In Canada, it’s common to find a grocery store, convenience store, or even a farmers-market in your area. How often have you visited with your family, pushed a cart around, and seen the variety of available food on the shelves. Maybe you’ve helped select the best fruits and vegetables from the stacks, or picked your favourite meat and dairy products from the refrigerated displays. But have you ever stopped to think about how it got there? Food goes through a cycle from production to waste management, and every step along the way, we must be thinking of ways to ensure that food is available, accessible, nutritious, affordable and stable. These five elements are vital to food security and the goal of eliminating hunger and malnutrition worldwide.