Where does surplus food come from?
In donating its unsold food to local charities, Fresh St. Market is providing hunger-relief organizations with a regular and reliable supply of fresh food donations. ...
16 February, 2026
Food waste facts
How smarter supply chains can drive food waste reduction in industrial and commercial operations
This guest post by Sheer Logistics explores how your business can optimize your supply chain to reduce food waste. ...
22 October, 2024
4 steps your restaurant can take to reduce its food waste footprint
Learn about the economic, environmental and social cost of food waste, and 4 things your restaurant can do about it...
03 January, 2023
Today is the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
Here's why fighting food waste should be at the top of your sustainability agenda...
29 September, 2022
‘Pumpkin’ worth talking about 🎃
Over 80,000 metric tonnes of pumpkins are produced in Canada each year. For National Pumpkin Day, FoodMesh's Nikki shares her ideas for how we can help minimize our pumpkin waste this fall. ...
26 October, 2021
The problem of food loss and waste
For International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, we wanted to share a little about the problem of food waste, and what we can all do about it....
29 September, 2021
How much grown food is being disregarded due to aesthetic imperfections
We have been conditioned to expect food to look a certain way, so grown food that is not considered 'perfect' doesn't have a market, and thus isn't even picked...
16 September, 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