The Issues: challenges to food sovereignty
Do the Math Challenge: Day 4 – Drop-in Meals & Work-for-Foods
Time to get creative! With a shrinking allotment of food left, I’ve started to get a bit more creative around meal time. While I’m not sure if this was within permissible activities for the week, I decided that volunteering in exchange for food was acceptable. Kind of like a drop-in meal program, but a bit more dignified. I total, I’ve attended two community drop-in meal programs and volunteered at two other places that gave me food. Here’s a rundown of how they all went.
Do the Math Challenge: Day 3 – Swapping Diets with a Friend
Since this week I’m decidedly spending less than my usual $50/wk on food, I decided to swap diets with a friend who has been on and off of social assistance for years. Here, he writes about how he will spend the money.
Do the Math Challenge: Eating to Thrive
Today I am thinking about how food helps us thrive, and how my privilege is preventing me from fully putting myself in the shoes of those who depend social assistance. My conclusion? Poverty is like a big pit – it’s easy to fall into but really hard to get out of. So if you’re going to try and climb out of it, you better eat a damn good breakfast!
Do the Math Challenge Day 1
While the Food Bank Diet will be hard for everyone participating, I find myself facing a unique set of obstacles given my food allergies. My heart goes out to the thousands who, like me, have a sensitive stomach, but have no choice but to eat food that makes them sicker.
Do the Math Challenge
This week I am joining people across Ontario to rally for an increase to social assistance rates so that people can meet their basic food needs. To raise awareness of this important issue, I am eating a “food bank diet” for up to 1 week. This is my first post in the series.
Armed with a Fork and Ready to Act!
Sorry, but I have to take a moment to just brag a little big about how lucky I am to have found my life’s passion (which, in case it wasn’t obvious, is food). Some people take over half their life to get to that place, while others may never actually encounter it. And I’m even [...]
Local Food Fever
Spring has sprung and with that comes a buzz of excitement in the foodie circles over the arrival of local asparagus, fiddleheads and early spring greens. It’s an exciting time for locavores and any minute now the “Buy Ontario Freshness” ads will be popping up like the tulips. And it’s good timing ‘cause I have [...]
Local Sustainable Food…but it’s so EXPENSIVE!
I’m pretty lucky in that what I do for a living involves me touting the benefits of buying local and sustainably produced food. But in doing so, I hear a lot of complaints around the price point. Today I want to write about this – not as an attempt to debunk a myth, but as [...]
Pet Peeve of the Day: Misleading Labelling
I recently returned from the annual Guelph Organic Conference and I’ve returned all riled up about a lot of stuff. One of which is food packaging labels and claims. There’s obviously a lot to be said about this topic so I’m not going to try and provide an in depth background. (Marion Nestle‘s been busy [...]
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