Outlaw Radio 1960

  As economic hardships begin to affect people across Canada, they are rediscovering the value of making things from scratch rather than spending large sums on prepared foods and other consumer goods . This summer, driving around I began to see much more community engagement with a significant rise in community-based gardens in public spaces, as well as a renewed int erest in not only food preparation and preserving but also a surge in local coop group s getting together as buying groups to break away from the large grocery store mo nopolies to community buying of food stuffs at wholesale prices.   P eople , both women and men, are once again sewing and using hammers and saws to repair the old before throwing it out.   People , I think, now are beginning to realize that the price of convenience far outweighs its advantages and are getting great satisfaction and release from daily stresses by creating something with their own hands while saving money and reaping th...

  With the release of the hunger count by Food Banks Canada, the numbers should ring alarm bells for every Canadian about the state of hunger in a country considered one of the richest and most livable in the world.   HungerCount - Food Banks Canada   Night after night, we continue to hear the words food insecurity as millions of Canadians go hungry every day. This is a tragedy that should not be happening as grocery stores, food producers, and manu facturers throw away tons of consumable food every day .   I think the first phrase that bothers me is the term food insecurity. These people are not food insecure , they are hungry near the point of severe malnutrition, causing drastic impacts on their physical and psychological well-being .   The notion in my mind when I hear the words food is insecure is that there is not enough food to go around. That's food insecurity !   These people are hungry, and that is what it should remain. Many of them are...