February 1st - 28th
Burger It Forward is a national celebration of Canadian beef burgers with community heart!
The goals of Burger It Forward:
Canada Beef is a not-for-profit organization that represents the 60,000 beef farming and ranching families across the country, providing promotion, information and advocacy for beef that's raised right here — Canadian beef.
Canada Beef is proud to lead the Burger It Forward campaign to help relieve food insecurity through food bank contributions.
For every campaign featured burger purchased, Canada Beef will donate the equivalent of 1 meal to Food Banks Canada.*
*up to a maximum of 20,000 meals (based on Food Banks Canada's meal metric: $1 = 2 meals).
Alberta Beef Producers are dedicated to maintaining a sustainable, competitive industry for the benefit of all Albertans. They currently represent over 18,000 beef cattle ranchers and farmers in Alberta.
As part of Burger It Forward, Alberta Beef Producers are donating $1000 to EACH, Calgary Food Bank, and Edmonton's Food Bank.
The Calgary Food Bank is the first line of emergency food support for people facing crisis. As the city's main charitable food hub and the most accessible food bank, we have the capacity to serve families, individuals, and organizations to fight hunger. We receive almost no government funding and instead we are by community, for community, relying on the generous support of people like you.
For more information visit www.calgaryfoodbank.com/
Thank you for your continued support of the Calgary Food Bank and our mission to make food accessible to everyone in our city.
Edmonton's Food Bank is committed to the mantra: Relieving hunger today. Preventing hunger tomorrow. Our mission is "to be stewards in the collection of surplus and donated food for the effective distribution, free of charge, to people in need in our community while seeking solutions to the causes of hunger". We envision a community where hunger does not exist, where all citizens have access to an adequate and nutritious supply of food.
For more information visit: www.edmontonsfoodbank.com
Food Banks Canada is the leader in addressing food insecurity in Canada. Our mission is to provide national leadership to relieve hunger today and prevent hunger tomorrow in collaboration with the food bank network from coast to coast to coast. For over 40 years, food banks have been dedicated to helping people living in Canada with food insecurity. Over 5,500 food banks and community organizations come together to serve our most vulnerable neighbours, who — this year — made close to 2.2 million visits to these organizations in one month alone, according to our HungerCount report. Since 2010, Food Banks Canada has shared over $1 billion in food supports and over $275 million in funding to help maximize collective impact and strengthen local capacity—while, backed by leading research, advocating for meaningful actions from governments to counter hunger and its root causes. Our vision is clear: create a Canada where no one goes hungry.
Visit foodbankscanada.ca to learn more.
Recognizing the challenges local restaurants have faced over recent years, participation in Burger It Forward is offered to restaurants with no registration fees.
Restaurants are encouraged to give back what they can to their local food banks as part of their contribution to the program. All Burger It Forward profiled burgers feature Canadian beef in support of local cattle farmers and ranchers.
