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In what parts of Canada are communities more at risk of food insecurity??
Northern communities ie: Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories
What is the purpose of Nutrition North Canada?
NNC is a Canadian program that helps make nutritious food and some essential items more affordable and more accessible in northern communities.
How does population affect food insecurity?
Population is constantly increasing, therefore there is a higher demand for food.
What is Food Security?
Food Security is also when everyone has physical & economical access to safe food which meets their needs and preferences.
Approximately how many people visit food banks every month?
2 million
What are the four factors included that affect food insecurity?
Workforce, children, healthcare, government
How is climate change impacting food security?
Climate change facts the availability of food as a part of food security. Crops are sensitive to water and temperature changes. Air temperatures 30C< are associated with reduced yield for rain-fed crops. These odd temperatures can also damage crops while they are growing.
"To promote healthy, sustainable, food secure communities through the support and creation of community gardens."
List two of the three of the initiatives the City of Toronto Government is taking to improve food security.
Updating the food charter, addressing long term food insecurity and how inequity and discrimination affects Toronto’s food system, making ways to open up more accessibility to traditional Indigenous peoples foods and medicine