Nearly 1 in 4 people don’t know where their next meal is coming from.

46.5% Of all food in Canada is wasted EVERY YEAR.

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Every year, Canadians throw away enough good food to feed over 17 million people.

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Pounds of greenhouse gases created annually from wasted food — the same as 17.3 million cars

In Canada, Second Harvest and its partners rescued and redistributed 87 M lbs of food in 2024 250 M lbs of GHGs.

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Are you a food business with surplus food? Second Harvest rescues food from over 7,500 food donors across Canada.

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What we know about food waste & rescue

Lynne Ethier

Our Children, Our Future

We run our After School Program every day during the week. Most of our rescued food goes to this program to support the children and families. We run this program in a neighbourhood with a high risk of food insecurity. The children love this program and very much appreciate the extra food items they can enjoy and bring back to their families.

Audrey Leduc

McCain Foods

No waste, no hunger means continuing to grow our business sustainably while ensuring that our finished goods and the raw products that we use always sustain our communities and never become waste. Second Harvest supports our objective to continue to bring people together and unite them towards planet-friendly food.

The Mustard Seed

The Mustard Seed

We at The Mustard Seed accommodate anywhere from 50-150 guests, 3 meals a day using these products. All of the food donations that we receive [from Second Harvest] are put directly into meals and sometimes used to bake treats for the guests. The Mustard Seed feeds and provides for community members facing homelessness and poverty. One guest in particular is always complimenting the variety and taste of our food

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