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Food Web FoundersMar 17, 2026 · 6 min

Do We Really Need a Food Web?

In this piece, The Wooden Monkey co-owner Lil MacPherson shares why strengthening local food systems is more important than ever, and how Food Web is helping make it happen.

Lil MacPherson

Food Web FoundersJan 7, 2026 · 3 min

We All Eat

We all eat — it is the one thing that binds us. So why are food systems more fragile than they have ever been, and what does sharing infrastructure have to do with it?

Keegan Francis

Food Web FoundersDec 6, 2025 · 8 min

Food Saved My Life

Food saved my life. By changing what I ate, my mood, skin, and energy transformed. This is my story of how real food, local farms, and conscious choices became the best investment in my health.

Keegan Francis

Food Web FoundersDec 5, 2025 · 9 min

The Kitchen is my Pharmacy

Eczema pushed Keegan into elimination diets, herbs and gut health, and his kitchen became the first line of defence. What was in it, what was not, and what it has to do with Food Web.

Keegan Francis

A coin beside a carrot and a leaf — you cannot eat money

Food Web FoundersNov 26, 2025 · 3 min

You Can't Eat Money

A high-school yearbook quote, a decade in FinTech, and one line from a cofounder about bread. Why Keegan Francis ended up building an Airbnb for kitchens.

Keegan Francis

Illustrated marker for Food Web's journey so far

Food Web FoundersNov 11, 2025 · 5 min

Our Journey So Far

The company version of the story: how Food Web went from a food-system mapping idea at Dalhousie to a live kitchen rental platform, one research project at a time.

Justin Andrews

Food Web FoundersOct 6, 2025 · 3 min

Do You Know The Muffin Man?

Food Web began with one chef’s struggle to find a kitchen. When founder Justin Andrews couldn’t find licensed space to grow his small baking business, he set out to solve the problem.

Justin Andrews