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Many Algoma residents 'simply cannot afford to eat well': survey

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Algoma Public Health (APH) conducts the NFB survey at eight grocery stores across Algoma to obtain the average cost of 61 basic food items. Food insecurity across the ten provinces is the highest it has been in the 17-year history of monitoring, coming in at 17.8 per cent of households nationwide. A single person receiving Ontario Works will be in debt $259.77 each month after paying for food and rent. Policies that improve income are needed to meaningfully reduce food insecurity.

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Many Algoma residents 'simply cannot afford to eat well': survey

Algoma Public Health's latest 'Nutritious Food Basket' survey found the cost of food has increased nearly 7 per cent since 2022 — a nearly 1 in 5 locals experience food insecurity

3 months ago·Sault Ste. Marie, United States

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