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Our Agenda
Be Equipped
with Second Harvest’s e-Learning Modules
Unpack
the main reasons why food is thrown away across the food chain
Learn
about the Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste in Canada
Tackling Food Waste from Field to Fork about the Avoidable Crisis - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Tackling Food Waste from Field to Fork about the Avoidable Crisis - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Tackling Food Waste from Field to Fork about the Avoidable Crisis of Food Learn Waste in Canada Our Agenda the main reasons why food is Unpack thrown away across the food chain Be with Second Harvests e -Learning Equipped Modules The
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The Avoidable Crisis
- f Food Waste in Canada
the equivalent of
- ver 350,000
Blue Whales
58%
- f all the food
produced in Canada is lost or wasted, which amounts to 35.5 Million Metric Tons
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The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste in Canada
the equivalent of
- ver 90 CN Towers
32%
- f all the food
produced in Canada is lost or wasted, which amounts to 11.17 Million Metric Tons
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The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste in Canada
Source: The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste; Second Harvest, 2019
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52 million
- 37 million
15 million while 4 million
are experiencing food insecurity
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SPOTLIGHT ON 3 MAIN CAUSES
There is a lot of confusion about our date labelling system
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Food business are wary to donate surplus food to social agencies and support communities
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There is a lack of measurement and awareness of how much and why food is wasted at businesses and at homes
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“In date coding we have created a monster”
– Retail Executive
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What is a Best Before Date?
Best Before dates are given
to the product by the Manufacturer
Represent an estimate to the
peak quality or freshness of a product
The BBD is not a food safety
indicator, nor is it the same as an expiry date
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What is an Expiry Date?
Formulated liquid diets Pharmacist sold foods for low-energy diets Baby formula & human milk substitutes Nutritional supplements Meal replacements
Only 5 food items have an expiry date in Canada
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“ My business will be liable if we donate food and someone gets sick”
– Restaurant Owner
2
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“ We have become attuned to wasting food”
- Food Waste Researcher
3
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Our Food Waste Reduction Project https://training.secondharvest.ca
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Food Waste Audit with Agency Partners
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The Impact so far…
515 completed E-learning modules Accessed nationally, from coast to coast to coast 5-star rating on
- verall learning
experience Increased knowledge of food waste prevention best practices 4 completed food waste audits completed with 7 in progress Testimonials: “ The audit project has helped our team realize the reasons why we waste food at our organization.” “ The audit project showed us that we need to continue to educate staff and volunteers on BBD vs. Expiry to avoid wasting food that is still edible”
https://training.secondharvest.ca
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