[BCFSN] UBCM Food Insecurity Resolution

[JEN FISHER-BRADLEY]

Good resolution, well thought out. Poverty is an unacceptable form of violence. We, WFWI, support a Guaranteed Livable Income. 

Connecting household income, or the violence of poverty with increased vulnerability to chronic illness, the most expensive illness to treat, is an important way to present the issue. 

Thank you for doing this work. Jen FB 


From: "Melissa Hemphill" <melissa.lei.hemphill at gmail.com> 
To: food at bcfsn.org 
Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2019 9:22:21 AM 
Subject: [BCFSN] UBCM Food Insecurity Resolution 

Good morning fine foodie folks, 
I am hoping that those of you with connections to local government can meet with officials that will be attending the UBCM conference in the fall to let them know about a resolution that will come before them, and request their support for this resolution. 

On June 25th, Anita Ely, Specialist Environmental Health Officer with Interior Health and I presented a resolution to the Revelstoke City Council to take to UBCM. The council approved the request to take this resolution to UBCM, which reads like this: 

Whereas more than one in ten households in BC, [1 in 7 households in the Interior Region], experience household food insecurity and are more vulnerable to chronic conditions leading to health care costs that are 2x higher than food secure households; 

And whereas the root cause of household food insecurity is lack of income demonstrated by a sharp increase in the prevalence of food insecurity as household income falls; 

And whereas rates of household food insecurity are not reduced by efforts that focus on charitable food programs, food waste redistribution, and cooking and gardening programs as these actions do not address lack of income and extreme material deprivation that are at the root of household food insecurity. 

Therefore be it resolved that UBCM frame food insecurity as an income-based problem and advocate to provincial and federal governments for evidence based policy solutions to food insecurity. 

Please find the powerpoint presentation and a video recording of our delegation in the following links: 


Presentation to City Council: 

[ https://bit.ly/2YTKb0n | https://bit.ly/2YTKb0n ] 

Video of delegation: 

[ https://bit.ly/2YNhF0g | https://bit.ly/2YNhF0g ] 
If you have any questions, I welcome them anytime. The more support that this resolution has going into UBCM, the more likely it is to get passed, and the time to prepare and educate local government on the issue is over the summer...now. 

Thanks for any efforts you can put towards this! I'd love to hear any stories about your meetings. 

Melissa Hemphill 

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M elissa Hemphill , 
Food S ecurity Coordinator, 
[ http://community-connections.ca/community-outreach-and-development/#tab3 | Community Connections (Revelstoke) Society ] 
(p) 250-837-2920 x31 
(c) 250-814-3207 


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