In Canada, 20 percent of children—more than 1.4 million—live in poverty, according to Campaign 2000, a network of organizations working to end family poverty. If kids are going to school hungry, their behaviours can be exacerbated; they may be irritable and unable to...
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau announced the creation of a national food policy last week, including the first steps towards the creation of a National School Food Program. Access to nutritious food is one of the largest barriers to...
The prices of fresh vegetables are 17 percent higher than a year ago, compared to the average inflation rate of 2.4 percent, according to data released by Statistics Canada yesterday. Higher prices make it harder for everyone to access healthy and nutritious meals,...
When the clock runs down on the final moments of class on the last day of school, our hope is that kids spill triumphantly out the doors in happy anticipation of a two-month break from homework and the confines of desks and stuffy classrooms. What many of us don’t...
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