Attention charities and farmers: Please review the holiday schedule for the store(s) you pick up donations from. Details have been emailed to you.
Attention charities and farmers: Please review the holiday schedule for the store(s) you pick up donations from. Details have been emailed to you.

Emergency food distribution platform underway

Through the first collaboration of its kind, a consortium of key stakeholders from the government and the food, technology, transportation and non-profit sectors are banding together to use technology to solve some of the catastrophic impacts COVID-19 has had on the food supply chain and food security of Canadians.

Led by FoodMesh and co-funded in part by the Digital Technology Supercluster, Vancity EnviroFund and industry participants, this landmark project will bring together organizations with a shared interest, to simplify matching large volumes of unsold food and delivering it to an on-demand network of Canadian charities and food businesses according to best and highest end-use.

Read the media release