In the last two posts, we shared about two important key drivers of food security for any community: availability of healthy, culturally appropriate and sustainable food and access to this food. This week, we will see how income relates to food security. British Columbians just saw a minimum salary increase from 11.35 to 12.65. […]
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Key Drivers of Food Security: Access
“The right to adequate food is realized when every man, woman and child, alone or in community with others, has physical and economic access at all times to adequate food or means for its procurement.” ~ Food Secure Canada Last week we wrote about the first pillar for food security: availability. According to FAO (Food […]
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“In a world of plenty, no one, not a single person, should go hungry. But almost 1 billion still do not have enough to eat. I want to see an end to hunger everywhere within my lifetime.” – Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General “Sustainable energy + food security + healthy environment = full employment + […]
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“The quest for food security can be the common thread that links the different challenges we face and helps build a sustainable future.” ~José Graziano da Silva, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General “I’d love to see a new form of social security … everyone taught how to grow their own; fruit and […]
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