Food insecurity
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World Food Day
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Food insecurity types

What is marginal, moderate and severe

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The first food bank opened its doors in Canada.

What is 1981?

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More than half the people in the world affected by hunger in 2020 

What is Asia?

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A pivotal way to solve food insecurity

What is "to help improve the financial circumstances of households at the bottom of the income spectrum

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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"

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indigenous people who are in food insecure households

What is one in 3?

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Children who are fed by food banks in BC

What is 30%?
 - 1 in 3 food bank users is a child

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The new international poverty line

What is "$2.15 per day?

8.5% globally live in extreme poverty

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Surprising problem that impacts a family's food insecurity.

What is "lack of transportation?"

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Theme phrase for Canadian Food Grains bank.

What is "until all are fed"?

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As of 2023 the number of Canadian families experiencing food insecurity in the past year.

What is 22.9%?

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Role Food banks play in solving food insecurity

what is "they do nothing"?

They address hunger but not food security.

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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)

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Government funding of Food Charities

What is "an ill-founded response to food insecurity"?

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The largest World Food Day event in Canada happens here.

What is Langley, British Columbia?  sponsored by "Food for Famine"

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Food Desert

What is a geographical area in which residents lack access to affordable, healthy foods. (over a km away more in rural areas)

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The Bridge between unused excess produce and those who could benefit from access to healthy fresh food.

What is "food rescue"?

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The current amount of Social Assistance in BC for a single parent with one child

What is " $1,405"

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Ending World hunger begins here

What is "beginning with farmers"?

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This is the theme for World Food Day 2024

What is "Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future?