Health & Nutrition Resources

Healthy eating is essential for health and well-being. Healthy eating builds a healthy body and is important for maintaining a healthy body weight. Healthy eating means eating a variety of nutritious foods. Along with being active, people who eat nutritious foods are more likely to lead longer, healthier lives.

In Lethbridge and surrounding communities, we are fortunate to have many resources to support healthy eating, including many local farms that grow nutritious foods. We also have many programs and services to support healthy eating for individuals, parents, families, child cares, schools and workplaces. Free healthy eating resources, guidance on healthy eating and nutrition advice are also available.

Eco Valley Ranch

Eco Valley Ranch provides nutrient dense beef, lamb, pork, turkey, chicken & eggs raised on our ranch north east of Picture Butte and delivered year-round to Lethbridge and area consumers who value clean, nutritious food.

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Location 204011 TWP RD 13-0, Picture Butte, AB

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Contact: James Oudshoorn

Phone: 403-331-9251

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FoodFit

FoodFit is a new program designed to bring people together to set goals, learn skills, and make measurable changes in overall health and fitness, with a focus on nutrition and exercise. Over the course of 12 weeks, participants cook, learn about nutrition, and participate in physical activity. FoodFit expands our ability to impact healthy changes, and is designed to break down social barriers that pose significant challenges to achieving optimal health and wellness. FoodFit classes will start again in January 2017, to register for the limited spaces please call Thressa at 403 320 8779 or email [email protected]. Classes will be held in the evenings and are free to everyone! Priority will be given to community members who self-identify as living in a low-income household.

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Location 1103 3rd Ave N

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Contact: Thressa Bens

Phone: 4033208779

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Hazy Hollow Acres

Market garden that grows strawberries, raspberries, and vegetables. Also available: Pasture-raised Chicken for Eggs and Meat, and Duck Eggs. Naturally raised with  no hormones or pesticides used.

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Location located north of Picture Butte on Range Road 21-5

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Phone: 403.308.0010


Healthy Eating Starts Here - Alberta Health

Healthy Eating Starts Here: Steps to a Healthier You helps Albertans understand what it means to eat healthy and how to make personal changes in their eating habits where they live, work, learn or play.

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Interfaith Food Bank

Provides monthly food hampers, daily food supplements, and clothing vouchers to those in need.

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Location 1103 3 Ave N, Lethbridge

Interfaith Learning Garden

By taking advantage of some unused outdoor space at our new facility, Interfaith Food Bank was able to add a new Learning Garden in the spring of 2013 that is used in conjunction with our cooking classes to teach participants about growing their own food, and to grow produce to be used in our cooking classes.

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Location 1103 3 Ave N, Lethbridge

Kinsmen Open Community garden

The Kinsmen Open Community Garden is intended to enhance interconnectedness between residents of all age ranges, through skill building workshops and cooperative participation from planting to harvest. The produce from our garden will be shared amongst participants, in conjunction with other gardening initiatives in Lethbridge through collective food-share and harvest celebrations. 

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Cost Open for community participation
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Location In Kinsmen Park behind the Lethbridge Fish and Game Hut (9 Ave & 10 St, S)

Contact: Charlie Christensen

Phone: 403-929-2909

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Legacy Ridge Community Garden

An accessible community garden located in the Copperwood neighbourhood (near the Coalbanks Elementary School) which is open to Lethbridge residents on an annual basis through registration. Plot sizes vary, including wheelchair accessible garden beds. The space has a shed and water accessible to gardeners, as well as edible shrubs and trees. The space also has features that allow for community gathering, including a sheltered seating area, a notice board and an area for community events.

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Accessibility paved pathways and wheelchair accessible garden beds.
Location behind St. Teresa of Calcutta Elementary School (235 Mildred Dobbs Blvd N)

Contact: Stephanie Olsen

Phone: 403-320-3167

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Lethbridge and District Horticultural Society

Please check website for upcoming meetings and events - everyone welcome!

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Location Lethbridge Public Library 810-5th ave. S. Lethbridge, lower level Theatre Gallery.

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Contact: Penny Dodd

Phone: 403-380-3809

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Lethbridge Community Garden/ Grow It! Community Garden

Garden plots available to rent on the northside, industrial area.

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Cost $17.50-$70/plot
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Location 2405 – 41 St N, Lethbridge

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Contact: Eunice David

Phone: 403-328-2761

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