Food Insecurities
Hello Friends, and Happy Friday! I am excited about this Sunday, when we will have the opportunity to hear from Brittany Vine. Brittany played an integral part in opening Calgary’s first pay-what-you-can grocery store. Food Insecurity, food security and sustainability have been a passion of mine for a long time. I grew up in a lower-middle-class household, and money was always tight. Although my parents tried their best, sometimes we had to use emergency food support. But for the most part, my mother spent the entire summer securing food for the winter in our one-acre garden. She would spend endless hours planting, harvesting, freezing, and canning food so we could get through the winter. Before the age of 6, I understood where most of our food came from and the difference between fresh food and food bank food. In 2002, right after grad school, we moved to a small town in northern Alberta. Our rental house had a massive garden, and I spent that first summer plan...