Food Waste
‘We are among the worst of any developed nation in the world:’ Metro Vancouver food waste reduction program goes national
By Neetu Garcha Video Journalist / Anchor
A born-in-Metro Vancouver program to help reduce food waste has gone national in an ongoing effort to ease our collective conscience. Continue reading
Peterborough students encourage grocery stores to donate food to Brock Mission homeless shelter
By Niki Anastasakis Videographer
A group of grade 5 students from St. Catherine Catholic Elementary School have reached to local Peterborough grocery stores, trying to get them to donate food to the Brock Mission men’s shelter. Continue reading
Canadians don’t understand best-before dates, which leads to more food waste: report
“Perfectly good pallets of hummus are pulled just before their best-before date.” Continue reading
How a Saskatoon organization is hoping to repurpose 24K tonnes of food waste
FoodRenew has a plan to help the City of Saskatoon reach its goal of reducing and diverting up to 70 per cent of waste from the landfill by 2023. Continue reading
City to launch ‘modified’ recycling pilot at Ottawa parks for summer 2018
Ottawa city hall will take another crack at boosting recycling in the city’s parks this summer. A pilot project last year produced less-than-ideal results. Continue reading
Healthy eaters waste the most food, new study finds
Fruits and vegetables are among the most wasted foods, according to researchers. Here’s how you can reduce your food waste. Continue reading
Greater Vancouver Food Bank receives its largest donation ever
By Gord Macdonald News Anchor
Walmart pledges zero food waste by 2025. Continue reading
‘Ugly produce box’ aims to help divert food waste in Toronto, London
“What we’re doing is we’re taking all that product, so if you think about, like, a weird-looking carrot, we’re putting it all into a box and we’re shipping it directly to consumers.” Continue reading
Canada among heaviest food wasters on the planet, report says
A report from an international environmental group is calling for action to reduce the large amount of food wasted in Canada. Continue reading
Online marketplace aims to reduce amount of food wasted in Edmonton
Our Servings is an online marketplace that matches surplus or aesthetically imperfect food from producers with people who are interested in buying it at a discount. Continue reading
