The Stop Community Food Centre

Why it matters: The Stop Community Food Centre has spent more than 30 years fighting hunger and poverty with dignity – running drop-in meals, community kitchens, gardens, and advocacy rather than a bare food bank. Its Green Barn, inside the artsy Wychwood Barns, is a sustainable food-production and education centre built around an 8,000-square-foot greenhouse, and it hosts one of the few genuinely year-round farmers markets in the city. Visit the Saturday market for local produce, baking, and prepared food, then explore the surrounding Artscape Wychwood Barns galleries and studios. Practical tip: the market runs Saturday mornings from 8am at 601 Christie Street – come early for the best of the greenhouse-grown greens.