Hunger Challenges and Solutions North of the Border

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Canada has similar challenges as the U.S. when it comes to hunger and food insecurity. This post has a few tweets on those challenges and some solutions at the provincial level.

 Check out this tweet from Canada Without Poverty (@CWP_CSP)

Summer #Hunger Is A Symptom Of A Persistently Flawed Food System https://t.co/POAIpOzI83 #poverty #ChewOnThis

— CanadaWithoutPoverty (@CWP_CSP) July 25, 2017

And the Ontario Association of Food Banks (@OAFB) addresses a recent decision from the provincial government

#ON opts out of collecting food insecurity data, creating gaps in data used to analyze poverty reduction policies https://t.co/4xzcMsjZSP

— Ontario Food Banks (@OAFB) July 12, 2017

In British Columbia, First Call BC (@FirstCallBC reports on the positive effects of a ban on junk food in schools

School junk food bans showing positive results https://t.co/sqAw5fU7kk @bchealthyliving @bctf #bced @mbrussoni #obesity

— First Call (@FirstCallBC) July 10, 2017

In Quebec, Barb Burt (@hibarb7) links to a report about a program for grocery stores in the province to send their excess food to food banks in the province

Quebec grocery stores province-wide program, send unused produce to food banks https://t.co/aaduhfdJtG John Horgan @jjhorgan can BC follow?

— 🇨🇦 Barb Burt 🇩🇪 (@hibarb7) July 14, 2017

Back in British Columbia, Food Banks BC (@RealFoodBanksBC) and BCWildfireHelp (@bcwildfirehelp) report on efforts to assist evacuees escaping wildfires that have threaten communities in the province this summer.

Update on #BCwildfire Our food banks are here to help all evacuees - Go to our website to find the nearest food bank https://t.co/B1QAs3MuTc https://t.co/7i9qQJwfB6

— Food Banks BC (@RealFoodBanksBC) July 24, 2017

Updated: Where to find food & supplies in South #Cariboo;
Food banks, ESS svs's & prescriptions avail #bcwildfires🔥https://t.co/2CGG7t87WO

— BC WildfireHelp (@BCWildfireHelp) July 18, 2017