August 2022 Posts
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
