Staff at Victoria's Mustard Street Seed Church say they're feeling the increase in demand locally, as daily lineups outside the organization's kitchen and food bank continue to grow.
A record number of people are using food banks across the country, according to Food Bank Canada’s annual Hungercount.found there were 1.46 million visits to a food bank in Canada in March, which is a 15 per cent increase since 2021 and a 35 per cent increase since 2019.
The Mustard Seed serves about 5,000 people per month, and its food distribution centre also rescues food from grocery stores for about 70 organizations across the Greater Victoria region. “We need to work together to make true and lasting change by pursuing a dual focus strategy that creates a minimum income floor for our most vulnerable populations while working to address affordable housing, [employment insurance] reform and new supports for Northern and remote parts of Canada,” said Beardsley.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.
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