Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House resumes free meal program for residents of CRAB Park
For the past few years, the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House (DTES NH) has been intermittently providing nourishing meals to residents of CRAB Park, as well as Oppenheimer Park and several other spots throughout Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Due to budget cuts in the last fiscal year, DTES NH no longer has the funding for regular staffing […]
Sustenance Festival: A Celebration of Food, Land, and Culture returns Oct 16–Nov 20
After a five-year hiatus, we are thrilled to see the Sustenance Festival back, featuring 23 city-wide local food-inspired events and celebrations throughout Vancouver. Sponsored by the Vancouver Parks Board, this Festival is just a small taste of the richness of Vancouver’s community-based food programming. Since 2009, the city-wide Sustenance Festival has provided a unique platform […]
Rights, not Charity: It is Time to Put Food Banks out of Business
CBC Food Bank Day returns on December 1, uplifting the role of food banks in addressing food insecurity despite vocal calls by many organizations (including foodbanks themselves) and citizens for the government to address the upstream causes of food insecurity, namely the need for meaningful income policy change that puts more money in people’s pockets […]