Food First NL Receives $220,000 Boost From Province

Josh Smee

Food First NL is being provided with $220,000 in provincial funding to help support its efforts to improve access to nutritious foods to people across Newfoundland and Labrador.

The funding is in addition to the organization's annual operating grant of $105,000 for community-level food security initiatives in schools, the retail sector and Indigenous communities.

CEO of Food First NL, Josh Smee says the money will help the organization strength the food system all over the province.