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The Canadian food movement converged in Edmonton in November 2012 for the 7th Annual Assembly of Food Secure Canada. Among the many... Read more
How can food become an election issue?
That was the question posed over the lunch hour to more than 100 delegates at the Broadbent... Read more
March 27, 2015 - The Statistics Canada report released yesterday underestimates the number of food insecure people, because it... Read more
Food service management companies dictate the parameters of institutional food procurement for many hospitals, schools districts and... Read more
Food service management companies (FSMC) dictate the parameters of institutional food procurement for many hospitals, schools districts and... Read more
A visual presentation of the flow of food, funds and information in the Food Ecosystem in the University Health Network related to "... Read more
27-28 March 2015
Food Secure Canada members hosted a jam-packed luncheon “Let’s Talk Food Politics” at the... Read more
CBC NEWS: The number of households that couldn't afford a healthy diet in the North increased during the first year of the... Read more
Some highlights of the Report’s findings include:
Increased public knowledge about local food systems
Expanding the local... Read more
Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 82-624-X
by Shirin Roshanafshar and Emma Hawkins
Highlights:
Food insecurity rates have... Read more
Being able to afford to enough nutritious food continues to be a struggle for some Canadians, according to a new report.
Wednesday... Read more
JOSH ELLIOTT: When it comes to buying the variety and quantity of food they need, Nunavut residents have it harder than anyone else in... Read more
Video explaining how local food could enter the University Health Network Food System to be served to patients.
CBC NEWS: The N.W.T.'s member of parliament is asking the federal government to make a federal food subsidy available in all... Read more
GLORIA SONG:Because I live in the North, I’ve been getting questions from my friends in southern Canada about what they can do to... Read more
"We are delegates representing diverse organizations and international movements of small-scale food producers and consumers,... Read more
Food insecurity and hunger are significant problems in Canada, with millions of Canadians experiencing some level of food insecurity. The... Read more
Prices increased in seven of the eight major components in the 12 months to December. Higher shelter and food costs contributed the most to... Read more
The purpose of the Market Basket Measure of low income (MBM) was to measure the cost of this basket for a... Read more
Food insecurity and hunger are significant problems in Canada, with millions of Canadians experiencing some level of food insecurity. The... Read more