1.Do you live in Aldergrove?

Yes

No

If no, please specify

2.Where do you get your food from in Aldergrove? Select all that apply.

Grocery stores or supermarkets

Convenience stores or gas stations

Directly from farms

Community gardens

Home garden

Food banks

Langley Meals on Wheels

Free community meals

Starfish backpack program

Foraging, Fishing or Hunting

Friends and family

Other

3.Are you able to get your cultural foods in Aldergrove?

Yes

No

Sometimes

4.If no or sometimes, where do you go for your cultural foods (name of community)?

5.How often do you use food banks or other free (or low-cost) meal programs in Aldergrove?

Multiple times a week

Once a week

Once or twice a month

Once or twice a year

Seasonally - depends on the time of year

I used to, but not anymore

Never

6.If you used to go, or never go, why don’t you use food banks or other free (or low-cost) meal programs?

I do not need to use these programs

I do not know where these programs are or where to find information about them

Other (please specify)

7.If you are using the existing food banks and other free/low-cost meal programs, are they meeting your needs?

Yes

No

Sometimes

8.If no or sometimes, why don’t these programs meet your needs? Select all that apply.

Not enough locations

Not enough openings per week

Not enough food being provided

Poor quality of food

Not enough selection of food types

Long wait times

Difficult to get to the location

Experience discrimination when using the program

Difficult or unable to access program because of documentation requirements

Other

9.In the past 12 months, did you and other household members worry that food would run out before you got money to buy more?

Often true

Sometimes true

Never true

10.What type of food programs would you like to see in Aldergrove? Select all that apply.

Community food pantry

Community gardens and/or gardening workshops

Recipe sharing and storytelling

Educational opportunities (cooking classes, nutrition classes)

Food hub (to store and share food donations of locally grown food)

Food festivals

Farm-to-table events

Farmer’s Market

Community meals

Universal school meal program

Other

11.OPTIONAL: Do you consider yourself to be: Select all that apply.

Indigenous (i.e., First Nations, Metis, Inuit)

Indigenous to other areas of the world

White (European Descent)

South Asian (E.g., Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan)

Arab

West Asian (E.g., Iranian, Afghani, Iraqi, Syrian)

Black

African (North African/West African/ East African/South African)

Caribbean

Filipino

Latin American/Hispanic

Mexican

Central American

South American

Korean

Japanese

Chinese

Southeast Asian (E.g., Vietnamese, Cambodian, Malaysian, Laotian)

Other

Prefer not to say

12.OPTIONAL: Number of people in the household

1

2

3

4

5

6

7+

13.Number of adults:

14.Number of children:

15.Number of seniors:

16.Is there anything else you want to tell us about getting food in Aldergrove?