Everybody eats. But access to nutritious food isn’t equal for everyone.
About 1 in 4 children in Nova Scotia are in families who sometimes struggle to afford the food they need2
3,976
average distance traveled by a food item from its origin to Halifax3
of Halifax residents grew fruit, herbs, vegetables or flowers for themselves4
- Statistics Canada. 2023. Special tabulation, based on 2022 Canadian Income Survey. PROOF Food Insecurity Policy Research. “New Data on household food insecurity in 2022,” 2022. proof.utoronto.ca/2023/new-data-on-household-food-insecurity-in-2022”
- Tarasuk V, Li T, Fafard St-Germain AA. (2022) Household food insecurity in Canada, 2021. Toronto: Research to identify policy options to reduce food insecurity (PROOF). Retrieved from proof.utoronto.ca
- Scott, J. and Macleod, M. (2010). Food Miles: Is Nova Scotia Eating Local? And if not, where is our food coming from?
- Statistics Canada. (2021). Table 38-10-0025-01 Homegrown, herbs, vegetables and flowers. Available from www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=3810002501