Heidi Janes is a grad student in MUN’s Political Science department thinking, researching, and writing about food. Based on the west coast of the island, she’d much rather be outdoors.
Food charity is putting a band-aid on a deadly and insidious gangrene—which corporate power and government inaction allows to fester in our communities.
Despite the fanfare for their service, food retail employees themselves are not convinced they're 'recognized' in ways that actually improve their lives.
Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest rate of food insecurity in Canada. It also has the second lowest minimum wage. These two things are connected.