Food Security: 1. Submitted by Kate MacKay: From November 2010 until November 2011, Canadians paid 4.

8% more for food. Store-bought foods increased 5.7% and restaurant foods increased 3%. This is the steepest increase recorded in food prices since July 2009. Basic food items have increased significantly: eggs rose 12.3%, and potatoes were up 20.3%. Canadians currently spend approximately 10% of their income on food but this is expected to increase over the next few years. Source: Globe & Mail Dec 20, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-onbusiness/economy/high-food-prices-are-here-to-stay/article2277431/ 2. Submitted by Kate MacKay: Using data from 2003-2005, researchers determined that food insecurity was substantially less prevalent in Canada than in the United States (9.0% vs 14.1% using the Canadian adult food security measure). The difference was larger in households with children, for which the prevalence rate of food insecurity in Canada was about half that in the United States. These differences reflected primarily differences in food insecurity prevalence rates within each income adequacy range rather than differences in income distribution between the two countries. Nord, Hooper, Hopwood (2008). Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 3(1), 17-35. DOI: 10.1080/19320240802163498 3. Submitted by Kate MacKay: In March 2011, 851,014 people used the services of Canadas food banks. This is a 26% increase over the use rate in March 2008 before the economic collapse and subsequent recession. It is the second highest level of food bank use on record. In the same time frame, New Brunswick food banks provided assistance to 18, 539 individuals 34.4% of them were children. In NB, the change from 2008 to 2011 was an 18.6% increase. Source: The Hunger Count 2011 Canadas Food Banks http://foodbankscanada.ca/getmedia/dc2aa860-4c33-4929-ac36-fb5d40f0b7e7/HungerCount2011.pdf.aspx 4. Submitted by Kate MacKay Fact: Hunger is the worlds number one health risk. It kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis COMBINED. ... source: United Nations, World Food Programme, http://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats 5. Submitted by Kate MacKay How many people are hungry? The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that there are now 925 million hungry people in the world (2010). The world food price crisis coupled with the recent economic crisis pushed 40 million more people into hunger in 2008 alone (FAO 2008). Source: The Hunger Project. http://www.thp.org/who_we_are/faq