You might want to check in with Santropol Roulant in Montreal, or with The Stop in Toronto. These are two food security-based and -centred organizations that have spun off a series of other things of importance to their community: youth employment, seniors' care, social enterprise, youth engagement activities. It's that connectivity of those issues that's important at the community level, and I think you would benefit from their views.
On February 14th, 2012. See this statement in context.