B.C. brewery gives old bread a new life as craft beer
By Kylie Stanton Videojournalist
“Less food in the waste stream is a good thing. Good beer is also a good thing.” Continue reading
Food Waste
Okanagan teen to take food waste petition to Ottawa
By Megan Turcato North Okanagan Video Journalist
A Kelowna teen will fly to Ottawa this week to deliver a petition requesting that supermarkets be barred from wasting unsold but still edible food. Continue reading
COMMENTARY: Food is a terrible thing to waste
Almost half the food produced in the U.S. and Canada is thrown away, Mike Stafford says. ‘We have created a society that considers food, the most basic human need, disposable.’ Continue reading
How a group of immigrants rescue ‘best before’ food destined for the dump and put it to good use
Igor Bjelac moved to Canada from Serbia three years ago and says he was shocked to learn this country throws out billions of dollars of food each year. Continue reading
Recipe: Carrot, Apple and Miso dressing over greens
WATCH: Chef Karen Barnaby shows Global News how to make a nutritious meal, using food that would otherwise be thrown out. Continue reading
‘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
