Introduction
Food is critical to human survival and is a cornerstone of community prosperity. Food secure communities - where all people have adequate levels of nutrition, and where local needs are substantially supplemented through local production - are integral to a thriving, prosperous society, as well as to a resilient economy.
This report pays particularly close attention to the concept of ‘food hubs’, also called ‘food distribution hubs’ and looks at an overview of key food security insights relevant to all Canadians, dimensions of food insecurity in Calgary, the array of current and in-development interventions attempting to address food insecurity, as well as the landscape of other potential solutions available to organizations, policy-makers and others in the food ecosystem. It is based on a series of conversations with community stakeholders as well as a review of both academic and non-academic literature.