Corbeille de Pain

Corbeille de Pain's mission is to promote food security in the West Island of Montreal through programs that provide education, build community, and increase access to nourishing food, in collaboration with community partners.

Programs and Services

Community kitchens

These workshops are offered to West Islanders who can benefit from learning about preparing healthy and cost-effective meals. Their team of animators share their knowledge, skills, and recipes that use pantry staples, cost effective proteins and in-season produce. Emphasis is put on working together as a team in the preparation of the meals, as well as meal planning tips, minimizing food waste, and ways to reduce grocery bills. These workshops also run on a “Pay What You Can” pricing model.

Community Gardens

For this program, they designate coordinators to different West Island community gardens to offer guidance and support to its members for the gardening season. The main responsibilities of these coordinators are to provide free supplies, foster a sense of community, provide a safe space to create a connection with nature, give tips on how to manage a garden throughout the season, and highlight the simplicity of readily available produce. Workshops on nutrition, nature, and on cooking with the produce harvested are also presented as part of this program.

Fruit Défendus

This project links fruit tree owners with volunteer pickers to try to ensure that precious local food resources are not wasted. After harvest, the fruit that is picked is divided between the fruit tree owner, volunteer pickers and their organization.

Solidarity Markets

Their three West Island markets, which are available from July to October in Pointe-Claire, Pierrefonds and Dollard-des-Ormeaux, not only make nutritious food more accessible to people in vulnerable situations, but they also promote our local economy by sourcing from local farmers and paying them a just price. Their “Pay What You Can” pricing model offers the market participants to pay a fairer price based on their own financial situation.