The Sprout: Food insecurity, holiday kindness and raw meat sandwiches
iPolitics By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Dec 14, 2020 11:15am A grocery store in Oshawa. Steve Russell/Toronto Star Here’s today’s agriculture news. The Lead The director of Canada’s Nutrition North program says emergency COVID-19 federal food assistance has helped boost access to food in remote northern communities – but the crisis has also revealed the true degree of food insecurity many in Nunavut face. Wayne Walsh, who oversees the Nutrition North program, told the parliamentary standing committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs on Dec. 8. that women and children...
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