Foodies

Food and Urban Agriculture Strategy

In 2015, City Council adopted a Yellowknife Food Charter. And in August 2018, Urban Food Strategies was awarded the contract to create a Food and Urban Agriculture Strategy for Yellowknife.

Grow: Yellowknife Food & Agriculture Strategy
Grow: Yellowknife Food & Agriculture Opportunities Analysis

On May 6, 2019 the City's Governance and Priorities Committee heard a presentation from Janine de la Salle, a representative from Urban Food Strategies regarding the Agriculture Strategy (GROW).

On May 2019, Council  adopted for information the Yellowknife Food and Agriculture Strategy (GROW) and directed Administration to draft a response to GROW and report back to Council.

In January 2021, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the City of Yellowknife and Wilfrid Laurier University to fulfill a six month Mitacs research grant titled: Identifying Opportunities and Barriers for Local Food Infrastructure in Yellowknife. 

March 22, 2021 GROW Implementation Plan presented to Governance and Priorities Committee.

Food Hub 101

The City of Yellowknife and Wilfrid Laurier University hosted a series of webinars to understand what a food hub is and how it can support Yellowknife’s growing food economy. Wilfrid Laurier University researchers undertook a community-based research to understand what barriers and opportunities exist for local food infrastructure to help community members to produce, process, sell, buy and access local food.

If you would like to know more about this research and its foundings reach out to Jennifer Temmer, at jtemmer@wlu.ca. This research was approved by the Wilfrid Laurier University Research Ethics Board REB#6556

For more information: Envisioning A Yellowknife Food Hub Info document

Discover Our Fresh Food!

View a complete list of restaurants and vendors in our Discover Yellowknife Guide.

Visit the Yellowknife Farmers Market each Tuesday from June to September.