Alberta Food Bank

• Southern Alberta groups call federal grocery rebate ‘short-term fix’

  Advocates are asking the government for measures tackling the root issue: high prices.

  Economy

  Jul 5, 2023
  
• Alberta Food Bank addresses need for culturally appropriate food

  About one in four food bank clients in Alberta self-identified as an immigrant, refugee or visible minority group, according to a 2022 report.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2023
  
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• Calgary Food Bank demand high, wait time weeks long in face of food inflation

  As food prices rise, so does demand for the Calgary Food Bank to the highest levels it's seen in 40 years.

  Consumer

  Jan 17, 2023
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• Alberta food banks struggling to meet demand as need surges 30 per cent

  A new report from Food Banks Alberta shows that there's been a 29.6 percent rise in the number of visits to food banks since 2019.

  Economy

  Oct 28, 2021
• Edmonton Food Bank low on donations, demand still high: ‘People are struggling’

  If you compare the first quarter of 2019 with the first quarter of 2018, the food bank is down about 30,000 kilograms of public food donations.

  Economy

  Apr 19, 2019
• Food bank still dealing with fallout from Fort McMurray wildfire

  Every month, the Wood Buffalo Food Bank serves nearly 750 families and about 10 per cent of them are still out of their homes because of wildfire damage.

  Education

  Jan 29, 2018
• Prince Edward Island sending 50,000 pounds of potatoes to Fort McMurray

  The PEI Potato Board is sending a tractor trailer fully loaded with PEI potatoes to the fire-devastated city. The spuds were donated by packers and growers across the island province.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2016