PEI Food Exchange

Glean of huge pear tree. You harvest them hard and let them ripen. If they ripen on the tree they are "mealy". Who know? Pears delivered to community fridges in S'side, C'town, Montague, Vernon Bridge. Thanks to Ron, the homeowner, for sharing and reducing food waste.

C'town City Council voted 7-1 not to allow a zoning variance that would allow the Connolly St community fridge to stay at it current location. Sadly, last night the FX made the last delivery of 100 meals. We hope to continue cook days, added volunteer burden for delivery-not OK

Food inflation - at community cook tonight we made "tuna" sandwiches with chickpeas and used the juice to make vegan mayo. Delivered to the community fridge where everyone was excited about good healthy good.

At the 2nd wild food cook day we used carrot tops to make chimichurri and curry soup using wild and garden greens including lambs quarters, nettles, dandelion and beet greens. Lots of learns and zero food waste. We make food and deliver it to the community fridge.

The Poverty Elimination Strategy Act on PEI set a target for children living in food insecure households at 0 by 2025. New stats show PEI's rate has increased to 41% (2 in 5 children living in food insecure households). Crumbs for non profit orgs will not fix this.

PEI has the second highest rate of food insecurity according to new data released by stats can at 28.6% of households suffering some level of food insecurity. Get the full report at proof.utoronto.ca/2024/new-data-…

The Loblaw protest has prompted an update to the PEI Food Map. See it at this link and help us make any updates we have missed. google.com/maps/d/u/0/vie…

Rev John Moses is an accomplished gardener himself - when he was last at Trinity he kept an impressive container garden in the backyard of the parish house where he lived at the time. The FX is hopeful for a plot to teach the CFMP participants how to make a raised bed.

The 2024 federal budget will impact how folks in our province access food. Our latest post looks at the budget and what it means for the right to food. We discuss the School Food Policy's first steps, Canada Disability Benefit disappointment, and more. foodfirstnl.ca/blog/2024-fede…

And thanks to @peterbevanbaker and PEI Greens for pushing it! @CanadianGreens

When the FX delivered the community food preserving program we wanted to ensure the person teaching the water bath method was highly competent -we wanted Margaret Prouse. Huge respect for her knowledge, attention to detail and no nonsense approach.

PEI was the first province to legislate targets to reduce food insecurity. The bill was tabled by former MLA Hannah Bell and supported by all parties.

Good to see PEI MP's supporting the CDB.

Best seed exchange and sale on PEI happening March 30th in Breadalbane. A community of keen gardeners where seed saving is a competitive sports.

Volunteer food safety course schedule princeedwardisland.ca/en/service/vol…

A CBC report on the FX cook days. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Testing seed viability (like this turnip seed from 2016) for Breadalbane Seed Exchange. 🤞🏽🌿#pei #gardening

The Food Exchange is excited to announce our 5th session of the CFMP themed "Community Food Resilience". A free 30 hr training for changemakers who want to make a positive impact in their community through food actions. Email foodexchangepei@gmail.com for an app. Mar 30 deadline.

If you or someone you know is experiencing food insecurity, @RotaryChtown food hamper program is taking applications. DM me here or email rotarychtown@gmail.com #pei

This act, presented by @Hannahbethbell, a Green Party MLA at the time, was supported by all parties. It was the first time in Canada that food insecurity targets were mandated in legislation. Good to see a liberal MLA advocate for the current PC gov't to meet the targets set.