Community Kitchens

• Fresh Choice Kitchens – This site offers a great overview of what is involved in starting and running a community kitchen. http://www.freshchoicekitchens.ca/community-kitchens

• Community Kitchen Best Practices Toolkit – This is a good document outlining the issues involved in managing a community kitchen (from Newfoundland / Labrador). http://www.foodsecuritynews.com/Publications/Community_Kitchen_Best_Practices_Toolkit.pdf

• University of Wisconsin – This site from UW’s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems offers an overview of considerations for successful community kitchens. http://www.cias.wisc.edu/economics/community-kitchens-key-elements-of-success/

• Kids in the Community Kitchen Toolkit – This is a good guidebook for kids’ programs in community kitchens.  http://www.contactsouthsimcoe.ca/pdf/KICKProgramToolkit.pdf

• Toronto’s Food Share – This site has a lot of good information on food issues including information on community kitchens.  http://www.foodshare.net/community-kitchens

• Community Kitchen Facilitator’s Guide – This is a good guidebook on being a facilitator or leader in in starting a community kitchen. http://cookingconnections.ca/sites/cookingconnections.ca/files/docs/Community_Cooking_Connections_Start-Up_Kit_English.pdf

• Australian Community Kitchens Assoc – This is the site of the community kitchens network in Australia. http://www.communitykitchens.org.au/