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How Potter’s Place Mission and IGA West 4th have teamed up to provide nourishing meals to residents of Vancouver’s downtown eastside

The Regional District of North Okanagan gives grant money to those who reduce and reuse, including FoodMesh. Vernon Matters reports.

The Regional District of North Okanagan has awarded funding to FoodMesh for the second year to support growth and maintenance of the North Okanagan Food Recovery Network.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Join us on November 7 at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House 🍎

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.