Your donation to The Full Cupboard will help communities across Vancouver Island, Pender Island and Salt Spring Island thrive. The Full Cupboard is a community-based signature cause program established by Island Savings in 2016. Together, with our valued members, community partners and passionate ...
St. Josephs Food Bank in Mission, BC is the official registered Mission food bank. We are a member of Food Bank BC and registered as a service provider by Food Banks Canada
Living in Vancouver, BC, and having worked in the salmon farming industry, this is not a new topic for me. Aquaculture faces similar concerns in both places. Click on picture to enlarge With this in mind, I continued my vacation. At the Kaloko-Honokohau Historic Park, I found a sign ...
"Christmas is always a busy time for our food banks but particularly when you add Christmas ... plus the regular need throughout the month of December has been increased, it just puts even more pressure on the food banks," said Shawna Bissell, executive director of Food Banks Alb...
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need this service even more,” Silcox added. “Delivery provides them a safe way to receive help. Also for families or individuals with underlying health conditions, going to a food bank environment and taking public transit to get to food banks during the pandemic is a major health ris...
RELATED:Food banks stretched thin as food prices rise, increasing hunger and food insecurity Kirstin Beardsley, chief executive officer of Food Banks Canada, said in a release earlier in June that the majority of food banks in every region of Canada are already stretched to their ...
Today, the idea of eating locally in a place like Vancouver is possible because supply easily meets demand, thanks to the 3,000-mile foods. This is ironical. If the distance to market has to be within 100 miles, farmers in low population density areas, such as many regions of North ...
Of course, the ideal situation is for food to be digested by humans, not anaerobics. Studies show that most restaurants and supermarkets still are not getting the majority of their edible food waste to food banks or other organizations before it spoils. ...
A grant from Food Banks BC of about $80,000 was used to buy the white Sprinter van, which was just shy of $70,000. It is so new they have not added their logo to it yet. The rest went to a new commercial refrigerator so they could store the produce once it comes in. ...