Anna Purcell of Nelson City Council shares stories of an inspiring multigenerational food security initiative, as well as new efforts to create a food security council in Nelson. This interview was recorded at the 2015 UBCM Convention.
A great collection of resources from the BC Food Security Gateway, such as toolkits, policy papers, and action plans specific to BC. The resource section also includes a small number of non-BC resources that have direct relevance to BC food security. Find it...
This report presents the 2015 data on the average monthly cost of a nutritionally adequate, balanced diet in BC based on the National Nutritious Food Basket (NNFB).
The newly released results of an intensive study by the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology suggest that rates of obesity (as well as obesity-linked chronic conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke) are dramatically...
The Provincial Nutrition Resource Inventory is a collection of provincial healthy eating and nutrition related resources. The Inventory was created by registered dietitians from the B.C. Ministry of Health and representatives from the B.C. Health Authorities to help...
The HungerCount report presents results from an annual study of more than 4,000 food banks and other food programs in every province and territory In March 2015, 852,137 people received food from a food bank in Canada. More than one-third of those helped were...
About half of the organic food waste from the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors is edible; a network on the North Shore of Vancouver is working on changing local food systems in order to make use of fresh, edible food before it is thrown away. The air...
A guide to building food security in rural communities. This handbook is geared for rural and remote regions interested in creating a program to enable or increase food security in their communities. Its goal is to help guide those of you wishing to do this work,...
This uplifting video on the Farm to School Vancouver Area Regional Hub describes what makes the Farm to School program so important and how food links to so many aspects of our lives. Farm to School programs bring healthy, local food into schools and provide students...
