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Toronto restaurants that opened and closed this week: May 4-11

All four vegetarian courses of the joint dinner from SARA and chef Rachel Adjei Toronto restaurants are used to lockdown restrictions being extended, but it doesn’t make navigating running a business during the pandemic any easier. With news spreading that the province is planning to extend the stay-at-home order to June 2, patio season might be further away. In the meantime, we can keep supporting the new restaurants and food businesses opening through takeout and delivery. This week a beloved coffee shop opened a new location, two friends started selling steak sandwiches out their backyard, a popular ice cream chain is opening a new location in anticipation of the summer – and there are even

Food insecurity in Jane-Finch area soars as annual provincial funding for support runs out

Food insecurity in Jane-Finch area soars as annual provincial funding for support runs out
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Toronto co-op giving boxes of free food to vulnerable people needs help to continue

Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. While already prevalent before the pandemic began, food insecurity in Toronto has only worsened as a result of COVID-19  particularly in neighbourhoods where vulnerable residents have been disproportionately affected by loss of income and the virus and community organizations all over the city have been stepping up to help those in need.  In St. James Town, for example, one of the most dense and diverse neighbourhoods in all of Canada, residents have been struggling with food insecurity for years, and the pandemic has only exacerbated the issue. 

Meet some of Toronto s food justice advocates championing Black food sovereignty

Meet some of Toronto s food justice advocates championing Black food sovereignty Sara Jabakhanji © Submitted by: Melana Roberts Melana Roberts, chair of Food Secure Canada, a national food policy alliance advocating for federal policy for healthy, sustainable and just food systems, says the inequities at hand, are rooted in structural challenges including anti-black racism. While the COVID-19 pandemic has painted a grim picture of just how fragile our food systems are and how hard-hit racialized communities have been, food justice advocates in Toronto s Black community are pushing for long-term solutions to tackle inequities in Canada s food system. They are pushing for food sovereignty. 

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