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Over 245 West Islanders drove up to the "drive-thru" food drive held on Sunday with their vehicles loaded up with food to help restock West Island food banks. The drive-thru
Urban agriculture is turning underused green spaces into vegetable gardens, filling local food banks like the West Island Mission with fresh produce.
A "solidarity garden" in Pierrefonds-Roxboro is growing vegetables on public land to share with neighbours in need. The borough inaugurated a newly redesigned garden earlier this week at Gouin Park that will help fill a local food bank.
Inflation and soaring food costs have many Quebec families feeling the pinch, and the head of one food bank says demand has increased by nearly 40 per cent in 2022.
The executive director of Food Banks of Quebec, says the hike in demand is something Quebec has never seen before, having more than doubled since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.