About Us
The Campus Food Strategy Group engages the UM community in efforts towards a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system on campus.​
We, the Campus Food Strategy Group (CFSG), believe: Food significantly helps define a campus culture. The university experience is enhanced when students are connected to and happy with their food and food environment.
University students should feel empowered to speak and act on food issues that affect them. UM has the capacity to house a safe, healthy, just and sustainable food system that meets the social, cultural, economic, nutritional and environmental needs of its community members.
Our Story
2012
The Campus Food Systems Project
The University of Manitoba was selected in Summer 2012 from a group of 47 campuses to participate in the Campus Food Systems Project, a pilot project funded by Meal Exchange and Sierra Youth Coalition
2017
Permaculture Garden
In 2017, the Permaculture Garden by the ART Barn was planted. A year later the garden was renamed the Food and Nutrition Education and Permaculture Learning Garden.
2020
Nutrition Education & Community Outreach
In 2020, CFSG merged with the NECO committee, as a sub-commitee committed to food advocacy and sustainability.
CFSG in the Media
Mentions of the work CFSG has done to advocate for students food insecurity amongst stakeholders on campus.
UMToday
October 2015
The Manitoban
November 2015
UMToday
March 2018
Our Partners
