With one of the highest food insecurity rates across the provinces, it’s clear that Nova Scotia is in a crisis. In 2025, more than 275,000 Nova Scotians, or 26.2% of the population, experienced food insecurity, a number that’s expected to continue to rise.

As a community hub based in Dartmouth, the North Grove offers a wide variety of programming, all of which is centered around family, food, and friendship. These three pillars build a foundation that focuses on programs that increase food access, strengthen families and  build connection and belonging.

The Transition Bay movement began in England in 2004 and now represents an international network that helps communities build greater resilience, specifically surrounding energy, the environment, and the economy. It’s about giving communities more agency over their future, and Transition Bay St Margaret’s is one of five looking to do that in Atlantic Canada. They are also a past recipient of Feed Nova Scotia’s Innovation and Learning Grant.

While food banks have become one of the most visible responses to food insecurity in Canada and worldwide, Executive Director of Feed Nova Scotia Ash Avery, along with Sue Keheller, Director of Community Partnerships, Innovation, & Advocacy, explore what food banks mean for the future of food insecurity in their recent paper titled Rethinking Food Charity: The Rise and Limits of Food Banks in Addressing Food Insecurity.

On July 27, 2026, Darcy Eygun began the unfathomable: become the first person to run across Nova Scotia, from Cape North all the way down to Baccaro Point. In total, this meant over 1,000 kilometers, a distance he completed in just 23 days. The best part of all? The entire run was support of Feed Nova Scotia.