Plenty of research shows that the primary cause of food insecurity is a lack of income. Therefore, it’s most effective to respond to this ever-growing issue with policies and solutions that protect and improve household financial resources.
That’s what we hear from 100 distressed families every week when they arrive in Calgary after fleeing the ongoing...
The financial shock of extreme inflation has contributed to the massive increase in the proportion of children who suddenly live in food-insecure households across Alberta.
Filling a belly is not the same as nourishing a body, heart, and mind.
In April 2020, I Can for Kids (iCAN) embraced the daunting challenge of inspiring a major shift in the way charities and communities understand and tackle childhood food insecurity in Calgary.
Supplying our frontline agency partners with grocery gift cards represented a focus on an income-based response to food insecurity because lack of food isn’t the issue, the root of the problem is a lack of money.