$200,000 Grant Boosts Food Security and Community Resilience in Colchester County
The Department of Opportunities and Social Development Invests in the Colchester Food Network (CFN)
Truro, Colchester County, August 8, 2025 – A transformative $200,000 grant from the Department of Opportunities and Social Development is empowering the Colchester Food Network (CFN) to deepen food security efforts, enhance community resilience, and strengthen local food systems across the county.
Client Choice Market Scanning System
How it Works!
Our new Client Choice Market is up and running! Learn exactly how it works with this walkthrough video featuring our summer students. Getting assistance and preserving your freedom of choice has never been easier.
Colchester Food Network “Hope Not Hunger”
The Colchester Food Network is excited to introduce its Client Choice Market—a welcoming, grocery-style setup where individuals and families can select food items based on their preferences, dietary needs, and household size. This new model empowers clients with the dignity of choice, allowing them to pick the foods they want and will use, while also reducing food waste by distributing only the items that suit each family’s unique needs. Our Client Choice Market reflects our commitment to not only fighting food insecurity but also to fostering a community of respect, inclusivity, and support.
We acknowledge we are in Mi’kma’ki (MEE-MA-GEE),
the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people.
We offer gratitude to the Mi’kmaq people who
came before us to this land.
