The Mustard Seed
The Food Security Distribution Centre rescues and receives over 10,000 pounds of food each weekday from over 30 local grocery stores and donors, and safely distributes it via 60+ local social service agencies, positively impacting the estimated 70,000 food insecure individuals in our region.
The FSDC provides space for Flourish! School Food Society to prepare, aggregate and distribute 1,100 hot meals and 2,500 snack servings of food per school day across 30 schools.
In partnership with the Food Share Network, we are progressively reducing both food insecurity and greenhouse gas emissions in the Greater Victoria area.
Distribution
Information on large-scale donations
If you are donating a pallets worth of food (or more), please contact warehouse@mustardseed.ca If you wish to receive a large scale pick up, please allow 72 hours notice as our trucks have busy schedules. Not all donations can be picked up.
75 Partner Organizations
2.1 Million Pounds of Food Rescued Annually
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES Access to Food Bank
If you are an individual or family with a question about hamper access at our Queens Ave Market location that you were not able to find the answer on this page, please reach out to our Market Team via foodbank@mustardseed.ca.
Please allow at least 24 hours before receiving a response.
Large Scale Donations
For company, school, farmer and any large scale donation please contact warehouse@mustardseed.ca.
Thank you to our Grocery Partners and our Funding Partners.
Grocery Partners
Funding Partners
We also acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.
