Money will soon be available to groups in P.E.I. to help scale up the province’s school food program.
The Canadian Food Infrastructure Fund is a federal government initiative that provides grants to organizations across the country to help combat food insecurity.
Non-profit organizations and other community groups can apply for some of the $1 million available in the Atlantic provinces.
On the Island, the grants will be handed out by the P.E.I Home and School Federation.
“It basically is looking to improve what schools have in their buildings already,” said David Schult, the federation’s president.
“Given the fact that many schools were built before food preparation… was a consideration, a lot of the schools don’t even have the infrastructure — the ovens, the fridges — to handle these things, and so this program will provide funding for those.”