FoodShare Toronto is a Toronto-based Canadian not for profit organization that delivers programs that address hunger and advocates for better policy from government.
In addition to advocacy, programs include delivery of food boxes, supporting urban farming, and operating a telephone hot line.
[2] FoodShare's initial (1985) activity was running the Hunger Hotline, which was later rebranded as FoodLink in an effort to better convey the organizations shift in focus away from charitable support for individuals towards a more political systems change ambition.
[8] Kathryn Scharf, writing a chapter in the 1999 book For Hunger-proof Cities noted that the Good Food Box program was different from comparable food box programs because of its focus on systems change, rather than the usual more charitable focus on individual households.
[11] FoodShare advocates to municipal, provincial and federal levels of government for progressive interventions that advanced food security.