
  • Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House
  • Hastings Community Association 
  • Mamas for Mamas – Vancouver 
  • Mole Hill Neighbourhood Support Society
  • MOSAIC NCBP 
  • Mount Pleasant Family Centre Society 
  • Renfrew-Collingwood Food Security Institute (Collingwood Neighbourhood House) 
  • Vancouver Coastal Health – Vancouver 
  • Social Development and Poverty Reduction