Metro Vancouver Food Recovery Network Tag

Reducing food waste in Metro Vancouver’s hospitality industry: 7 practical steps from local leaders

Local hospitality leaders share actionable strategies to cut food waste and boost sustainability...

03 September, 2024

These Metro Vancouver organizations are helping redirect food headed for B.C.’s landfills

CBC reports on how FoodMesh helps businesses keep their unsalable food out of waste streams....

30 December, 2023

Reducing food waste: innovations to tackle a global issue

Washington-based Gillett News reports on the innovative work FoodMesh is doing to reduce food waste in Metro Vancouver...

30 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

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

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

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

31 October, 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

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

FoodMesh and Choices Markets team up to donate unsold food to British Columbians in need

New food donation program diverting edible, surplus food to community members who need it most....

04 April, 2023

Spotlight on: Goodly Foods

Find out how this organization is helping people and planet through their line of delicious soups and stews...

22 March, 2023

How Fresh St. Market’s partnership with Surrey-based charity is changing peoples’ lives

Since Fresh. St Market in Fleetwood Park Village partnered with VISHWA, it has helped provide approximately 50,230 meals to people as a result, some as far afield as Boston Bar....

13 March, 2023

Announcing the winners of the Grocery & Specialty Food West Upcycler Showcase draw!

Congratulations to the five upcyclers who will be showcasing their products at Canada's biggest grocery trade show...

08 March, 2023

Win the chance to showcase your upcycled food products at Grocery & Specialty Food West 2023

FoodMesh is sponsoring five BC-based food upcyclers to showcase their products at Canada's biggest grocery trade show as part of our work to reduce food waste in Metro Vancouver...

13 February, 2023

Spotlight on: Luv the Grub

This impressive Metro Vancouver-based upcycler rescues second-grade produce from farms and produce markets and transforms it into an array of delicious chutneys and spreads...

23 January, 2023

Spotlight on: Chef TJ Conwi

Introducing the man behind Vancouver's first chef-run surplus food hub...

16 January, 2023

Spotlight on: Trendi

Meet the company that is using agricultural robotics to turn excess food from farms and production facilities into powders and purees...

09 January, 2023

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

Spotlight on: ReCruz Produce

Meet the organization rescuing and repurposing the produce that is left behind when it is processed to get the perfect tomato slice or lettuce shell....

05 December, 2022

Spotlight on: Susgrainable

See how Susgrainable is turning brewery by-products into healthy baking mixes and treats, in the first part of a new series that profiles innovative solutions to the food waste problem in Metro Vancouver...

21 November, 2022