Author: megan-fm

Keep foods separate

Preventable food waste accounts for a significant amount of greenhouse gas production. These tips are intended to help us reduce our food waste at home. ...

25 August, 2021

How much greenhouse gas is produced by preventable food waste

Once in landfill, food waste breaks down and emits greenhouse gases, including not only carbon dioxide (CO2) but methane (CH4) – a gas 25 times more potent than CO2....

20 August, 2021

Okanagan grocery stores give to local charities

BC Local News reports on how IGA Stores of BC and Fresh St. Market are diverting 100% of their edible but unsaleable food away from landfills through the Retail Food Recovery Program...

19 August, 2021

Okanagan grocery stores give to local charities

The Kelowna Capital News reports on how IGA Stores of BC and Fresh St. Market are diverting 100% of their edible but unsaleable food away from landfills through the Retail Food Recovery Program...

19 August, 2021

Two B.C.-based grocery chains partner with FoodMesh to ensure no food in its stores go to waste

Fresh St. Market and IGA Stores of BC stores are diverting 100% of its edible but unsaleable perishable food to the vulnerable in communities across B.C....

19 August, 2021

Okanagan grocery stores give to local charities

The Vernon Morning Star reports on how IGA Stores of BC and Fresh St. Market are diverting 100% of their edible but unsaleable food away from landfills through the Retail Food Recovery Program...

19 August, 2021

Don’t can the corn 🌽

Household food waste accounts for a significant portion of food loss and waste in Canada. These tips are intended to help us all find new ways to reduce food waste at home. ...

18 August, 2021

Top cause of household food waste

Ever considered how much waste is being generated by your leftovers? ...

17 August, 2021

Brown bananas don’t need to be binned 🍌

Household food waste accounts for a significant portion of food loss and waste in Canada. These tips are intended to help us all find new ways to reduce food waste at home. ...

11 August, 2021

Webinar: How to get regular food donations for your charitable program

Join the next Donation Recipient Onboarding Webinar to find out how you can benefit from the Retail Food Recovery Program and the essential information your organization needs to get started. Every Wednesday at 1:15pm PST...

10 August, 2021

Get to know: Eric Douglas

Meet Eric, FoodMesh's Business Analyst. Eric collects and collates data that helps FoodMesh make informed business decisions and ensure that we are doing the most we can to serve the needs of our customers....

09 August, 2021

Richmond Food Bank’s food recovery story

Follows the journey of a box of strawberries that have been donated by a store on our Retail Food Recovery Program, all the way to the hands of a client...

02 August, 2021

A small program addressing a big problem

The story of how the Wholesale Food Purchasing Program was born, and the problem it is trying to solve...

21 July, 2021

Get to know: Aiko Uda

Meet Aiko, FoodMesh's Program Launch Coordinator. Aiko is responsible for coordinating Retail Food Recovery Program launches at participating retailers. ...

30 June, 2021

Get to know: Surindra Sugrim

Meet Surindra, FoodMesh's Community Engagement Manager. Surindra works closely with our charity partners, matching them to stores participating in our Retail Food Recovery Program....

14 June, 2021

South Surrey charity keeps 158,000 kg of edible food out of landfill every year

The Surrey Now-Leader tells the story of what the Launching Pad Addiction Rehabilitation Society has been able to do with the donations they receive through the Retail Food Recovery Program...

10 June, 2021

An interview with Jessica Regan

The Lettuce Harvest Foundation speaks to our CEO and Co-Founder to discuss FoodMesh, opportunities for food systems and how they have been impacted by COVID-19....

09 June, 2021

World Food Safety Day

We all play a critical role in ensuring that food stays safe at every stage of the food chain. For World Food Safety Day 2021, here are some resources to help keep your food safe. ...

07 June, 2021

Phoenix partners with FoodMesh and Buy-Low Foods to divert food to charitable programs

Phoenix Society announces a partnership with FoodMesh that will provide a regular and reliable supply of fresh food donations from Buy-Low Foods, to help serve nutritious food to those living in recovery, poverty and homelessness....

07 June, 2021

Food is medicine

Surindra takes us behind the scenes with Cedar Feast House Catering and explores how the donations it receives from IGA helps some of Vancouver's most vulnerable communities...

21 May, 2021