A gathering storm of factors including the rising price of food, gasoline and energy, alongside troubling economic conditions in Ontario is making it increasingly difficult for food banks and families struggling to make ends meet.
The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) and Friends of the Earth Canada work together on a Greenbox program providing energy kits to low-income Ontarians.
Watch a preview of Jessica Jackley Flannery, who will be speaking at our upcoming Thought for Food Gala on Wednesday, November 19th at the Carlu in Toronto.
Peter Tilley, Executive Director of the Ottawa Food Bank, speaks about the pork donation made in August 2008 through the Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB), the Ontario government, and pork farmers across the province.