Kingston, Ont., is the latest municipality in the province to declare a food insecurity emergency. Public health officials say roughly one in three households are unable to afford meals.
With more and more people struggling with food insecurity and food banks struggling to meet the growing demand, Kingston City Council has declared an emergency in the city.
Healthy Harvest of North Iowa is now hoping to get a USDA grant. That money would help fund a coalition of counties and a food policy council to further focus on northern Iowa.