4 Ways Ottawa Residents Can Save Money on Healthy Food

Grocery prices have been rising for a while, and the advice to save money is always the same. Look at flyers, shop the sales, use coupons. But when you're trying to stick to a healthy diet, costs can add up even faster. Here are some options in Ottawa that will help you access quality food on a budget.

The Ottawa Good Food Box is a non-profit that offers both preset produce boxes and individual items to build your own order. You even have the option to choose from local boxes and organic boxes. Their mission is to reduce food insecurity by increasing access to produce at an affordable price.

They accept orders through their website for the following week. You then pick up your box at one of their pickup locations.

Too Good To Go is a free app that connects you with bakeries, restaurants, cafes, and grocery stores that have unsold food at the end of the day. You purchase a "Surprise Bag" through the app without knowing what you'll receive, and pick it up at a specified time for a fraction of the retail price.

With Hidden Harvest, local tree owners who won't harvest the fruit can register their trees. Volunteers can then go pick the fruit. A portion of the fruit is donated to local food agencies. Volunteers and the owner of the tree also get to keep a portion of the yield.

While it won't replace your entire grocery trip, you can often come home with more than enough fruit to freeze or can and use for a while.

Accessing organic and hormone free meat from the grocery store is often expensive, and the quality can sometimes still be lacking. Luckily, there are suppliers like Farm 2 Fork Delivery that provide access to tasty quality meats.

Their meats come in bundles, and they always run sales. Additionally, you can get $40 off your first order here using the referral link*, on top of sale prices. To save on following orders, you can create your own referral link.

*Disclosure statement: if used, the referral link gives both of us access to $40 off our orders.