Canadian Flowers for Food Society
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The Canadian Flowers for Food Society (Flowers for Food) was founded in the summer of 2006 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. As a charity Flowers for Food, collects floral waste from major flower growers and distributors and delivers them to other charitable programs, services, and homeless persons who in turn use them on the streets in exchange for donations to eat, and live.
100% of Flowers for Food's proceeds are delivered to charities and beneficiaries in Greater Vancouver and surrounding areas.
[edit] The Canadian Flowers for Food Society Composting (F4FC) Project
In addition to Canadian Flowers for Food Society’s services described above Flowers for Food Composting (F4FC) project is a non-profit venture designed to immediately divert floral (organic) waste from Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) landfills to composting stations managed by Flowers for Food and associates.
This project provides immediate and direct benefits to several local charities and homeless people, in addition to there being numerous positive economic and environmental impacts, including:
- Reducing greenhouse gases contributing to global warming
- Providing opportunities to empower, feed, and care for homeless people
- Producing a viable, nutrient-rich compost product, to be sold to the GVRD and its municipalities for both commercial and private use, in support of charities and homeless people.
Compost is a safe substitute for chemical fertilizers and adds nutrients, texture, and porosity to existing soils while accelerating root growth, increasing aeration, improving moisture retention and water absorption. Nitrogen-rich compost also reduces soil compaction and erosion.
