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Municipalities need more than community gardens to fix the food gap, urban planners say

Posted on: December 5, 2019

Source: CBC News

When people think about what cities have done to increase food security this decade, they might think of the community gardens that have sprung up in many neighbourhoods. But a food system researcher at Kwantlen University says those gardens are not exactly the best way of addressing the “food gap” —  the growing gulf between people who have access to healthy, fresh meals, and those who don’t.

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