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Health units in northwestern Ontario have released their annual food insecurity reports, and the numbers aren't pretty. Here's what experts say about the impact of food insecurity on people's health and what patrons of a local food service in Thunder Bay say about the importance of food for both the stomach and the soul. ....
Every Tuesday afternoon from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., there is a small pop up market on Limbrick Street at the Limerick Resource Centre (Unit 97) - the Community Food Market. Launched by Roots to Harvest in September 2020, the project is funded by Community Food Centres Canada, a non-profit organization that seeks to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities. “People coming to the market know that we are providing at wholesale prices, and that they can come back and continue to purchase food,” says Kim McGibbon, the food and kitchen director at Roots to Harvest. “The goal of the program is about increasing accessibility of fresh fruits and vegetables and increasing consumption, and long term, increasing health.” ....
Posted: Dec 12, 2020 9:30 AM ET | Last Updated: December 12, 2020 Team members at Roots to Harvest put together items that would be included in a standardized food hamper in Ontario. Fresh food, like lettuce, eggs, and cucumbers are not always included. (Olivia Levesque/CBC) When the pandemic hit, a non-profit organization in Thunder Bay, Ont., which usually focuses on urban-agriculture and community programming, shifted the way they ran things to better address widening gaps within the community. Starting in March, team members at Roots to Harvest recognized an increased need across the city as issues around food security and food access snowballed once food banks began to shutter temporarily due to the pandemic, and as breakfast and snack programs were halted due to school closures. ....