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In recent years, the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation, the George
Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation, and the J.W. McConnell... Read more
Tuesday, February 9th 2016, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EST
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How can we get more local and... Read more
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016, from 7:00PM
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Part of the Farm Viability Webinar Mini-Series
Looking for... Read more
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016, from 1:00PM
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016, from 1:00PM
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016, from 7:00PM
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Looking for creative ways... Read more
By Sasha McNicoll - Coalition for Healthy School Food
A renewed sense of opportunity formed the undercurrent of last... Read more
February 22, 2016 – Loyola House, Ignatius Centre, Guelph, Ontario The full day session is a partnership event with the Ecological... Read more
Dates: February 23 – February 24, 2016 Location: Loyola House, Ignatius Centre, Guelph, Ontario About: The Local Organic Food Co-... Read more
The Food Secure Canada Youth Caucus is pleased to welcome new recruits, ready to join their voices to the movement. Here is a brief... Read more
This paper examines the capacity of municipal non-profits and social enterprise on implementing Sustainable Food Systems (SFSs). This paper... Read more
This letter was sent in December to Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.
Dear Minister... Read more
As Health Ministers from across the country prepare for their meeting in Vancouver on 20-21 January, alarm is... Read more
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MONTREAL\CALGARY, January 15, 2015 -- Today, Food Secure Canada and Dr. Norman Campbell, HSF/CIHR Chair of... Read more
The fall of the Canadian dollar below the 70-cents-US mark is expected to leave Canadians with higher grocery bills. This... Read more
This open letter to federal Health Minister Jane Philpott was sent on January 13, 2016 to introduce a Food and Nutrition Fact Sheet and to... Read more
We live in a challenging food environment. Unhealthy food is everywhere: in our local supermarkets, our children's schools, our... Read more
Released in October 2015, The Conference Board of Canada's inaugural Annual Report Card on food assesses Canada’s food and... Read more
December 10, 2015
A research paper suggests that a subsidy program to offset high Arctic grocery bills still hasn't fixed problems... Read more
December 8, 2015
A new Statistics Canada report finds that food insecurity, lack of access to health care, and inadequate housing are... Read more
December 4, 2015
A new partnership between First Nations in northwestern and northeastern Ontario is designed to make fresh food and other... Read more
December 1st, 2015
PARIS, FRANCE—It has been a long and arduous road from Ottawa to Paris. After nine years of political... Read more
November 30, 2015
Bennett said the new ministers of justice, environment, health and fisheries will be her new best friends in “... Read more
December 2, 2015
The Arctic is tightly linked with the rest of the world. Inuit and other northerners face the challenges of living on the... Read more
December 1st, 2015
After 30 years of food banks in Canada, the Hunger Count 2015 report just released by Food Banks Canada shows food bank... Read more