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The Working Poor Diet
For the entire month of February each of us will spend $80 a month on food and attempt to follow the Canada Food Guide.
The economic reality
Despite being one of the wealthiest provinces in the country, Alberta`s minimum wage of $8.40 is the fourth lowest in the country and about 21% of working Albertans earn less than $12 per hour. The Working Poor Diet challenges Canadians to understand the difficulties low-income families face putting healthy food on the table each day.
Eating well
The Canada Food Guide describes what amount of food people need and what type of food is part of a healthy eating pattern - Vegetables and Fruit, Grain Products, Milk and Alternatives, and Meat and Alternatives - plus a certain amount of added oils and fats.
Our goal
The key goal of the Working Poor Diet is to raise money for the Edmonton Food Bank. While the food bank receives many dry food donations, it needs money for operating costs such as rent, insurance and gas.
How to donate
1. In person: Edmonton Food Bank, 11508 120 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Phone: 780-425-2133
2. By Mail: Edmonton Food Bank, Box 62061,Edmonton, Alberta T5M 4B53
3. Online: Edmonton Food Bank
(Click 'Donate Now' on upper right hand)
The rules
1. No free food. This means participants can not eat sample food available at grocery stories or food offered by friends and family. All food consumed during the challenge must be paid for out of the $80 food allowance.
2. Participants must follow the Canada Food Guide as closely as possible and eat a variety of meals.
3. Participants are allowed to eat out, but they must deduct the cost of the meal from the $80 monthly food allowance.
4. The costs of any beverages, including tea and coffee, must be deducted from the $80 monthly food allowance.
5. Participants do not have to pay for salt, pepper, vinegar and dry spices - food items that have no nutritional value or ability to fill you up. Participants must pay for cooking oil and any condiments from the $80 monthly food allowance.
6. The diet begins12:01 am, February 1 and runs through to February 28. 6:00 pm.
The economic reality
Despite being one of the wealthiest provinces in the country, Alberta`s minimum wage of $8.40 is the fourth lowest in the country and about 21% of working Albertans earn less than $12 per hour. The Working Poor Diet challenges Canadians to understand the difficulties low-income families face putting healthy food on the table each day.
Eating well
The Canada Food Guide describes what amount of food people need and what type of food is part of a healthy eating pattern - Vegetables and Fruit, Grain Products, Milk and Alternatives, and Meat and Alternatives - plus a certain amount of added oils and fats.
Our goal
The key goal of the Working Poor Diet is to raise money for the Edmonton Food Bank. While the food bank receives many dry food donations, it needs money for operating costs such as rent, insurance and gas.
How to donate
1. In person: Edmonton Food Bank, 11508 120 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Phone: 780-425-2133
2. By Mail: Edmonton Food Bank, Box 62061,Edmonton, Alberta T5M 4B53
3. Online: Edmonton Food Bank
(Click 'Donate Now' on upper right hand)
The rules
1. No free food. This means participants can not eat sample food available at grocery stories or food offered by friends and family. All food consumed during the challenge must be paid for out of the $80 food allowance.
2. Participants must follow the Canada Food Guide as closely as possible and eat a variety of meals.
3. Participants are allowed to eat out, but they must deduct the cost of the meal from the $80 monthly food allowance.
4. The costs of any beverages, including tea and coffee, must be deducted from the $80 monthly food allowance.
5. Participants do not have to pay for salt, pepper, vinegar and dry spices - food items that have no nutritional value or ability to fill you up. Participants must pay for cooking oil and any condiments from the $80 monthly food allowance.
6. The diet begins12:01 am, February 1 and runs through to February 28. 6:00 pm.
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