Homeland Food Security Alert: Food liberated and available

Under the cover of darkness, on the night of June 26, 2008, operatives working with Homeland Food Security liberated several boxes of food from their unjust imprisonment in a supermarket dumpster.
This food has been left out in front of Camas books at Quadra and Kings, available for the use of all.
This is not the first [...]

Athens: Looters check out with bags of stolen food

(FREE THE FOOD!!!)
-from infoshop.org
In the second incident of its kind during the last two weeks, a group of about 20 people walked into two supermarkets in the central Athens district of Aghios Panteleimonas, stole food and then distributed it at an open-air fruit and vegetable market.
Police said that the youths entered the Dia and Veropoulos [...]

Dumpster Diver Court Victory

Food security activists in Victoria declared victory today in a 2 1/2 year old dumpster diving court case.
Charges against four people who were arrested in January of 2006 were stayed after one of the Crown’s witnesses failed to appear.
Dozens of supporters gathered on the courthouse lawn with Food Not Bombs and Homeland Food Security (groups [...]

Natives Face Salmon Food Shortage

(I used to post salmon crisis news every day, but got frustrated that all the attention was being given to the effect on sport and commercial fishing, and not on the impacts to indigenous communities and culture. Finally, an article emerges… By Colleen Kimmett, The Tyee
Sharolise Baker is waiting for, and fearing, the day when no [...]

Free Food Debate Continues

Andrew Abela - Waterloo Imprint
Over a month has passed since Food not Bombs received a letter from Kitchener city clerk Randy Gosse instructing them to “cease and desist free food distribution at Civic Square.” And since the cease and desist appeal meeting on May 5, UW-based group Food not Bombs has continued debating with downtown [...]

Orlando Food Not Bombs plans more protests of rule against feeding homeless

Mark Schlueb, Orlando Sentinel
Eric Montanez - twice arrested and twice cleared by jurors — vowed Tuesday to continue to fight Orlando’s rules about feeding the homeless.
A jury last week acquitted Montanez and three other homeless advocates of violating the city’s noise ordinance by beating on drums during a protest outside a campaign fundraiser for Mayor [...]

Video of dumpster-divers’ arrest raised questions about poisoned food and press freedom

By Jason Youmans, Monday Magazine
It’s been more than two years since a local filmmaker caused the Victoria Police Department a public relations headache after he captured the overzealous arrest of two young homeless men fishing for food in the dumpster behind a local grocery store and the case is only now going to trial.

Dumpster Diving Article Wins Times Colonist Student Writing Contest

Luke Stime finds himself pulled in opposite directions by his budget and his belief in the importance of eating locally produced fresh foods. He comes up with an original and shocking compromise.
Times Colonist
The shackles of a tight budget and the yoke of ethical imperatives force a lot of us into a bind at the supermarket. [...]

On Trial for Eating Garbage

by Kalanu
Anti-poverty activists across North America will be watching Victoria in the next few weeks to learn the results of two separate court cases that highlight human rights abuses in our city.
The two cases are known to many as ‘The Right to Sleep’, and ‘The Right to Eat’, and both cases challenge the authority of [...]

Edmonton Soup Kitchen to Close

EDMONTON — An inner-city facility that feeds hundreds of the city’s homeless will be forced to close by the end of the week, putting added pressure on nearby agencies.
The Victory Church has been renting space near 106th Avenue and 98th Street, but their building lease expires May 14. Another church has bought the property.