The Manitoba government is providing one time funding of 193 thousand dollars to the Northern Healthy Foods Initiative and its five regional partners.  Northern Relations Minister Alan Lagimodiere states the funding is to help alleviate acute food security pressures in northern Manitoba due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The funding will be allocated to the five community based regional Northern Healthy Food Initiative partners being the Bayline Regional Roundtable, Four Arrows Regional Health Authority, Frontier School Division, Food Matters Manitoba and the Northern Association of Community Councils. 

NHFI program partners determine specific funding allocations enabling decisions to be made by those who are most closely involved in program delivery.  Funds are typically used to purchase seeds, soils and gardening supplies for spring programming as well as to support acceleration and grow projects that work to enhance food security in the north.