About the Ottawa Community Food Partnership
What is the Ottawa Community Food Partnership?
Mission: To support the shift away from a traditional food charity model by moving towards meaningful community engagement and food security.
The Ottawa Community Food Partnership was created in 2016 to support the shift away from a traditional food charity model by moving towards meaningful community engagement and food security. The partnership supports organizations across Ottawa that are working in community food security, such as emergency food providers, health centres, community development organizations and coalitions, and community resource centres.
In 2024, OCFP reprioritized its work in light of shifting needs and realities across this region. Partners gathered to align programming, messaging, and efforts to shift the reliance on a charity model to more sustainable community food solutions.
The focus of OCFP’s work since 2024 has centred around building cohesion across the food sector in Ottawa, sharing information and resources, elevating work happening among partners, and leveraging community expertise in recommended policy directions for the City of Ottawa.
To read more about previous OCFP work, check out our Past Projects page.
The Ottawa Community Food Partnership is generously funded by the City of Ottawa.
Our current partners
The members of the Ottawa Community Food Partnership are organizations across Algonquin/Ottawa that are working in community food security, such as emergency food providers, health centres, community resource centres, community developers, and food justice organizations.
Core Partners are highly engaged partners that attend most meetings and actively contribute to the direction of OCFP. Some Core Partners also serve as members of the Stewardship Committee.
Consulted Partners are partners that have opportunity to provide input into OCFP directions, yet may not have capacity to be as actively involved. They continue to contribute when possible, and receive regular updates.
Please view our current list of Core & Consulted Partners here.
Our founding partners
We thank the following who founded Ottawa Community Food Partnership in 2016. Most remain partners to this day!
Our Funders
City of Ottawa