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Tag Archive for food security
Andy Harrington tackles food insecurity with Canadian Foodgrains Bank
by Andy Harrington • • 0 Comments
Andy Harrington is well known locally as the leader, first, of Youth Unlimited / Youth For Christ and then of Wellspring, which focuses on education in Rwanda. In September he made the transition from Wellspring to leadership of a worldwide… Read more →
Growing food: unearthing the church’s response to physical and social hunger
by Karen Giesbrecht Winston Green • • 0 Comments
Last week we wrote about how Vancouver churches are responding through community food programs to the physical and spiritual hunger that COVID-19 is exacerbating. Prior to the pandemic, approximately one in 10 households in British Columbia were experiencing inadequate or… Read more →
A Table for All: Toolkit for community meals is a valuable resource for churches
by Karen Giesbrecht Winston Green • • 0 Comments
Three local groups have developed an important new resource for churches that want to support their neighbours. A Table for All is a 90-page “toolkit for community meals in a framework of food justice.” Karen Giesbrecht and Winston Green of… Read more →
Around Town: Tim Dickau’s new role, Youth Unlimited supplies, Pray for Camp
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
There is a lot of good will between most churches in Metro Vancouver, most of the time. And several ecumenical initiatives (More Than Gold, Voices Together, the Vancouver Consultation, for example) have drawn the Christian community closer in various ways.… Read more →
Frontline workers make adjustments, need support
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Restrictions, closures and social distancing affect all of us – but none more than vulnerable populations clustered in the Downtown Eastside but increasingly found throughout Metro Vancouver. Groups like The Salvation Army, Union Gospel Mission and community meal hosts are… Read more →
‘Dignity for All’ challenges next federal government to end poverty in Canada
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
As Canadians prepare to vote for a new federal government this year, a faith-based justice group has teamed up with a national anti-poverty movement to release a comprehensive plan which challenges the incoming governing party to end poverty in Canada.… Read more →
Farmers markets strengthen BC’s local food system
by Laura Smit • • 1 Comment
Wake up Call: California Drought & BC’s Food Security predicts produce prices in B.C. will rise up to 34 per cent this year due to the California drought, which is in its third year. The report, released by Vancity October 10,… Read more →
Four innovative ways to invite the community to share a meal
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Most of us are out and about sharing good food and fellowship with friends and families during this season. But some groups make a particular point of sharing their abundance with the surrounding community. Union Gospel Mission Almost 3,000 people took… Read more →