As we previously discussed in our Policy Alternatives and Food Security blog article, data and research demonstrate that poverty is the cause of household food insecurity. Food banks were created […]
Household Food Insecurity: How do we move away from the food charity response? Read More »
Food Security is an Experience Discussing food security in concrete ways can be difficult to do, as food security is an individual experience that is felt; naturally, this will
A Dive into Food Secure and Insecure Experiences Read More »
FMM has used the term ‘food desert’ in the past to define urban low-income neighborhoods where the nearest full-service grocery store is not within walking distance. However, as mentioned in
‘Food Apartheid’ and Other Food Security Terms Read More »
It is almost impossible to facilitate food skills and nutrition education workshops without participants or facilitators bringing up relationships between food and weight, or food and body size. So, how
Talking about Food, Weight, and Body Size Read More »
The new and revised Canada’s Food Guide (CFG), released in January 2019, provide healthy eating recommendations to: The CFG revision transpired to ensure information is aligned with the most updated resource on
Food Guide Snapshot Read More »
The Right to Food In the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment 14 states that: the right to food is supported when there are respect, protection,
Indigenous Food Security and Sovereignty Read More »
Food and Nutrition Literacy was created by Dr Joyce Slater. It is a knowledge portal containing evidence-based resources that supports food and nutrition education for children and youth in Manitoba.
Food and Nutrition Literacy: FANLit Read More »
In this webinar, Tamarack and the Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security was joined by Evan Fraser, Jessica McLachlan, Paul Taylor and Sasha McNicoll as they discussed the
Free Webinars: Ending Food Insecurity from the Tamarack Institute Read More »
Looking for resources around volunteer engagement and management? Have a look at Volunteer Manitoba’s website! They also have lots of free resources to help you run your organization
Resources from Volunteer Manitoba Read More »
Looking for resources to teach about social justice and poverty reduction in relation to food systems? The website of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation has many user-friendly educational
Teaching about social justice and poverty reduction in relation to food systems Read More »
