Food Security

Rows of crops at the Canadian Agriculture Research Farm //photo credit: Cheryl Young/Salty

REDESIGNING OUR FOOD SYSTEM

Policy options to support food sovereignty in a post-pandemic world The tumultuous and uncertain state...
A variety of seeds available at a Seedy Saturday seed exchange Photo credit: Brian McInnis

GROWING A FOOD SOVEREIGN ISLAND

Island farmers save seed to assert local ownership over food production Food sovereignty: the central...
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FOOD INSECURE

Despite being ‘Canada’s Food Island’, PEI faces challenges with food security Food and shelter: two...
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ACCESS TO FRESH PRODUCE

Local study looks at link between food insecurity and diabetes A recently released medical study...
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FORUM ON FOOD INSECURITY

Eat Think Vote event in Charlottetown one of many held across Canada As the federal...
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Share a Little, Share a Lot

PEI Food Share looking for more volunteers First founded in 2015 by Christy Morgan to...
Morgan Palmer, Hanna Hameline, Bethany Dunn//Photo credit: Richard Schroeter

THE CHALLENGE AHEAD IN SCHOOL FOOD

Finding common ground in school food programs A diverse group of people gathered at the...
Joanne and John Pritchard in their kitchen//Photo credit: Cheryl Young/Salty

FRESH, HOT, AND GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT

Catering to kid’s tastes with a lunch program From school breakfast programs to the provincial...
Photo Credit: Richard Schroeter/Salty

A Pig in a Puncheon

Recalling the preserving of a past generation Need something to eat in the middle of...
Pauline Howard took the lead on organizing fermentation parties in partnership with Heart Beet Organics this fall//Photo Credit: Laura Weatherbie/Salty

A Win-Win

Fermentation parties offer value for all involved On the Monday in early October when I...