Nutritious Food Basket

The cost of eating a healthy, well-balanced diet continue to go up in northwestern Ontario.

The Health Unit has come out with its annual nutritious food basket survey for 2009.

Dietician, Julie Slack says their main concern isn't the cost of food in the region, so much as how people on limited incomes are managing to eat health meals.

Slack says the cost of feeding a family of four has risen to 825 dollars in 2009.

The survey is based on the average price of groceries in 25 stores thoughout the Kenora and Rainy River Districts.