Food insecurity
Food insecurity types
What is marginal, moderate and severe
The first food bank opened its doors in Canada.
What is 1981?
More than half the people in the world affected by hunger in 2020
What is Asia?
A pivotal way to solve food insecurity
What is "to help improve the financial circumstances of households at the bottom of the income spectrum
World Food Day started in this year
What is October 16, 1945
by the FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN "to combat hunger, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture"
indigenous people who are in food insecure households
What is one in 3?
Children who are fed by food banks in BC
What is 30%?
- 1 in 3 food bank users is a child
The new international poverty line
What is "$2.15 per day?
8.5% globally live in extreme poverty
Surprising problem that impacts a family's food insecurity.
What is "lack of transportation?"
Theme phrase for Canadian Food Grains bank.
What is "until all are fed"?
As of 2023 the number of Canadian families experiencing food insecurity in the past year.
What is 22.9%?
Role Food banks play in solving food insecurity
what is "they do nothing"?
They address hunger but not food security.
The social assistance shelter allowance for a single parent and one child
What is " maximum of $695?
"shared furnished room in a house" $600 (King and Oak area, Vancouver)
Government funding of Food Charities
What is "an ill-founded response to food insecurity"?
The largest World Food Day event in Canada happens here.
What is Langley, British Columbia? sponsored by "Food for Famine"
Food Desert
What is a geographical area in which residents lack access to affordable, healthy foods. (over a km away more in rural areas)
The Bridge between unused excess produce and those who could benefit from access to healthy fresh food.
What is "food rescue"?
The current amount of Social Assistance in BC for a single parent with one child
What is " $1,405"
Ending World hunger begins here
What is "beginning with farmers"?
This is the theme for World Food Day 2024
What is "Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future?