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Let's do food dignity, Three actions you can do for October 17th, 2023, |
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This year for the 'International Day to Eradicate Poverty', Hall members recorded short videos highlighting food dignity (Either on our YouTube channel or Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the people's names). We want to help promote food dignity, such as growing our own culturally appropriate food, grocery cards, mobile food sources, and places that are welcoming and treat people with dignity. You can do three actions anytime: "Talk, learn, and support food dignity."
TALK
Share good ideas across the food cycle from farm to table!
· You are already on your way just by watching today's short films (listed below) on “What is dignity.’ It is crucial to co-create with experience living in
poverty to access food with dignity.
· Visit
and learn about welcoming food-secure places and volunteer with the Alex Food Centre
· Learn about Fresh Routes, a mobile food resource in communities of
Calgary
· Support
grocery card campaigns like “I Can for Kids” that empower families to feed
themselves.
· Encourage
programs like the 2020 National Market
Greens Program, providing
discounts at the till to ensure we all have choice and dignity.
· Help
reduce food waste such as the “Too
Good to Go Food” app as featured in the Global News article titled “Tim
Hortons joins app that reduces restaurant food waste, saves money”
Global News, October 4th are another excellent way to ensure less
healthy food gets thrown out.
Learn
· Did you know? Alberta's report card on ending poverty is a 'D,' and one of the
recommendations is a Provincial Poverty Reduction Plan; check out the
interactive Canadian Report Card from Food Banks of Canada Report Card.
·
Check
out Alberta Health Services “What is Food Insecurity” infographic, August
2023
Did you know? The
United Nations, “Food and Agricultural Organization”, has an e-learning course on the right to food policy legislation.
· Grocers will try to stabilize food costs. Grocery chains promising more discounts, price freezes to stabilize food costs, minister says” October 5, CBC News
Did you know? In the most recent Alberta government mandate letter for the Minister of Seniors, Community, and Social Services, there are commitments to ensure social protection, including affordable housing, seamless support to disability services from birth to adulthood, indexing social assistance, and ongoing funding to food banks and affordable transit.
· Did you know? More than one in five working-age single adults is living in poverty. Yet they receive the lowest amount of government support? Read more in the Community Food Centres of Canada report “Sounding the Alarm: The Need to Invest in working-age Adults.”
Support
·
Support affordable food by encouraging
grocers to keep costs within reach;
· “I Can for Kids” empowers families to feed themselves with grocery cards
· Support the “Open market YYC,” a pay-what-you-can pricing model in Meadowlark
It costs more to live with a disability; remind Canadian MP #budgetthebenefit by sending in a postcard.
· Many food organizations recommend access to good food; people need more income. Support Basic Income by sending a letter of support to your local senator and MP from Basic Income Alberta.
Film Shorts - What Is Food Dignity Film Shorts
Definition
Of Food Dignity By Kavin
The
Community Fridge By Colleen
Whatever
You Fancy By Angie
Fed
Is Best By Alex
Food
Dignity Is Without Judgement By Mary
Same
Place As Everybody Else By Jennifer
Brown
Bag Of Shame By Mike
Unobtainable
By Bruce
Bananas
by Alison
Having
A Choice by Brad
Talking
Brings Comfort by Rochelle
It’s
Not Charity, It's Affordable by Kathleen
The
Grocery Of Your Choice by Colleen
Shopping
In Dignity by Lloyd
Food
As A Need, Not A Value by Heath
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