WELCOME TO FOOD THOUGHTS

Food Insecurity is a symptom of poverty and the lack of affordable and safe housing, unfortunately this symptom can create other problems.

The Spring Community Grants are open, take the time to apply yourself or partner with a charitable organization and help your organization.

Having proper tools to help with Harm Reduction is important to everyone.

Completing your income tax is one of the best ways for clients to qualify for many of the government support programs. Check out 211 today.

Beet Cheesecake? Are you serious ... more than serious it is awesome. Using beets for cheesecake is fun and very tasty.

Marian Doyle and the team of dedicated volunteers in Flesherton have a great program and continue to help the vulnerable. Read their story.

180,770 meals; 74,295 kg of food rescue; 171,162 kg of food distributed by food banks; 21,442 clients served; 18,156 kg of produce; 36,046 h

Young people represent 20% of the people suffering from homelessness in Canada. We are getting snow today, could you sleep outside?

At the time of this posting, more people in our region have died from overdoses than Covid-19. We need to educate people on this issue.

One of the oldest cultivated foods in human history, is also ironically one of the least well known from a food preparation view.

Stigma and misinformation is common for so many of our clients, this video from Rain City Housing helps to identify the more common ones.

While Michelle Watson of the "Good to Go," program is away, Megan Franken will be filling in on a daily basis.

Many Canadians are making use of online grocery delivery services, the CBC provides some great insights on things to be aware of for clients

The cost of wasting food, even accidentally is far more than the dollar value of the food. Explore this video from the United Nations.

Who, how, and when to issue tax receipts causes anxiety for many charities. Use this CRA tool to help remove that stress.

Bev Gateman is the driving force behind the Ontario Student Nutrition Program in Grey/Bruce. She provided this brief outline of the program

Creative, innovative, and sustainable ideas are being tried everywhere. This is an amazing idea.

On January 4th, a devastating fire in Ayton destroyed an apartment building. Dean, Maxine, and their team pitched in with others to help.

According to Brightside, 40% of the food we buy, we don't store properly and it goes bad sooner than it should, creating unnecessary waste.

Even before Covid, mental illness was subject to myths and misconceptions. Covid has made it worse. Take a few minutes and watch this.