Kingston, Ont. food insecurity services feeling inflation squeeze
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“This year we’ve seen a 19.4-per cent increase in our food hamper distribution over last year, which was a record year for us,” said Dan Irwin, who is the executive director at Partners in Mission Food Bank in Kingston. “We’re really in a state of flux trying to adapt, and making sure that we’re making the most of the money that we do have, being good stewards, but also meeting the needs of our clients,” added St. Vincent de Paul Society of Kingston Executive Director Judy Fyfe.Both say their clientele has changed as a result as well.
The food insecurity services have seen an increase of frequency from people who already used them as well as new clientele, including families with children.Elaine Power is a professor at the Queen’s University School of Kinesiology and Health Studies.“People start ditching whole categories of food. So, you know, fruits and vegetables maybe are gone,” said Power.
“We need to increase our Ontario Works and our Ontario Disability Support Programs up to a sustainable level,” said Irwin.Fyfe added that governments need to do more to support food banks in order to help keep the people who rely on them fed.
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