Nova Scotia Liberals will table bills today to address food insecurity while supporting the  agriculture industry in the province. 

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Education shadow minister Patricia Arab will table the Elimination of Youth Food  Insecurity Act to implement a universal lunch program for children in grades P-9 to ensure  Nova Scotian children have access to healthy food at school. Despite repeated calls from  the Liberals to implement a universal lunch program, the Houston government failed to  implement it in their second budget tabled last week. 

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Agriculture shadow minister Keith Irving will table the Food Recovery Act to create a  provincial Food Recovery Program where local farmers would sell their products that are  unable to be sold at market to non-profit organizations at a discounted rate. This program  would help both the agriculture sector and Nova Scotians who dealing with rising grocery  costs.