This page highlights advocacy materials, events, and research that other organizations and grassroots groups have developed to capture the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and ideas for a more resilient and sustainable food future.
A Community Centre in the Heart of Scarborough is Growing Fresh Vegetables for its Food Bank By Alexa Battler The snap peas at a Scarborough community centre have an impactful life: they’re planted in the centre’s greenhouse, grown in its garden beds, then donated to families through its food bank, often ending up in… Read More
In 2022, 6.9 million people in the ten provinces, including almost 1.8 million children, lived in a food-insecure household. This is a considerable increase from 2021 during a period of unprecedented inflation. Read the full report here. Please visit PROOF for more information on food insecurity. … Read More
Hunger Pains: Food bank Use in Toronto is Soaring. Can a U of T Scarborough Lab help? By Megan Easton University of Toronto MagazineThe first time Suman Roy used a food bank, he was curious to see what was in the bag he had been handed. “I sat down in a little courtyard nearby and… Read More
Beth Cloughton is a qualitative researcher, currently completing her PhD research in collaboration with a community food service in Glasgow, Scotland. Using ethnography, she has spent over two years volunteering, participating, and learning alongside those who make up the space. During her PhD, Beth has also freelanced with Scotland’s national anti-poverty organisation, Scottish Women’s Budget… Read More
The Canadian Association for Food Studies published its Volume 9, Number 3 journal issue on October, 10, 2022. This issue explores the nexus of education, food, and youth with a particular focus on school food programs across Canada. Other topics covered in this issue include the impacts of COVID-19 on Manitoba’s charitable food sector and… Read More
Feeding City Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Siera Vercilo wrote an opinion based piece for Al Jazeera. This article explores the increased rate of global hunger resulting from the coexisting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. To address this concerning trend, particularly in the context of famine in Africa, the US government and large-scale… Read More
summary by Hannah Klemmensen, Junior Researcher The University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute has just released their Food System Summit Dialogue Report; a compilation of the key insights revealed during 3 food system dialogues organized by the institute this winter. The three dialogues focused on strategies to center agriculture in green economic recovery planning, the… Read More
Trent University has published a new community report, titled “From Crisis to Continuity: A community response to local food systems challenges in, and beyond the days of COVID-19”. This study heard from Peterborough-area residents and food support organizations regarding the ways that residents have been accessing and engaging with food during the pandemic- and how… Read More
Scarborough is not only home to the Feeding the City project (via the University of Toronto Scarborough), but it is also home to a wide range of incredible restaurants. In this podcast episode, Radiyah Chowdhury discusses Scarborough’s food scene, its history, and its tentative future that is precarious as a result of both the pandemic… Read More
This research article by Barbara Parker and Mario Koeppel confirms that a universal cost-shared healthy school food program is needed in Canada. This integrative approach to food extends our understanding of food beyond charity, and opens up conversations about food as a human right. Its analysis shows the need to go beyond a health or… Read More