How do you decide between buying bread and keeping the lights on? Why, in a food-rich province, are three million visits to food banks? What happens when fresh produce is out of reach? Hard to Stomach focuses on real people facing - and fighting against - food insecurity in communities across Ontario from north to south. They could be your co-worker, your neighbour or your friend.

In this four-part series, CBC's Nana aba Duncan explores what food insecurity feels and sounds like through the stories of people who have experienced it firsthand.