September 2022 Posts

Building trust in the work toward truth and reconciliation

September 30, 2022

Food Banks Canada is committed to truth and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and building positive relationships with Indigenous communities across Canada. As our CEO, Kirstin Beardsley, told the Toronto Star for a story on why food alone won’t solve hunger,...

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Rounding up a virtual summer road trip to remember

September 4, 2022

Throughout the summer, Food Banks Canada embarked on a six-week virtual “road trip” from coast to coast to coast, putting food banks and food insecurity organizations from across the national network in the driver’s seat for a series of Instagram takeovers. Beginning...

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Food Banks Canada distributes over 4 million pounds of P.E.I. potatoes to wide ‘a-peel’

August 19, 2022

Back in July, we told you about how the Ikurraq Food Bank in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut demonstrated its ability to be nimble and creative by turning donated P.E.I. potatoes into delicious tuktu poutine. But the Ikurraq Food Bank isn’t the...

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How a food bank in rural B.C. is engaging young people in collective gardening to help address food insecurity

August 16, 2022

When the Cherryville Food & Resources Society received a grant in 2017 to support a collective community garden initiative, food bank president Sharon Harvey says she knew exactly who to call to get growing. As a small, rural community in...

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Coming off ‘best year yet,’ Ottawa Food Bank volunteers plant okra for improved ethnocultural food availability

August 13, 2022

2021 was the best year yet for the Ottawa Food Bank’s Community Harvest Program. With over 167,000 pounds of fruit and vegetables produced for clients in need across the national capital region last year, Community Harvest Manager Jason Gray says...

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How demonstration gardens at the Saskatoon Food Bank are inspiring people to help end hunger

August 12, 2022

Back in 2010, a community-minded neighbour in Saskatoon was inspired to repurpose a vacant lot that was overgrown with waist-high weeds as a productive plot for the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre. Since then, the 1.5-acre urban farm has...

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Why Fredericton’s Greener Village is planting a love of gardening in food bank clients and community members

August 8, 2022

There’s something wholesome about getting your hands dirty in the garden and growing your own food. That’s if you ask Alex Boyd, the executive director of Fredericton’s Greener Village food bank in New Brunswick. “There’s just something therapeutic about working...

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Food Banker Spotlight – Dan Huang-Taylor

August 3, 2022

We are always interested in hearing more about the individuals in food banking across Canada! This month, our spotlight is on Dan Huang-Taylor from Food Banks BC. What is your role in food banking? I am the executive director for...

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How HUB grants are improving the operational efficiency of food banks

July 27, 2022

There’s a lot more to food banking in Canada than meets the eye. In the network of over 4,750 hunger relief organizations supported by Food Banks Canada across the country, donations of money and food — combined with local storage...

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How a food bank in Nunavut turned donated P.E.I. potatoes into tuktu poutine

July 9, 2022

When life gives you potatoes, make tuktu poutine! That’s what the Ikurraq Food Bank in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut did after receiving 22,500 pounds of P.E.I. potatoes distributed by Food Banks Canada between March and May this spring. Utilizing its strong...

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