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Happy holidays 🌟🍐💜✨

As we prepare to wrap up another year, we want to take a moment to look back at the impact our network has had during 2023...

21 December, 2023

On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko

Following the discovery of large volumes of produce being disposed of at a local compost facility, Jessica Regan discusses different ways food can be kept out of waste streams, and the work FoodMesh is doing to build a food recovery network in Metro Vancouver...

12 December, 2023

Fresh St. Market diverts 1 million KG of food away from waste streams

Since Fresh St. Market started working with FoodMesh in April 2020, its seven stores has donated 1 million KG of its unsold food to local charitable organizations...

12 December, 2023

IGA and Salvation Army team up to serve hope on the Sunshine Coast

Together, they have served 117,436 meals to people in need, keeping 63,885 KG of food out of waste streams. ...

11 December, 2023

Calling food businesses in Metro Vancouver! 🍽️ Apply to win a BetterTable.ca food waste audit

The audit will give your the business the insight it needs to reduce food waste, improve profitability and save money. Apply today!...

09 November, 2023

Food recovery program feeds community, keeps less than perfect produce out of garbage

Castanet talks to Buy-Low Foods in Vernon and the Salvation Army's House of Hope about how they are working together to keep edible food out of waste streams....

09 November, 2023

🎥 You’re invited to an exclusive screening of the Food Synergy Movie

Join us on November 7 at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House 🍎...

31 October, 2023

FoodMesh interview with DeliveryRank

FoodMesh sat down with DeliveryRank to share the latest on our mission, work and ambitions for the future. Read it now. ...

21 September, 2023

Spotlight on: Redux

This innovative business employs rendering to convert unused animal parts, such as bones and fat, into valuable ingredients for products like renewable energy and animal feed....

05 September, 2023

Spotlight on: North Okanagan Valley Gleaners

This outstanding organization turns unwanted vegetables into a dried vegetable soup mix for humanitarian aid and Christian missions overseas....

28 August, 2023

Spotlight on: Unusually Good

Enactus Okanagan College students came up with the brilliant idea of rescuing aesthetically imperfect local apples, and turning them into nutritious apple chips to donate to schools, food banks, and developing countries....

21 August, 2023

How Save-On-Foods surpassed its food waste reduction goals and set a new standard for sustainability in the grocery industry

And supports over 3,000 hunger-relief organizations and hobby farmers in the process....

16 August, 2023

Spotlight on: Slow Bottled Sunday

This Okanagan-based business turns ugly produce destined to waste streams into delicious sauces and condiments....

02 August, 2023

Calling hunger-relief organizations in Metro Vancouver

You're invited to participate in a study with UBC on the economics of food recovery...

05 July, 2023

A day with CityReach (and their bees!)

The FoodMesh team paid CityReach Care Society a visit, and enjoyed a tour of its rooftop beehives while they were at it....

04 July, 2023

Watch now! Find alternate uses for your offcuts and unsalable food

Meet 5 solution providers that can help food manufacturers and processors in Metro Vancouver keep their surplus food out of waste streams. ...

17 May, 2023

Meet 5 BC solution providers that can help you put your unsold food and organics to good use

Join a webinar on May 11 to find ways your food business can reduce its food waste...

01 May, 2023

Food waste put to use in North Okanagan food recovery network

FoodMesh is building a food recovery network in North Okanagan to quickly and safely redistribute businesses' surplus food to people in need. Castanet reports....

26 April, 2023

‘Unique’ program turning unsold food into meals for those in need in the North Okanagan

With support from the RDNO's ReTHINK Waste project grant, FoodMesh is building a food recovery network in North Okanagan. The Vernon Morning Star reports....

17 April, 2023

Too good to waste: FoodMesh working to recover surplus food in the North Okanagan

The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) has provided financial support to FoodMesh to build a food recovery network in the region....

12 April, 2023