NOW Magazine
CaterToronto care packages tackle food insecurity with tenderness
Grassroots organization creates thoughtful and culturally appropriate meal kits for marginalized communities By Kelsey Adams
Samuel Engelking
Vanessa Ling Yu and caterToronto have been delivering care packages since April to members of Toronto’s Asian, Muslim and Black communities
CaterToronto’s latest community outreach endeavour reminds me of a common refrain heard at protests against police violence: “Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe.”
In the case of the food justice non-profit’s recent care packages, the question is instead “Who takes care of us?” But the crucial element remains the same: in times of need the community provides and protects more meaningfully than government agencies.