Why are food prices on the rise and how can CFTC supporters respond?

May 20th is World Bee Day, an opportunity for all of us to recognize the important and severely underrated role bees play in food security, as well as reflect on opportunities to promote sustainable beekeeping.

This Mother’s Day, we at Canadian Feed The Children reflect on the powerful love and dedication that mothers – and those who take on mothering roles – have for their children.

Growing food is an essential practice that connects Indigenous communities with traditional food sources, promotes cultural practices, and provides access to fresh and healthy food.

The Slaight Livelihood and Gender Equality Fund has provided transformational support for girls and women in the eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia. One of its main focuses is to address the deep-rooted gender inequality and harmful traditional practices that are endemic in the project area.

The Slaight Livelihood and Gender Equality Fund has provided transformational support for girls and women in the eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia by keeping girls in school and helping women start their own businesses.

Tsigehana is mom to 8-year-old daughter Hiywot in Ethiopia. Chickens helped her start a poultry business that changed their lives.

CFTC’s Food Forests Initiative 2030 is helping to build a platform for better health and wellness in Indigenous communities. Read more on the latest activities in two food forest communities: Ahtahkakoop and Muskeg Lake Cree Nation.

Hear from Grayce who talks about how important healthy school meals are for her and her classmates at Natoageneg (Eel Ground First Nation).

Land-based education is more than just teaching youth in an outdoor setting. It recognizes the many physical, spiritual, and mental connections Indigenous people have with the land.

For children and youth in Indigenous communities across Canada, the opportunity to reconnect to the land through traditional activities like hunting and fishing is invaluable.

Many are surprised to learn about the painful link between Canada’s food guide and residential schools. Learn more in this special feature.

In Ghana, female farmers are using weather technology to grow more food and income thanks to the donor-supported CLIMATE Project.

How one Indigenous community is reinvigorating its school meal program with a new greenhouse, in partnership with Canadian Feed The Children.

Jennifer, a food security coordinator from Beardy’s & Okemasis’ Cree Nation, has been instrumental at educating her community about how to gather, prepare and include healthy, traditional foods in their diets.

There’s a great story behind that beautiful smile. Learn how a donor supported beekeeping program changed Nayeti and Linda’s lives.

Sylvia’s entrepreneurial success means a better life for her children. Find out how donor support helped her group Bagaga Kwagalana succeed.

Gloria receives daily school meals thanks to donor gifts, and that’s just the beginning of the impact donor support has had for her family.