CBC MANITOBA: A RIGHT TO EAT LAUNCHES ABSOLUTELY MANITOBA'S 2016 SEASON

CBC News · Posted: Jul 15, 2016 5:04 PM CT | Last Updated: July 15, 2016

Documentary follows northern Manitoba families as they put healthy food on the table

A Right to Eat
July 16
7 p.m. on CBC TV in Manitoba

Northern Manitoba: With a jug of milk ringing in at over $14 in some of the province's lowest-income communities, it's not difficult to imagine how grocery bills can account for up to 80 per cent of the household budget or why diabetes rates have hit 50 per cent in some regions of the north.

Local studies have shown that food insecurity rates in northern Manitoba are coming in between 70 per cent and 80 per cent. That's approximately eight times the national average. Poor diets and restricted access to fresh, healthy foods are having a devastating impact on people's mental and physical health.

A Right to Eat follows regular families, living in northern Manitoba, in their fight to put healthy food on the table. A deeply intimate look at the realities of food insecurity as faced by two of Canada's most isolated northern First Nation communities.