Composting is a great way to reduce food waste and build a circular ecosystem in your backyard. Don’t throw away food scraps like vegetable peels, egg shells or coffee grounds! Follow the tips below and compost them instead.
5 actions to take during Hunger Action Month
Every year, we dedicate September to raising awareness about hunger and finding solutions to tackling food insecurity. This Hunger Action Month we’re focused on action. Here’s a list of actions you can take today!
How Japan reduces food waste
The Japanese culture promotes Mottainai, meaning “don’t waste what is valuable.” How does the country’s food waste policy align with this mindset? Learn how Japan is tackling food waste with the Act on Promotion of Food Loss and Waste Reduction.
Changing lives, one meal at a time
Based in Glen Haven, Nova Scotia, The Helm Center offers addictions recovery program for men to help them find restoration, purpose and direction. This non-profit works closely with Sobeys Timberlea to receive rescued food and turn it into fresh nutritious meals for their residents.
Still Good to Eat turns small actions into big impact
Gamification is everywhere in 2023, from online experiences to in-store activations. Leveraging this powerful tool to engage and inspire positive changes, Second Harvest and Enable Education launch Still Good to Eat, a web-based interactive game that aims to tackle food waste at a household level and help you save on groceries.
Amplifying Community Actions Through the Second Harvest Food Rescue App
The Second Harvest Food Rescue App has become a powerful tool in many ways, in particular to secure recurring donations of surplus food from local businesses for their programs. Check out this true success story.
Take Action For Stop Food Waste Day and Earth Day
When it comes to protecting and investing in our planet and eliminating food waste, there is still so much to be done. But it’s annual celebrations and educational days like Earth Day 2023 and Stop Food Waste Day that makes us focus our efforts and get the hard work done.
Heartwarming thank you messages from non-profit partners
To warm your heart this challenging, yet hopeful holiday season, here are thank you notes from Canadians who received rescued food donations this year. Thanks to the generosity of our donors and supporters, 4.3 million Canadians got the nourishment they needed from Second Harvest in 2022.
6 Holiday employee engagement ideas for good causes
Looking for fun and festive, yet meaningful holiday employee engagement ideas? Get into the winter holiday spirit this year by giving back, volunteering, donating, and supporting good causes together as a team.
How food businesses can make impactful climate changes for good
Organizations in the food industry are always working toward reducing food loss and waste (FLW). It’s time to double down on our efforts. If not for our current climate crisis, rising food insecurity and unsustainable food loss and waste, then for our bottom lines and improving efficiencies.
The Circular Economy and Rethinking Waste in Canada
In honour of October’s Circular Economy Month in Canada, we’re taking a deep look at what a circular economy is. Find how it can help us rethink—and renew—our relationship with waste for a more sustainable future in Canada and beyond.
Top (Free) Resources on How to Stop Food Waste
As Canada’s largest food rescue organization, Second Harvest has dedicated much of our time, energy, and thought into growing an online library of free resources to help us all reduce our impact––and our food waste.
Summer’s Arctic Shipment: When Nunavut’s Sea Ice Melts, Food Rescue Delivers
In the summer of 2021, a partnership between Second Harvest and Arctic Co-operatives Limited (Arctic Co-ops) formed. Together, we delivered 61,700 pounds of rescued food from the GTA directly to community members and food banks in Nunavut by Sealift. See link below.
Tips to Reduce Food Waste at Home
Inflation and food costs are on the rise – yet nearly 21% of all food wasted happens on a household level which equates to nearly $2,000 worth of food wasted per household per year. Here is a collection we pulled together with some simple and useful tips to support waste reduction at home.
Planting Seeds for the Future of Food Rescue
In February 2022 we said goodbye to our old office and moved into our new home. In only a few months since we moved to our new facility, which offers 5,000 square feet of fridge and freezer space, we are already on track to rescue and redistribute more delicious surplus food than ever, and we’re only getting started.
The Farm-to-Table Story of Surplus Food in Canada
How does food become a surplus on farms in Canada and what can farmers do so that it doesn’t go to waste? To find out, we spoke with Holburne Mushroom Farm to hear their farm-to-table story of why they began donating surplus food to Second Harvest.
Saving P.E.I.’s Potatoes: A Truly Canadian Food Rescue Story
This is the story of how potatoes have the power to connect a country-wide community of Canadians. Here’s how Second Harvest helped rescue millions of pounds of P.E.I. potatoes, delivering them across the country to those in need.
From Coast to Coast to Coast: No Hunger Need Too Far
Our work is far from done, but when it comes to food rescue and hunger relief, we’re proud to support such a generous and helpful community from coast to coast to coast across Canada. Here are stories of hope that shine a light on the crucial work that’s happening in every province and territory.
Building a Legacy of Impact: A Conversation with The Daniels Corporation
Since 1991, Second Harvest and The Daniels Corporation together have helped to rescue and redistribute over 5.5 million pounds of surplus edible food.
HOME CHEFS: 10 Ways to Reduce Your Kitchen Food Waste
A roundup of our top 10 kitchen food waste tips so that we can all be more sustainable chefs, grocery shoppers, and consumers at home.