Redux Program
Redux, with a presence in many communities across BC, collects and recycles food waste, including pre-consumer bakery organics and bone and fat materials, into ingredients for pet food, livestock feed, and green energy.

Love Food Hate Waste Canada
This national initiative provides resources and tips for individuals and businesses to reduce food waste, and the province has partnered with them to support local communities.

Sources Community Resource Centres
Sources Food Hub provides education on food waste reduction and coordinates food rescue and redistribution programs, including gleaning and delivering food to organizations serving marginalized families.

Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver provides resources and information for food scraps recycling, including posters for businesses and residents.

Food Stash Foundation
This registered charity collects surplus food from grocery stores and delivers it to various charities and nonprofits across Vancouver, as well as providing Rescued Food Boxes to households and running a weekly food market.

Second Harvest
Second Harvest is Canada’s largest food rescue charitable organization. Second Harvest works with thousands of food businesses from across the supply chain to reduce the amount of edible food going to waste. This model helps redirect surplus food to thousands of charities and non-profits throughout BC and across Canada.

ReFood
Refood delivers surplus food from grocery stores to food-insecure communities in BC.

Vancouver Food Runners
This organization uses app technology and volunteer drivers to deliver surplus food to nonprofits across Metro Vancouver.

FoodMesh
FoodMesh connects businesses with charities, ensuring surplus food is redirected to address food insecurity in Metro Vancouver.

ReFeed Farms
ReFeed Farms partners with businesses to rescue food that would otherwise go to waste.

Flashfood
Flashfood, a popular anti-waste app, allows businesses to sell surplus food at a reduced price, preventing it from going to waste, according to Still Good Foods and CBC.

Seed to Food Program
Our Seed to Food program connects ecological seed production with regenerative farming and climate adaptation while also helping reduce food insecurity and food waste. In collaboration with community partners, the program redistributes food by-products from public Research and Education Seed Farm trials to those in need.

Slow Bottled Sunday
Creates sauces and condiments with “ugly” fruit, saved in collaboration with BC farmers

Reroot
Makes simple and affordable pre-made frozen meals from surplus ingredients

Susgrainable
Crafts delicious, easy to make baking mixes from spent grains upcycled from craft breweries

Goodly Foods
Makes nourishing soups and stews using imperfect produce

Luv the Grub
Creates gourmet fusion chutneys and spreads from “ugly” produce and produce seconds

For more information on how you can stop your own food waste, please view some of our Engaging Eaters stories:

Recommendations for Eaters to Reduce Food Waste
Dr. Tammara Soma, Assistant Professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University, provides practical advice for eaters to reduce food waste through mindful consumption and improved food planning.

Tackling Waste by Re-thinking our Relationship with Food
This blog post encourages a shift in how individuals perceive and value food by promoting mindful eating habits and a deeper appreciation for the food system to reduce waste.

Food Matters: Let Us Not Waste It
In this article, we explore the environmental and social impacts of food waste in Canada and offer suggestions for reducing waste through meal planning, proper storage, and community action.

Eating the Peel: Zero Waste as Rebellion in the Kitchen
This guest blog post frames zero-waste cooking as an act of everyday rebellion that celebrates whole food use in the kitchen.

Preserving Your Fresh Produce
In this blog post, we discuss how to store your fresh produce to avoid unnecessary waste and get the most out of your farmers market finds.