CPMA Presents: Profiting from Reducing Shrink in the Produce Industry Webinar – October 25

The webinar, presented by Dr. Martin Gooch, will present easy-to-follow tools developed by Value Chain Management International (VCMI) in conjunction with the Ontario Produce Marketing Association (OPMA).

Sign up to understand:

  1. how your business can profit from reducing shrink by applying simple tools, and
  2. how businesses have benefited from using tools developed by VCMI/OPMA.

Date and time: Wednesday, October 25 – 1:00 pm EST
(The webinar will run for approximately 45 minutes.)

Click here to register

July 4, 2017: Reducing Food Waste in Ontario’s Produce Industry – EarthFresh Foods: A Case Study

As part of the Ontario Produce Marketing Association’s (www.theopma.ca) food waste reduction initiative, Value Chain Management International worked with EarthFresh Foods and growers to identify ways to reduce waste by increasing the quality and value of table potatoes, from field to consumer. Click HERE for release.

CEC (Commission for Environmental Cooperation) holds North American workshop on food waste reduction and recovery – Feb 28 to Mar 2, 2017

Dr. Martin Gooch presents as part of panel discussion on “Perspectives on Opportunities to Reducing Food Loss and Waste.”

Tacking Food Loss to Grow Profit in Ontario’s Produce Industry – January 17, 2017

The Ontario Produce Marketing Association (OPMA) and VCMI are partnering on a food waste reduction initiative tailored to Ontario’s produce industry. For more details visit www.theopma.ca.

 

VCMI’s latest food waste paper – released on October 4, 2016

Food Waste – Aligning Government and Industry Within Value Chain Solutions – this report highlights the issue of FLW in Canada and, drawing on global comparisons, puts forward proposals to more effectively tackle food and associated wastes. It proposes how interactions within government and between government and industry be improved to enable the creation of an objective pragmatic roadmap for reducing FLW in Canada.

 

CBC’s “The Exchange” interviews VCMI on the dynamics of managing food waste —

Looking at food waste along the value chain – March 24, 2016

Local Ontario Value Chain for Quinoa – Project Reaches Successful Completion

February 24, 2016 — Katan Kitchens (http://www.katan.ca) and VCMI are nearing completion of their 30-month project to develop the first local Ontario value chain for quinoa. For details, see news release: Local Ontario Quinoa Project Completion NR – Feb 24, 2016

The towering food waste problem

November 10, 2015 – Canadian Grocer article by Jerred Stuffco

The food waste problem isn’t going away. So what are grocers doing to remedy this widespread-and costly-dilemma? And what’s causing it in the first place?

Various food experts interviewed including Dr. Martin Gooch.

Metro Vancouver Zero Waste Conference – “A Future Without Waste” on Oct 29, 2015

Conference website: www.zwc.ca

Dr. Martin Gooch joins panel discussion on “Inglorious Food: Food Waste and the Supply Chain”

SPARK Talk: Tristram Stuart, Founder of Feedback, National Geographic Emerging Explorer

The United Nations says about a third of all food grown or produced for humans goes to waste and, here in Canada, recent studies suggest that wasted food costs our economy about $31 billion per year. This session kicks off with remarks by a global campaigner, followed by a panel familiar with the real challenges, opportunities and successes in the fast emerging field of food-waste reduction. What can they tell us about the state of waste in the supply chain? How is the value of food waste being re-defined? What are businesses and governments doing to address food waste, on their own and together?

Panel:

Moderator: Shelley Carroll, Councillor, City of Toronto, Ward 33 Don Valley East

 

VCMI co-authors value chain manual with CARDI (Caribbean Agriculture and Research Development Institute) for the Caribbean Region

September 30, 3015 – How to increase food security, raise household incomes and achieve economic growth in the face of climate change are all factors facing the Caribbean region.

The purpose of the manual is to assist governments and industry to achieve these outcomes through enabling the development of sustainable agri-food value chains.

The manual can be accessed here: Caribbean VCA Manual – September 2015