Maritime food banks prepare for holiday season [Video]

Food insecurity doesn’t take a day off and food banks across the Maritimes are preparing for the holiday season.

“We do know that the need tends to deepen around the holiday season here in Nova Scotia. From November to January you see that greater need,” said Ash Avery, executive director for Feed Nova Scotia.

Food banks say donations are necessary all year. Feed Nova Scotia says the province has the highest rate of food insecurity in the country.

Lisa Harrison is the executive director of the Brunswick Street Mission. She said the holidays pose challenges of their own.

“There is not more of a need over Christmas because the need is high all year,” said Harrison. “It’s challenging like in other parts of the year, like open and closing. Other organizations shut for a couple of weeks, and we make every effort to stay open as much as we can.”

Harrison said that food deliveries get tricky around the holidays …