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Deepa Prashad on the Food for Kids initiative | Breakfast Television
Thanks Deepa Prashad for your shout out about TFSS’s Food for Kids initiative. Thanks for spreading the word about how we can all help nourish children in Toronto during the COVID-19 crisis. Watch the video here. For information about Food for Kids, go to the 2:30...
The City of Toronto supports nourishing children during the COVID-19 crisis
In a news conference on Tuesday April 14th, 2020, Mayor John Tory discusses the City of Toronto’s support for nourishing children in Toronto during the COVID-19 crisis. Click here to watch the...
Food prices set to rise amid COVID-19 crisis | Toronto Star
Food prices are set to increase, moving into 2021, according to a new forecast by the University of Guelph and Dalhousie University. Read the full article in the Toronto...
Toonies For Tummies – Breakfast Television interview with The Grocery Foundation
Take the #TooniesforTummies challenge when you visit your local grocery store. Shaun McKenna, Executive Director of The Grocery Foundation and Eric Limkemann, a Parent Volunteer at a Student Nutrition Program, speak about child hunger here in Toronto. Watch the...
Breakfast Club of Canada calls on Federal Government to follow through on funding for a national school program
Breakfast Club of Canada calls on Federal Government to follow through on a promise they made to fund a national school program. Watch the news report...
Food forecast shows Canadians will pay more for meat and vegetables in 2020 | Toronto Star
Food prices to surge in 2020 according to Canada’s Food Price Report. “We are definitely expecting a harder year for families when it comes to food affordability”, says lead author. Read the full article in the Toronto...
Jump in food banks use called “canary in the coal mine” | Toronto Star
The 2019 Who’s Hungry Report has been released, and shows that food bank use in Toronto has increased. Due to the rising cost of living, the number of food bank visits has grown by 4 per cent. In a survey of 1,400 food bank clients, 53 per cent of respondents...
This is what it’s like to parent when you’re struggling to make ends meet | Today’s Parent
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...
Government of Canada Announces the First-Ever Food Policy for Canada
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.
Vegetable prices rising at fastest pace in three years | Toronto Star
The prices of fresh vegetables are 17 percent higher than a year ago, compared to the average inflation rate of 2.4 percent.
Canadian Children Deserve a National School Food Program: Let’s All Come Together to Make That Happen.
http://www.breakfastclubcanada.org/canadian-children-deserve-a-national-school-food-program-in-order-to-reach-their-full-potential/
After the bell program ensures kids don’t go hungry once school is out for summer | The Star
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.