Food Justice Network
The Food Justice Network includes people across Canada who engage in issues of hunger and injustice and who advocate on behalf of, and pray for, the world’s neediest and most vulnerable citizens.
Members of the Food Justice Network receive the Food Justice Update, a bi-monthly compilation of updates, information and news about hunger issues and the work of Canadian Foodgrains Bank—information that can help them pray and advocate for people in the developing world who don’t have enough to eat.
We invite you to join us.
Click here to view a recent issue.
About Food Justice
Food justice is the idea that everyone in the world should have access to sufficient food to lead a healthy and active life.
Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Over 900 million people in the world—the majority of them in the developing world—don’t have enough food to eat, even though there is enough food in the world for everyone.
Why don’t they have enough to eat? There are many reasons, including poverty, high food prices, conflict, changing weather patterns, lack of investment in agriculture, low grain stocks, and rising oil prices. (Click here to learn more about the causes of hunger.)
Groups like Canadian Foodgrains Bank are addressing these issues through various programs and projects. You can help by making a donation to help us ensure that people in the developing world get enough food to eat.
You can also help by being an advocate for people in the developing world. You can be their voice in Canada, making sure that we, as a country, don’t forget or overlook the needs of the world’s neediest and most vulnerable citizens.
How can you do that? Through the Food Justice Netowrk. The Food Justice Network is made up of people across Canada who communicate with the Federal Government about issues that affect people in the developing world. They can also share information and updates at their church, school or place of work about ways to end global hunger.
Food Justice Network members get the Food Justice Update, an e-mail newsletter sent six times a year. In it they find information and analysis about the issue of food and hunger, and ways that Canadians can help promote long term solutions to hunger and poverty.
Network members can also host visitors from the developing world who are brought to Canada by the Foodgrains Bank. These people are available to speak at churches, schools, workplaces and gatherings in homes about the challenges and opportunities facing people in their countries.
One of the characteristics of poverty is not having a voice at the meetings where important decisions are made that affect your life. One of the opportunities we have as Canadians is to speak up for people who have no voice, reminding our elected leaders and others not to forget them when those decisions are made. The Food Justice Network can help you be that voice!