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About

Our History

The Start....

SNAC was founded under the name Femmedere as an Enactus McGill initiative in 2011 with the goal of providing nutrition information and workshops to underserved communities in Montréal, namely the Native Women's Shelter. Soon after, Enactus Femmedere partnered with Bonne Boite Bonne Bouffe to offer the Good Food Box, providing affordable and sustainable produce to almost 150 McGill students throughout the semester.

Despite setbacks in operations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, SNAC resumed the Good Food Box program at limited capacity in the f
all of 2021, with a new partner, Marché SecondLife. SecondLife's mission is to simplify grocery shopping while adding new meaning to every plate served. They push to normalize less-than-perfect food consumption and operate within the local Montréal community, furthering SNAC's mission of local impact. The Good Food Box has been operational every two weeks since fall 2021, feeding over 300 students in that time. Students can order affordable and local produce and other grocery products at discounted prices and pick them up from the University Centre. In addition to supporting food ecosystems by "rescuing" produce that would have otherwise been discarded, the Good Food Box also strengthens local businesses by offering local Quebec produce and other food staples.

In 2023, SNAC became a full-status SSMU service, with the goal of expanding the scope of its mission to provide nutritious food to the McGill community in a sustainable manner. Reacting to the high cost of food and inaccessibility of healthy eating on campus, SNAC now seeks to provide an free, nutritious alternatives to other on-campus food options.

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About

Our Funding

SNAC's mission is made by possible by our generous supporters.

In the fall semester, we are supported by McGill's Sustainability Projects Fund. The Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) mandate is to build a culture of sustainability on McGill campuses through the development and seed-funding of interdisciplinary projects. It creates opportunities for the McGill community to actively engage in sustainability initiatives on campus, empowering individuals to be change agents in their own studying and work environment. Valued at $1 million annually, the SPF is the largest fund of its kind in Canada. Since 2010, more than $12 million has been allocated toward over 360 projects.

In the Winter semester, SNAC will be supported by the McGill student body. A small fee, levied at 75¢ per student (with an opt-out option), is small but mighty, allowing us to create a large impact with a small footprint.

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