Vegan/Vegetarian | Student-Volunteer Run
Affordable | Non-Profit
Agora Café operates on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. We continue to support the growing, the learning, and the cooking of food on this land, just as the ancestral landowners did many years ago.
Our Philosophy
Agora Café is a student volunteer-run, non-for-profit café at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus. Our goal is to provide affordable, accessible, healthy, local and organic food choices to students and faculty members while training volunteers in food service and business management. This is done to promote the values of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and to aid in UBC’s movement towards sustainability.
We focus on:
Food Quality
Agora’s philosophy is largely based on the teachings taught in the core classes LFS 100, 250, 350 & 450. As such, Agora supports organic agriculture by purchasing the majority of its produce locally. We believe that by connecting our customers to our food system, we are helping to build our local economy and improve personal health and well-being.
Volunteer Base
In addition to being a student volunteer-run café, Agora is also committed to our volunteers because we see the value in providing food service experience to students at UBC. By volunteering at Agora, students gain experience in food preparation, customer service and broaden their interpersonal and networking skills. There are also many opportunities for volunteers to develop their leadership skills by assuming a position on the Executive Committee.
Food Security
An important aspect of Agora’s philosophy is to increase food security at UBC. Therefore, the food that we serve at Agora will always aim to be affordable, available, appropriate, safe and sustainable. We are always working to minimize our waste output by composting and using dishware instead of disposable containers.