Tackling Food Waste from Field to Fork about the Avoidable Crisis - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Tackling Food Waste from Field to Fork

about the Avoidable Crisis of Food Learn Waste in Canada Our Agenda the main reasons why food is Unpack thrown away across the food chain Be with Second Harvest’s e -Learning Equipped Modules

The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste in Canada 58% of all the food the equivalent of produced in Canada is over 350,000 lost or wasted, which Blue Whales amounts to 35.5 Million Metric Tons

The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste in Canada 32% of all the food the equivalent of produced in Canada is over 90 CN Towers lost or wasted, which amounts to 11.17 Million Metric Tons

The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste in Canada Source: The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste; Second Harvest, 2019

52 million - 37 million 15 million while 4 million are experiencing food insecurity

1 2 3 There is a lot of Food business are wary There is a lack of confusion about our to donate surplus food measurement and date labelling system to social agencies and awareness of how much support communities and why food is wasted at businesses and at homes SPOTLIGHT ON 3 MAIN CAUSES

1 “ In date coding we have created a monster ” – Retail Executive

What is a Best Before Date?  Best Before dates are given to the product by the Manufacturer  Represent an estimate to the peak quality or freshness of a product  The BBD is not a food safety indicator , nor is it the same as an expiry date

What is an Expiry Date? Only 5 food items have an expiry date Nutritional supplements Baby formula & human in Canada milk substitutes Formulated liquid Pharmacist sold foods Meal replacements diets for low-energy diets

2 “ My business will be liable if we donate food and someone gets sick” – Restaurant Owner

3 “ We have become attuned to wasting food” - Food Waste Researcher

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The Impact so far… https://training.secondharvest.ca 5-star rating on 4 completed food waste audits 515 completed overall learning completed with 7 in progress E-learning modules experience Testimonials: “ The audit project has helped our team realize the reasons why we waste food at our organization.” Increased knowledge of Accessed nationally, food waste prevention “ The audit project showed us that we from coast to coast to need to continue to educate staff and best practices coast volunteers on BBD vs. Expiry to avoid wasting food that is still edible”

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