North Glasgow Community Food Initiative (NGCFI) was first established as a non-profit making organisation in June 2001 by students from Student Action for Refugees (STAR) at Glasgow University, under the name of the North Glasgow Food Co-op to respond to the needs of the then new asylum seeking community.

In the first year the project was run entirely by volunteers and in September 2002 the project received funding to take on staff to support and develop activities. The organisation then changed its name to the ‘North Glasgow Community Food Initiative’ and broadened its focus to include expanded sales of fruit and vegetable, a delivery service, an allotment project and cookery activities.