Household Food Insecurity in Canada, 2017-2018
- Year Published: 2020
- Source: PROOF
- Category: Household food insecurity, Policy
- Format: Document
- Type: Report/synthesis
Food insecurity national annual report for 2017-2018.
Resource Catalogue
In this section you will find food security resources, such as toolkits, policy papers, and action plans specific to BC. The resource section also includes a small number of non-BC resources that have direct relevance to BC food security.
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Community Gardens in Pandemic Times
- Year Published: 2020
- Source: BC Food Security Gateway Community of Practice
- Category: Covid 19, Urban Food Growing and Gathering
- Format: Website/page
- Type: Blog post
This blog post will be updated with guidelines on how to steward community gardens safely in pandemic times. Examples of signage are included as well.
BC Farmers – COVID-19 Response Report: We care. We want to help.
- Source: City Folk, Farm Folk
- Category: Agriculture, Covid 19
- Format: Document
- Type: Report/synthesis
This report is based on a short survey of BC farmers in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which asks:
How is your farm business being impacted right now?
What impacts do you anticipate this year?
What support do you need right now?
What support do you anticipate needing this year?
Food Security in a Pandemic
- Year Published: 2009
- Source: Pan American Health Organization
- Category: Covid 19, Health, Local Government
- Format: Document
- Type: Guide/toolkit
This tool provides an introduction to staff and volunteers about the key ways in which a pandemic may cause severe hunger and nutrition problems in municipalities and offers suggestions for what local leaders can do to reduce potential food security problems.
COVID-19 Resources for VCH Staff and Community Partners Working with Vulnerable Populations
- Year Published: 2020
- Source: Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
- Category: Covid 19
- Format: Document
- Type: Fact sheet, Guide/toolkit
This document provides COVID-19 information and resources for community partners who work with vulnerable populations (homeless and under-housed people, and people with complex care and/or MHSU needs). Printable one-page resources are included at the end of this resource document for sharing with your clients and for posting in your facilities/service areas as appropriate. This document contains information available as of March 19, 2020. Please note that this document will be updated on an ongoing basis. Please refer to the version number of this document and any resources
2019 Northwest BC Food Security Forum Proceedings
- Year Published: 2019
- Source: Northwest BC Food Action Network
- Category: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Health, Household food insecurity, Local Government, Policy, Remote
- Type: Website
Database of proceedings from the 2019 Northwest BC Food Security Forum including report, videos, photos, and presentations.