An offering of food justice stories, news, resources and learning opportunities from the BC Food Security Gateway. The Gateway supports knowledge exchange and collaboration to address food security in BC, including hosting an amazing Community of Practice. Opportunities, Resources, and Learning [JOB POSTING] Food Security Coordinator, Provincial Health Services Authority [LISTEN] […]
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As charitable proclivities to donate to food banks have been in hyper-drive in response to COVID-19, including by the provincial and federal governments, Graham Riches continues to name a deep concern around how food banks prop up a broken food system in a pandemic context. He argues they are distracting us from the poverty reduction and income security policies it would take to uphold government’s responsibility to the Right to Food and progressively realize food security for all.
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Population health survey to understand citizen experiences, knowledge and actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your stories will help guide our immediate food security work, as well as planning for strengthening food security in the long-term.
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The Gateway’s Community of Practice dove into some Wicked Questions underpinning community food security work in BC, as a way of deepening our conversation on poverty reduction and food insecurity in BC.
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Our November 2018 Community of Practice conversation linked up poverty reduction (with discussion of the upcoming BC Poverty Reduction Plan), food insecurity, and the recent 2017 Food Costing Report. Read on to learn what Trish Garner and Melanie Kurrein brought to the conversation.
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Huddled over a picnic table on Gabriola Island, the Gateway caught up by phone with Laurie Gallant 1,300 km away in New Hazelton. Laurie champions the emerging Northwest Food Security Partnership.
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