Growing numbers of people are using food banks to feed themselves and their families. But many areas where residents face a high risk of food poverty are under-serviced.
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Despite Australia being considered the ‘lucky country’, 15% of us still experience food insecurity. Meanwhile, 40% of edible food is thrown away before it even reaches the market.
Foodbanks were originally established as a temporary measure to alleviate food insecurity. But have they become an excuse for governments not to deal properly with the problem?
Changes to the benefits system delve into the pockets of the poor and will lead to more families and disabled people needing to use food banks.
Why are some of the most vulnerable families in Bradford missing out on food aid?
Recycling leftovers from supermarkets does not address the roots of food poverty and removes responsibility from the government.
The government says its reforms have supported people from all backgrounds. They have done nothing of the sort.
Food banks feed more than just society’s vulnerable members.
Some of the most vulnerable people in society are being kept alive by food banks.
They are the army of ideas people and go-getters who will haul the economy back to its feet. Aren’t they? The reality is not quite as rosy.
About one in seven Americans report going hungry at some point during the year, a fact apparently far from the minds of the presidential candidates.
Britain is more worried about being a food trader than building a system that properly feeds its people.
From post-earthquake Nepal to serving the homeless poor in the UK, food services offered by Sikh temples contribute to public life and humanitarian relief.
The government’s austerity programme hasn’t just put the poor under terrible pressure – it’s actually breached Britain’s international legal obligations.
Research into the rise of food banks and their usage shows they are entirely linked to demand and not supply.
Community kitchens that grew out of proud working class communities offer a way of feeding those struggling.
Feeding Britain, a new report of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger and Food Poverty, has been greeted with some fanfare. It details the full extent of the UK’s food poverty crisis and urges…
Charitable food provision is growing, and more and more people are being fed by food banks and other initiatives. The press and TV have debated the legitimacy of such provision and highlighted the number…
The only things that seem to be really growing in the UK and US economies these days are hunger and food insecurity. The growth of food banks and other forms of hunger-relief charities is a strong reminder…
Globally, more than 800 million people are chronically undernourished. And some of these people live in Australia. Of course, these people do not live in desperate refugee camps; and most do not endure…
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President, Food Secure Canada
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