Each month, 870,000 Canadians turn to these because they can't afford food.
What is a food bank?
100
This many children die every year from malnourishment.
What is 15 million
100
If your heritage is from Asia, you are more likely to eat this instead of potatoes.
What is rice?
100
In Canada, this costs more than unhealthy, imported or powdered food.
What is healthy, local, fresh food
100
Ontario imports 5 for every 1 of these they export. This demonstrates that we import too much and aren't supporting our economy.
What are apples?
200
In a 15 year period, this rose 160% while the population rose only 15%
What are food imports?
200
For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children can eat for this many days
What is 5 days
200
This area of the world has the most malnourishment
What is Africa?
200
About 2.7 million (8%) of Canada's population suffers from this disease
What is heart disease?
200
Every year in this country, $27 billion worth of food is thrown out.
What is Canada
300
Ontario imports $4,000,000,000 more of this then it exports.
What is food?
300
This many people die each year from malnourishment
What is 4 million
300
This is Canada's largest agricultural export
What are wheat or grains
300
In 2006, Canada spent 10% of their money on this
What is health care?
300
This country donated only $70 million after the drought and starvation in Somalia, while they donated $220 million to the reconstruction after the earthquake in Haiti.
What is Canada
400
The daily calorie intake of Canadians dropped by 131 calories since 2001. This reflects that people are doing this.
What is dieting
400
One out of how many people live on less than $1/day
What is one out of 4 people
400
If you are Muslim, you do not eat this.
What is pork?
400
If we eat more of this then we should, we have a higher chance of using health care in Canada. (especially for heart disease)
What is unhealthy food
400
Buying food locally can support this economy.
What is local economy?
500
There is a wide variety of food available in Canada from all parts of this world. That demonstrates that Canada is this.
What is multicultural
500
Canada had 230,000 farms in 2006, since then that number has changed in this way.
What is decreased?
500
This continent eats more protein, starchy and fatty foods.
What is North America
500
Physical inactivity, being overweight, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are symptoms of this disease.
What is type 2 diabetes?
500
100 million children died in the 1990s from hunger. These children could have been saved with the money from how many days of war?