Residents call for raw meat donations to be accepted by community fridges in Regina
Global News
At the community fridge in Cathedral village, the shelves are often bare as more and more people look to the community service with food and grocery prices at all times highs.
Inflation is hitting Regina families hard.
Filling up at the gas station, recreation activities and buying groceries are all costing people more money. And the rising costs mean more demand on community fridges than ever.
At the community fridge in Cathedral village, the shelves are often bare as more and more people look to the community service with food and grocery prices at all-time highs.
According to the food analytics lab at Dalhousie University, food price increases in Saskatchewan will be higher than the national average in 2022.
“We’re very concerned for the young families, people with children who haven’t got the proper food to feed them,” said Bob Thomas, a community fridge user in Regina.
Some local residents are raising concerns that their community fridge is often lacking raw meats and protein.
They say they have been told by those who run the fridge that having raw meats in the fridge is too much of a food safety concern.
“The organizers have made a decision on the behalf of the community that it’s too much of a liability for us to make a choice to cook our own food so they’re choosing to cook it for us,” said Annamaria Holtskog.
