Overwhelmed N.S. food banks expect summer months to be especially challenging

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11902239/nova-scotia-summer-food-banks/

Food banks expect to improve food quality with long-awaited, 'stable' provincial funding
Feed NB says $9 million coming from the province over the next three years will allow the 68 food banks and community kitchens the non-profit supports to make sure people get more and higher-quality food.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/feed-nb-funding-food-banks-health-9.7226990?cmp=rss

New Brunswick government announces $9M for food banks as visits surge

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11894630/new-brunswick-food-banks-funding/

New Brunswick government announces $9M for food banks as visits surge
The government has announced $9 million to non-profit Feed NB to supply food banks across the province.
#Canada #FoodBanks
https://globalnews.ca/news/11894630/new-brunswick-food-banks-funding/
New Brunswick government announces $9M for food banks as visits surge
The government has announced $9 million to non-profit Feed NB to supply food banks across the province.
#Canada #FoodBanks
https://globalnews.ca/news/11894630/new-brunswick-food-banks-funding/
New Brunswick government announces $9M for food banks as visits surge
The government has announced $9 million to non-profit Feed NB to supply food banks across the province.
#Canada #FoodBanks
https://globalnews.ca/news/11894630/new-brunswick-food-banks-funding/
In face of skyrocketing food prices, advocates calling on N.L. government to take action
Newfoundland and Labrador food banks say the high cost of groceries is bringing more people through their doors to help put food on the table.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-grocery-cost-9.7225212?cmp=rss
Advocates concerned rising costs in B.C. are pushing more seniors toward food insecurity
More seniors are using food banks than ever before, according to the Office of the Seniors Advocate of B.C.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/food-insecurity-among-b-c-seniors-on-the-rise-9.7217590?cmp=rss
Competition for soon-to-expire food has Montreal food banks struggling
Changes in how grocers manage their close-to-expired stock have reduced Moisson Montréal’s food supply, according to the non-profit's director of philanthropy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/moisson-montreal-soon-to-expire-food-9.7219461?cmp=rss

"People can not afford the basics. They do not want to have to rely on food banks. They do not want to have to come to social services. They want to be able to provide for themselves, from their incomes ..."

#BonnieRibinson, Salvation Army, 2026

Why? Either way we're not talking about growing all our own food. That's possible, on a strict vegan diet, if most of your waking hours involve gardening. But not practical.

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#FoodBanks #UnquestionedAssumptions #FocusOnPolitics #RNZ #podcasts