In partnership with FoodMesh, the Fraser Valley Regional District is building a food recovery network of Fraser Valley-based businesses, charities and farmers to connect those with surplus food to those who need it.
The Fraser Valley Regional District Food Recovery Network
Do you have food you’re unable to sell?
Don’t let it go to waste. We’re here to help you find someone to put that food to good use. Give us a call to get started.
Fraser Valley’s food recovery network
Join the FoodMesh network
Join a growing community of organizations in the Fraser Valley dedicated to ensuring no food goes to waste.
This project is helping the FVRD region reduce the amount of food waste being disposed of and finding higher uses that benefit the environment, our economy and communities.
– Jason Lum, Chair of the Fraser Valley Regional District Board, and City of Chilliwack Councillor
What the Fraser Valley food recovery network has accomplished up until December 2023
4,016,903
Meals provided (meal size 600gr)
3,220,654
Food rescued (KG)
6,609,824
CO2 emissions saved (KG)
See how your business can reduce food waste
Find a use for your unsalable food
Select the type of surplus food you have and connect with a local organization that can help you put it to good use.
Food from multiple grocery departments
FoodMesh Managed Food Diversion Services
Maximize the amount of food you divert to a network of charities and/or farmers on a schedule you decide.
Second Harvest Food Rescue App
Donate your unsold food to a network of local charities.
Flash Foods
Sell your close-to-expiry products to consumers at a reduced cost.
Unprocessed produce (e.g. whole apples, mandarins, avacados)
FoodMesh Marketplace
Sell or donate your large volumes of surplus produce to a local business or charity.
Peko Produce
Sell your imperfect produce to consumers at a reduced cost
Goodly Foods
Get your vegetables turned into soups and stews.
Luv the Grub
Get your fruit turned into jams and spreads.
Produce off cuts (e.g. lettuce leaves, tomato slices, carrot sticks)
ReCruz Produce
Get your produce offcuts upcycled into a new project and/or donated to a local dairy farm
Food scraps (e.g. kitchen scraps, dinner plate waste)
FoodMesh managed food diversion services
Connect with a local farmer to feed it to their animals.
Cooked/pre-prepared food (e.g. frozen meals, bakery items, sandwiches, sushi rolls)
Non-perishables (e.g. cans and dried food)
FoodMesh Marketplace
Sell or donate your large volumes of non-perishable surplus food to a local business or charity.
Fat, animal by-products (e.g. used cooking oil, deadstock)
Westcoast Reduction
Turn it into ingredients for pet and livestock feed, as well as fertilizers, soaps, lubricants, detergents, and biofuel
Spent grain
Don’t see what you’re looking for?
Give us a call, and we’ll work with you to try to find a recipient for your surplus food.