Food Security

• Canadian Foodgrains Bank Alberta celebrates summer harvest

  Two southern Alberta partner groups of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank gathered Wednesday to volunteer for their annual harvest in support of food security around the world.

  Canada

  Aug 27, 2025
  
• Surging demand for B.C. charity’s food hampers a ‘startling trend’

  Eligible clients can pick up a package of things like pasta, sauce, beans and other pantry staples, along with a grocery store gift card, up to four times a year. 

  Aug 7, 2025
  
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• B.C. government to help grow province’s agriculture, food processing sectors

  The B.C. government announced it is setting up a task force to grow the province's agriculture and food processing economy, to improve production, profitability, competitiveness.

  Politics

  Feb 20, 2025
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• Food-flation, wilted produce and recalls cause indoor garden trend to grow like a weed

  Two Manitoba communities have launched an almost-foolproof indoor garden system to feed the demand for food security and nutrient-dense produce.

  Consumer

  Jan 24, 2025
• Scientists on quest for drought-resistant wheat, agriculture’s ‘Holy Grail’

  Scientists are trying to produce varieties of plants able to withstand temperature fluctuations, floods and frosts, to help feed a growing world population.

  Features

  Jun 2, 2024
• ‘There is much to be done’: B.C. gets D+ grade in Food Banks Canada poverty report card

  Food Banks Canada has given B.C. a near-failing grade on its 2024 poverty report card, saying much needs to be done to address shortfalls in housing and food security.

  Canada

  May 22, 2024
• Winnipeg volunteers offer food security at Bertrun E. Glavin school breakfast club

  Students at Winnipeg's Bertrun E. Glavin school start their days right thanks to a volunteer program supported by Breakfast Clubs of Canada and the Grocery Foundation.

  Education

  Feb 23, 2024
• Bugs in your brownies? University students dish it out in Great UBC Bug Bake Off

  As it stands, up to 80 per cent of the world's countries consume insects, from maggot-filled cheese consumed in Italy's Sardinia to the silkworm snacks often enjoyed in Thailand.

  Science

  Nov 28, 2023
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• Who is ‘food insecure’ in Canada? New data shows ‘very high’ need

  The data showed single mothers, Indigenous and racialized families were among the hardest hit groups that faced food insecurity, with income having little impact.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2023
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• Canada pouring $35.5 million into Canadian Foodgrains Bank new food security program

  "Global food insecurity," experienced by one-in-nine people, "not only leads to hunger, famine, and death," but also "instability, conflict and war."

  World

  Nov 3, 2023