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 a promise they made to fund a national school program. Watch the news report...
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...
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...
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...
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