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October 30, 2020

Nonna’s example and recipes aid hungry

Elena Iacono has turned her nonna’s recipes into a collection of homemade Italian dishes for a cookbook, with proceeds going to support Food Banks Canada. In the first four weeks since the book — My Nonna Ma’s Kitchen — was released, it had already raised more than $34,000 for food banks. Iacono prepares one of her nonna’s dishes.

A new cookbook inspired by the memories of a grandmother’s love, courage and faith is helping to feed hungry Canadians one dish at a time.

Published in Features
November 17, 2019

Housing costs put squeeze on food banks

Poverty numbers may be down, but food banks are busier than ever.

A new study echoes what several others have found since the implementation of the Canada Child Benefit: poverty is declining in Canada with a significant drop in food insecurity among low-income families.

Published in Features
November 30, 2014

Food bank use continues to rise

Despite the recovery from the 2008 recession and continued economic growth, Canadian food bank use continues to rise.

More than 840,000 Canadians got food from a food bank in March this year. That isn’t the number who needed food they couldn’t afford. It’s just the number who swallowed their pride and figured out when and where they could collect a box of groceries consisting for the most part of stuff grocery shoppers didn’t want for themselves.

Published in Features