Tag Archives: food
(1167) Bring the food to the people
From a rural county in Vermont comes a good idea for all sprawl.
Mobile food bank expands in Windham County
vtdigger.org
(1083) 86 million acres
Enormous pressure will soon be placed on the world’s croplands as they are exchanged for human habitat. Mind boggling stuff, even without consideration of climate change!
By 2030 megacities may devour more than 86 million acres of prime farmland
modernfarmer.com
An elegant monochrome map of the world’s settlements.
German scientists made this excruciatingly detailed simulacrum of the “global urban footprint”
citylab.com
image: Duncan Rawlinson via Flickr/CC
(1083) Food bank good sense
There’s a better way to do everything, including our holiday giving.
For the love of God, stop giving canned goods to the food bank
vancouversun.org (video 2:41)
(1077) Pediatricians & suburban poverty
Pediatricians can bring urgency and wisdom to the fight against poverty.
Q&A: how pediatricians can help suburban families in poverty
chop.edu
image: GM Wellness via Flickr/CC
(1076) Ontario food bank usage [Report]
A smidgen of good news on food bank use in Ontario: a slight drop in the number of users. The ‘hydro or food’ angle in this latest report from the Ontario Association of Food Banks was picked up in Orangeville, Sarnia, Guelph, Woodstock, the GTA, Hamilton, Parry Sound, Flamborough, Sault Ste. Marie, Belleville, London, the Kawarthas, North Bay, Ottawa, Niagara Region, Brant, Perth, Simcoe, Ingersoll, Cambridge, the Muskokas, Durham Region, you know, pretty much the entire province.
Number of food bank users down in Ontario but still 335,000 a month: report. High hydro bills, precarious work, inadequate social assistance all contributing, association says
image: Ginny via Flickr/CC
(1069) Hungry for knowledge [Report]
A few weeks go by and a 49-page report from Meal Exchange that took a detailed look at food insecurity on five Canadian university campuses is pretty much forgotten. Drag. Especially if you are one of those students, trying to advance yourself but scrambling for calories.
Hungry for knowledge
image: tom brindley via Flickr/CC
(1066) Food security & basic income
Good news, even as winter approaches: in 2017 Ontario can expect to see a basic income pilot project. Hopefully that means that Canada’s largest province is on the path to adopting a benefit regime that will truly secure its people against poverty. We’ve been sold on the idea of a universal right to an income for as long as we can remember. It seems to us that nearly every form of social difficulty could be improved upon if nobody in this society was below a certain level. On the other hand, we could indeed be looking at yet another ‘cycle of consultation’. You know, another rationalised round of reportage, fact gathering and public hearings that kick the issue of poverty down the road and toward the next election. Public pressure might make all the difference, though.
Extra bonus: it would seem a good way to innoculate our society against the rise of Trumpist-style influences, a comprehensive ticket to change for the better. This winter thoughts of a basic income will be keeping the staff at suburban-poverty.com feeling warm inside.
Basic income pilot consultation
ontario.ca
Basic income can reduce food insecurity and improve health
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
image: chuddlesworth via Flickr/CC
(1062) Hungercount 2016
We’ve marked several Hungercounts now. A grim but important indicator of where we are in regard to food and food banks.
Hungercount 2016. A comprehensive report on hunger and foodbank use in Canada, and recommendations for change
foodbankscanada.org
See also: (72) Foodbankistan
(1026) Who’s hungry in the GTA? [Report]
Toronto’s major food bank and other agencies mark the arrival of autumn with an annual report on hunger.
(link to 19-page .pdf)
Canada’s biggest city: more people edge toward hunger
rcinet.ca