Food Security

• ‘There’s always a need’: Little free pantries hope to feed Vancouver’s hungry

  "We want people to take what you need, give what you can, and that's pretty much it ... No policing, no shaming."

  Canada

  Apr 25
• Canadian Jewish community rallies to help Saskatoon celebrate Passover

  After a mix up with a grocery order, Saskatoon’s Jewish community was left scrambling to source kosher foods elsewhere, with one rabbi even driving to Calgary.

  Canada

  Mar 30
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• Saskatoon’s Friendship Inn adjusts to keep providing food security through outbreak

  The Friendship Inn responded to an outbreak with extra measures to keep providing meals to Saskatoon’s vulnerable sector.

  Canada

  Feb 4
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• 35% of Canadians learned a new recipe during the pandemic: survey

  A study on food literacy shows 67.5 per cent of Canadians have tried new spices during the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by vegetables at 36.9 per cent, and oils at 27.9 per cent.

  Canada

  Feb 3
• Blood Tribe aquaponics farming project could hold key to First Nations food security

  “I would call it the future of agriculture... It combines the best of the technologies existing in three areas: greenhouse production, aquaculture production and waste treatment.”

  Jan 18
• Edmonton’s Food Bank celebrates 40 years serving community members

  Through a sluggish economy, harsh winters and a pandemic, Edmonton's Food Bank has been there to help the community.

  Canada

  Jan 16
• France opposes Couche-Tard’s $25B Carrefour bid citing food security

  France's finance minister objected to the takeover bid in public remarks, citing 'strategic challenges.'

  Money

  Jan 14
• Winnipeg cops applaud officers for helping local senior

  The officers provided an emergency food box and pooled together money to buy hundreds of dollars in grocery store gift certificates.

  Dec 23, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Sun Youth charity finds way to deliver Christmas cheer despite pandemic

  One group of volunteers has stepped up efforts to make sure no Sun Youth client is left out.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2020
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• Okanagan College’s culinary classes creating snacks for kids

  The team-up between the registered charity and college culinary students sees donated apples produced into healthy snacks for students in School District No. 23.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2020