Baker Lake became engaged in Food First NL’s Our Food NL project as a result of efforts to share knowledge with other jurisdictions, and via a partnership with the Nunavut Food Security Coalition.
Community Conversation Series: Food Insecurity
The term food insecurity is used to describe the struggle to afford food. Food insecurity affects over four-million people in Canada, including 1.15 million children. In Newfoundland and Labrador, we have the highest food insecurity rate of all Canadian provinces, with at least 15.9% of households struggling to put food on the table.
Cold Plate Challenge: Make it Healthy, Keep it Cold
Food First NL is challenging YOU to make cold plates delicious and nutritious! This November and December, host an event (big or small - up to you!) where you serve your rendition of a healthy cold plate. Try new recipes that include a variety of veggies, fruits, whole grains, and legumes, and serve water instead of sugary drinks. The new Canada’s Food Guide is a great place to start when looking for cold plate inspiration!
Community Food Security Fund Supporting Local Action in 3 Regions
Garden Plans Taking Root in the Coast of Bays
A Changing Tide at Food First NL
After 10 years as Executive Director, Kristie will be leaving the role at the end of August to pursue a Master of Public Policy from the University of Oxford. This is an exciting time of change for both Food First NL and Kristie. We are now recruiting the next leader for the organization to steward it into its next chapter.
Getting More Healthy, Local Food into our Public Institutions
In May, we attended two separate national conferences devoted respectively to the farm to school, and farm to healthcare movements. Networking, and learning more about the successes and challenges others have faced in these endeavours, help empower us to lead the charge here at home, in institutional food work.
Encouraging Takeaways from the 2nd Annual National Food Security Symposium
Budget 2019 Focus on Food: Community Food Programs, Local Food Production, and More
Canada’s New Food Guide: A Foundation for Bold Leadership on Healthy Eating and Food Security in NL
Reflecting Back & Looking Forward on Our 20th Anniversary
Food First NL's Farm to School Training 2018: Adding A Local Crunch to School Lunch
Through our partnership with Farm to Cafeteria Canada, Food First NL acts as the provincial lead in establishing the continent-wide “Farm to School” movement in Newfoundland & Labrador. In late October, we trained in the latest 3 local schools to have adopted Farm to School programs in our province.
20 Voices from 20 Years
Everybody Eats Is Looking for A Youth Representative For Its Action Group on Community Food Self-Sufficiency
Everybody Eats is a nationally recognized project that convenes key players from the public, private, and community sectors, so we may all — from farmers and fishers to policy makers and consumers – work together in building a more vibrant food system, and a more food secure Newfoundland & Labrador
The Everybody Eats Action Group on Community Food Self-Sufficiency is striving to improve our access to locally produced and wild foods, as well as promoting the skills required to avail of them.
If you’re interested in becoming our volunteer youth representative on the action group, click here to apply.
For more information about Everybody Eats, click here.
Our Food NL Spotlight: Fruit Tree Program in Rencontre
Food First NL Montreal Bound for 2 Talks at “The Largest, Most Vibrant Food Gathering in Canada
Food Security Food for Thought: 10 Recent Reads from the Media
Read up on Guaranteed Annual Income as a means to address poverty-induced hunger, the throes of shrugging off the “Starving Student” stereotype, why hunters in NL cannot donate meat to food banks, why meat producers are moving away from antibiotic use, the success of the Clarenville Farm & Market, and more.
An Update on the Cost of Food & Household Food Insecurity Action Group
Nearly 1 in 4 single parents, and 1 in 9 people living alone in our province struggle to access adequate healthy food in our province. To address statistics like these, the Everybody Eats Action Group on Cost of Food & Household Food Insecurity has drafted the first Cost of Food in NL report in over a decade.
We’ve Hired Sarah Crocker: Meet Her Virtually in This Article, or In Person at One of These Upcoming Events
9 New Programs Chosen in the Coast Bays to Boost Community Food Self-Sufficiency & Security
Many months of fun, hard work have culminated in the creation of 9 new programs in 3 communities in the Coast of Bays that will improve residents' access to healthy, affordable food — from pig & chicken rearing, to community freezers full of donated game, fish, and berries, to community farms that include a plot for the local school, and more, like the heritage rhubarb garden pictured above, that's already produced tasty treats for the whole town.