We obviously welcome the national food security strategy and the investments the government wants to make under the food-link fund. Food banks will play an active role in applying to that and being a part of a broader food system. I think that narrative around the need for infrastructure is one that we see both at that national level, when you look at terminals and hubs, and in terms of the role food banks play, and then coming down to school food.
We have seen a marked difference in the number of meals that were served per month just by the $1.6 million we got through the school food infrastructure fund. I think the change in that was about 83,000 more meals with a $1.6-million investment.
Our research and our experience show that schools need to have the capacity to deliver this program. They obviously have the desire. They understand why it has to happen, but alleviating the pressure on them by putting in more cold storage—something we're hearing—at the industrial scale, more ability to transport and more interconnectedness between their local community food hubs, like food banks and the schools themselves, is critical to moving that food I've been talking about.
