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New report: preservation technologies key to cutting food waste globally
Food loss and waste (FLW) currently causes an estimated $1 trillion in economic losses globally each year. This constitutes a major humanitarian crisis in addition to an economic one, leading the United Nations to set a goal of reducing global…
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Survey: COVID-19 Driving Canadians to Waste Less Food
A new nation-wide survey shows that Canadians are wasting less food while COVID-19 public health measures have been in place. Love Food Hate Waste Canada, delivered by the National Zero Waste Council in conjunction with its campaign partners, worked with the…
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Canadians may be wasting 13.5% more food at home since start of pandemic
A new report from Dalhousie University scientists shows food waste at home seems to have increased in Canada since Covid-19 arrived. The research team is Sylvain Charlebois, Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, Erica Finch, Research Associate, and Janet Music, Manager. “Since…
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Outcast partners with Sobeys to cut food waste
Outcast Foods is working with Sobeys Inc. to minimize food waste in its Debert, Nova Scotia distribution center and select Nova Scotia stores. Outcast uses a state-of-the-art process to dry unsellable fruits and vegetables immediately, locking in the nutrients and…
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Outcast Foods raises $3M in financing
Shortly after winning Innovator of the Year, Outcast Foods announced it has closed a $3 million financing round. The seemingly simple idea of upcycling surplus, misfit fruits and vegetables that are edible and turning them into long shelf life powders…
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Beyond Food Inc receives funding to tackle food waste
A $950,000 loan from the federal government will enable Beyond Food Inc to incorporate clean technology into its food manufacturing process, which will help the company prevent fruits and vegetables from becoming food waste by transforming them into value-added nutritional…
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Foodrescue.ca expands to B.C. with funding from Loblaw
Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) and Second Harvest have further solidified their commitment to tackle food waste in Canada with the expansion of FoodRescue.ca to British Columbia. Made possible by a donation of $415,000 from Loblaw to Second Harvest, this free…
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Canada’s first-ever Food Policy announced
Federal programs to boost the profile of domestic and locally grown foods at home while reducing food waste, food insecurity and deceptive food marketing are all up for funding under the government’s new Food Policy for Canada. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude…
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Letter to the editor: No concrete evidence to link transglutaminase to celiac disease
By: Eyassu G. Abegaz, We appreciate the informative article, “Could this widely used food additive cause celiac disease?” published in the January/February 2019 issue of Food in Canada (page 9). Indeed, the coverage of celiac disease in your article is a relevant…
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Food industry leaders commit to tackle food waste in Canada
Canada’s National Zero Waste Council and Provision Coalition applaud the formal commitment made today by eight leading Canadian companies — Kraft Heinz Canada, Loblaw Companies Ltd, Maple Leaf Foods, Metro Inc, Save-On-Foods, Sobeys Inc, Unilever Canada and Walmart Canada – to take measurable action to prevent and reduce food waste in their own…
