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Recent News

• “Five Years Later: The Evolving Crisis of Food Waste in Canada” – E+ELeader – October 25, 2024
• “Second Harvest: Canada Wastes Nearly Half of Its Food Production Annually” – To Do Canada – October 23, 2024
• “We’re wasting less food but there’s still more to do” – The Grower, Owen Roberts – October 23, 2024
• “‘That’s an outrageous number’: Here’s how much food we’re wasting in Canada, according to a new report” – Toronto Star – Mahdis Habibinia – October 22, 2204
• “Report shows Canadians wasting alarming amount of food” – CP24 – October 22, 2024
• “Posthaste: Nearly half of all Canada’s food is wasted, report finds” – National Post, Ben Cousins – October 22, 2024
• “Nearly half of the food produced in Canada is wasted annually: report” – CTV News Calgary – Tyson Fedor – October 22, 2024
• “Almost half of all food wasted in Canada is avoidable, new report suggests” – CTV News Toronto – Joanna Lavoie – October 22, 2024
• “New Report From Second Harvest Reveals Canada’s $58 Billion Food Waste Problem” – October 22, 2024
• “Quantifying the functionality importance of plastic packaging in fresh produce from a needs/benefit perspective” – Agriculture and Agri-food Canada – April 18, 2024 (released on August 12, 2024)
• Second Harvest and Value Chain Management International to Release Five-Year Update to “The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste” Research Report – SH NR – 080724
• “Minister MacAulay announces Food Waste Reduction Challenge winners” – Agriculture and Agri-food Canada – March 20, 2024
• PAC Global Webinar — Future-Proof Your Packaging: Addressing Chemicals of Concern with Value Chain-based Solutions – October 18, 2023
• “Federal methods for plastic pollution reduction flawed, new report says” – Waste & Recycling – Emily Atkins – September 11, 2023
• “Plastic packaging hammer policies are not the answer” – The Grower – Karen Davidson – September 7, 2023
• “Value Chain Management International marks 10th anniversary” – The Grower – Karen Davidson – June 21, 2023
• “Farmers at the forefront of reducing GHG emissions” – Farmtario – Jennifer Glenney – October 25, 2022
• “How farmers can adopt low-carbon strategies” – The Grower – Karen Davidson – September 19, 2022
• “Investments in low-carbon food industry doesn’t need to be expensive: report” – Canadian Grocer – Chris Daniels – September 16, 2022
• “Majority of Canadians against eliminating ‘best before’ dates on food packaging” – CBC News – Jenna Benchetrit – August 25, 2022
• “Holding the Line on Food Loss” – IFT Food Technology Magazine, Danielle Beurteaux, July 1, 2022
• “96% of Canada’s surplus edible food goes to waste” – Grocery Business – April 13, 2022
• “Second Harvest and Value Chain Management International release new research: Wasted Opportunity: Rescuing Surplus Food in a Throwaway Culture” – CNW News Release by Second Harvest – April 12, 2022
• “Supply chain woes from B.C. flooding to reverberate in Alberta” – Calgary Herald – Jason Herring – November 16, 2021
• “In Canada, food charities vastly outnumber grocery stores”- Canadian Grocer – October 18, 2021
• “Food charities outnumber grocery stores in Canada four-to-one” – Op Ed Globe & Mail – Lori Nikkel – October 11, 2021
• “Toronto answers call for food donations as part of Thanksgiving drive, food bank says” – CBC – Muriel Draaisma – October 11, 2021
• “Second Harvest shares Canada’s Invisible Food Network report” – Restobiz – October 8, 2021
• “Second Harvest and Value Chain Management International release new research: Canada’s Invisible Food Network” – Second Harvest – October 7, 2021
• “Second Harvest and Value Chain Management International release new research: Canada’s Invisible Food Network” – CNW News Release by Second Harvest – October 7, 2021
• “Visionary Leadership Is More Critical Than Ever” – PAC – Dr. Martin Gooch – September 3, 2021
• “Where are grocers in the war on food waste” – Canadian Grocer – Rebecca Harris – May 28, 2021
• “Study warns government policy could increase food waste” – Restobiz – May 26, 2021
  “The problem with solving the plastics problem” – Canadian Grocer – Rebecca Harris – May 20, 2021
• “PACKAGING AND FOOD WASTE UNWRAPPED” – The Grower – Karen Davidson – May 18, 2021
• “New research paper warns government policy can increase food waste” – Food in Canada – May 18, 2021
• “Food loss & waste: Answering the packaging question” – The Suburban – June 22, 2020
• “Not all plastic food packaging is bad, says National Zero Waste Council” – CBC – Maryse Zeidler – June 6, 2020
• “Report provides insight into packaging solutions to prevent food waste” – Food in Canada – Grant Cameron – June 3, 2020
• “Reducing food waste through better packaging” – Solid Waste & Recycling – June 2, 2020
• “Zero Waste report looks at relationship between food, packaging and GHGs” – Recycling Product News – Slone Fox – June 2, 2020
• “Food Loss and Waste: Answering the Packaging Question” – National Zero Waste Council – June 2, 2020
• “Food packaging must help reduce waste, but not at all costs” – The Grower – Owen Roberts – May 26, 2020
• “Finding value chain opportunities in a pandemic” – FCC – Owen Roberts – April 24, 2020
• “Second Harvest launches network to guarantee food supply to needy” – Food in Canada – Grant Cameron – March 19, 2020
• “Second Harvest launches Canada-wide Task Force to guarantee food supply to vulnerable Canadians” – Global Newswire – March 18, 2020
• “Addressing the ‘crisis’ that is Ontario’s food waste problem” – CityNews – Erica Natividad and Victoria Revay – January 20, 2020
• “Canada Implements New Food Guidelines, But What About the Food Waste?” – Inter Press Service – Stephen Leahy – February 8, 2019
• “Canadians must be better stewards of food” – Winnipeg Press, Laura Rance – February 2, 2019
• “New study shows more than 35 million tonnes of food produced in Canada lost or wasted annually” – Mississauga News, Chris Clay – February 1, 2019
• “Taking a Bite Out of Food Waste” – Kate Jackman-Atkinson, Neepawa Banner & Press – January 25, 2019
• “Three Key Reports In The Last Week All Call For Less Wasted Food” – Forbes, Dana Gunders – January 25, 2019
• “Canadians can do better to reduce food waste” – Amanda Lang, BNN Bloomberg – January 23, 2019
• “Nearly 60% of Canadian food is wasted or lost: report” – Daily Hive – Staff – January 17, 2019
• “Study finds more than half of food produced in Canada wasted” – Toronto Star (c/o Bob Weber, Canadian Press) – January 17, 2019
• “More than half of food produced in Canada is wasted: ‘It would horrify our grandparents’” – Global News (c/o Bob Weber, Canadian Press) – January 17, 2019
• “More than half of all food produced in Canada is lost or wasted, report says” – CBC News – Andrea Janus – January 17, 2019
• “Vast majority of Canadian food waste takes place within the food industry – and not at the household level, study finds” – Globe and Mail – Ann Hui – January 17, 2019
• “New research shows 58 per cent of food produced in Canada is wasted” – Food in Canada – January 17, 2019
• “Save thousands of dollars and the environment by doing THIS” – The Weather Network – Emily Vukovik – July 30, 2018
• “Curbing the 40 percent loss of all food produced in Canada to waste remains focus for compost Council” – Compost Council of Canada – Susan Antler – July 27, 2018
• “Average Canadian household tossing $1,560 worth of food a year” – Toronto Star – Carola Vyhnak – July 24, 2018
• “Canadian Whole of Chain Food Loss and Waste Study – Project Overview and Industry Stakeholder Engagement Activities” – Partners in Project Green – June 28, 2019
• “Where are we wasting?” – Canadian Grocer – June 25, 2018
• “Have your say about food waste on the farm” – Real Agriculture – Owen Roberts – June 17, 2018
• “World-first project: Measuring food waste across the Canadian supply chain” – Restobiz – May 31, 2018
• “Huge food waste study launches” – todaysfarmer.ca – May 31, 2018 
• “Second Harvest, Value Chain Management propose food loss, waste project” – Refrigerated and Frozen Foods – May 31, 2018
• “Measuring Food Loss And Waste Across The Entire Canadian Supply Chain A World First Project” – Second Harvest/CNW – May 31, 2018
• Daily Bread Food Bank and Second Harvest Food Rescue announce funding from Walmart Foundation to help in their efforts to rescue and deliver fresh, surplus food to feed people experiencing hunger. VCMI partners with Second Harvest on the second project to support evidence-based solutions for food recovery – Release – April 19, 2018
• “Grocers are coming up with smart ways to tackle food waste. But there’s still more to be done.” – Canadian Grocer – April 17, 2018
• “Case study tells how distributors can save $1.2 million, and increase sales” – Fresh Plaza – December 15, 2017
• OPMA – NR – Distributor Case Study – December 13, 2017
• OPMA FW Project – Distributor Case Study – December 2017
• “Improving packing line efficiency and … reducing food waste” – The Grower – Page 7 – December 2017
• “The CPMA Podcast: Tackling waste for organizational success” – The Produce News – December 7, 2017
• Tackling Waste for Organizational Success – CPMA Podcast – November 30, 2017
• “OPMA celebrates its 26th anniversary gala” – Grocery Business – November 2017
• Dr. Martin Gooch one of three OPMA Honourees at Annual Gala – The Grower – November 23, 2017
• OPMA FW Project Case Study – Gwillimdale Farms – Nov 20, 2017
• OPMA – NR – Gwillimdale Farms Case Study – November 20, 2017
• “Reducing food waste in Ontario’s produce industry: The Apple Factory – A Case Study” – Fresh Plaza – October 30 2017
• “OPMA – NR – Apple Factory Case Study” – October 30, 2017
• “Ontario Sheep Farmers announce new EweGROW program” – Ontario Sheep Farmers – October 26, 2017
• “Reducing food loss in Ontario’s produce industry” – Fresh Plaza – September 27, 2017
• “Food Waste – What Is Acceptable Produce Shrink?” – Produce Business – Carol Bareuther – September 1, 2017
• “Reducing food waste can put money in your pocket, project shows” – Agricultural Adaptation Council – July 31, 2017
• “Case studies part of food waste reduction strategy” – Food in Canada – July 6, 2017
• “Case study reveals how to reduce potato waste by increasing quality” – Fresh Plaza – July 6, 2017
• “OPMA NR – EarthFresh Foods – A Case Study” – July 4, 2017
• “OPMA – Reducing Food Waste in Ontario’s Produce Industry – Project Update” – June 14, 2017
• “OPMA targets food waste in seminars” – The Packer – Cynthia David – February 22, 2017
• “New project aims to tackle food loss in Ontario’s produce industry” – Canadian Grocer – Mark Cardwell – January 19, 2017
• “Tackling food loss to grow profit in Ontario’s produce industry” – The Produce News – January 19, 2017
• “Tackling food loss to grow profit in Ontario’s produce industry” – Fresh Plaza – January 18, 2017
• “Food waste report calls for collaboration” – Canadian Grocer – Mark Cardwell – October 6, 2016
• “Finding solutions for food waste in Canada” – CTV News – Colleen Schmidt – October 5, 2016
• “Farmers can take steps to reduce food waste” – The Western Producer – Tennessa Wild – July 13, 2016
• “Food waste in Canada is the equivalent of 2% of our GDP” – Cantech Letter – Terry Dawes – July 6, 2016
• “Starbucks pledges to donate 100% of unsold food within 5 years” – CBC’s The Exchange article and VCMI interview – March 23, 2016
• CBC’s “The Exchange” interview on food waste – “Food waste dilemma” – March 23, 2016
• “The towering food waste problem” – November 10, 2015 – Canadian Grocer – Jerred Stuffco
• “Laying Waste” – October 2015 – The Walrus – Sasha Chapman
• “Tracing the origins of Ontario’s best steaks” – June 15, 2015 – Guelph Mercury – Owen Roberts
• “Report slams Canada’s livestock traceability system” – June 3, 2015 – Better Farming – Jim Algie
• “Better Beef Traceability Translates to Bigger Profits in Practice and On Paper” – June 3, 2015 – Real Agriculture – Owen Roberts
• “Ontario Beef to learn from Australia : Traceability – can it be done?” – June 1, 2015 – Farms.com
• “Would France’s anti-food waste law work for Canada?” – May 26, 2015 – Daily Brew/Canada News – Steve Mertl
• “France banning grocery stores from tossing food right idea, wrong approach, say experts” – May 22, 2015 – Toronto Sun – Sherry Noik
• “How to solve the food waste problem” – May 5, 2015 – Maclean’s – Cinda Chavich
• “Martin Gooch’s war on waste” – January 23, 2015 – Canadian Grocer – Rob Gerlsbeck
• “$31B in food wasted every year” (Interview) – December 11, 2014 – CBC The Exchange with Amanda Lang
• “Food waste costs Canada $31B a year, report says” – December 11, 2014 – CBC News – Pete Evans
• “Annual Canadian food waste estimated at $31 Billion” – December 10, 2014 – CTV News Calgary
• “A wasted opportunity: Addressing $31 billion in food waste in Canada” – December 10, 2014 – Canadian Grocer – David Sherman
• “Canadian Food Waste Report” (Interview) – December 10, 2014 – Global News
• “Canada’s annual food waste a staggering $31B. Here’s how to reduce it.” – December 10, 2014 – Global News – Irene Ogrodnik
• “Ugly fruits and vegetables are finally finding a home – on store shelves” – November 18, 2014 – Globe and Mail – Lee Marshall
• “Ontario-grown quinoa close to commercialization” – October 21, 2014 – Ag Innovation Ontario – Lilian Schaer
• “A third of global food supply is wasted” – October 15, 2014 – Globe and Mail – Marlene Habib
• “How to reduce your household’s food waste” – September 25, 2014 – Shine On – Nadine Kalinauskas
• “Food faddism leads to food waste” – September 16, 2014 – Troy Media – Jane Harris-Zsovan
• “Differentiate with traceability: report” – August 15, 2014 – Owen Roberts – FCC Express
• “Ontario’s beef industry eyes Australian-style traceability system” – August 12, 2014 – Farms.com – Amanda Brodhagan
• “Developing
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• “Canada Wastes $27 Billion Worth of Food Each Year” – August 6, 2014 – KelownaNow – Ben Gummieny
• “Canadians waste seven billion kilograms of food a year” – August 5, 2014 – Globe and Mail – Rosanna Tamburri
• “Target Canada asks suppliers for cost break to share in its struggles” – July 22, 2014 – Globe and Mail – Marina Strauss
• “You can help avoid food waste by buying less of things more often” – July 20, 2014 – Owen Roberts – Guelph Mercury
• “Farmers join food-waste fight” – July 18, 2014 – Owen Roberts – FCC Express
• “What a waste: Industry tackles $27 billion in food wasted in Canada” – July 14, 2014 – Mark Cardwell – Canadian Grocer
• “Food Folly – What a waste” – July 9, 2014 – Debora Van Brenk – London Free Press
• “Growing quinoa in Ontario an idea with Guelph roots” – February 22, 2014 – Jennifer Bain – Guelph Mercury
• “Get ready for Ontario-grown quinoa” – February 21, 2014 – Jennifer Bain – The Toronto Star
• “Root for reigning Olympic champion and PEI potatoes” – February 2014 Issue – The Grower
• “Canadians trash $27 billion worth of food a year” – January 18, 2014 – Liane Faulder, Edmonton Journal
• “How about engaging farmers in the battle against food waste?” – December 19, 2013 – Owen Roberts, The Grower
• “Better management at core of apple industry improvement” – November 22, 2013 – Owen Roberts, FCC Express
• CME Appoints Dr. Martin Gooch as HTM Adjunct Faculty – November 12, 2013
• “Report digs in to potato sales” – November 8, 2013 – Owen Roberts, FCC Express
• “We crave local food and yet we throw it away,” November 4, 2013 – Owen Roberts, Guelph Mercury.com
• “Farmers Could Make a Difference in Food Waste Reduction Campaigns,” October 31, 2013 – Owen Roberts, Real Agriculture
• “Second Report on Project to Enable Ontario’s Potato Industry,” October 22, 2013 – Agricultural Adaptation Council
• “Potatoes suffer image problem,” October 22, 2013 – Agri 007 – Jim Romahn
• “Grocery stores going healthier to attract more customers,” October 7, 2013 – Global News
• “Best before vs expiry: do you know the difference?” October 1, 2013 – Global News
• “New grocery store and restaurant to sell only food that passed its best-before date, but is still perfectly fine to eat,” September 30, 2013 – National Post
• “Best before labels often confuse consumers: Harvard study,” September 22, 2013 – CTVNews.ca
• “Consider traceability a core value: report,” August 16, 2013 – FCC Express
• “Traceability Is Free: A Different Look at Food Traceability,” August 13, 2013 – Agricultural Adaptation Council
• “Potato industry reviews spending style,” August 9, 2013 – Farm Credit Canada Express
• “Cut Waste, GROW PROFIT Forum,” August 7, 2013 – Agricultural Adaptation Council
• “Working to enhance Canada’s apple competitiveness,” July 29, 2013 – Ag Annex
• “The spuds need buds — or at least a sexier image,” July 29, 2013 – Guelph Mercury.com
• “Consumers are passing on spuds,” July 19, 2013 –  Ontario Farmer
• Jim Romahn’s blog on Ontario potato industry report, July 17, 2013 – agri007.blogspot.ca/
• Globe and Mail, June 4, 2013 – How is the earth faring on world environment day
• “Expert Working Group meets on the business of food security,” – May 26, 2013 – Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
• Bayer 150-Year Award, May 6, 2013
• ‘Mega-Merger’ May Not Cure All, May 5, 2013 – New Zealand Farmers’ Weekly
• The Grower reports on VCMC’s recent benchmarking study on the Canadian Apple Industry, March 2013.
• Food Waste Debate could use a pinch of common sense, Jan 21, 2013. Macleans
• Cut Waste, Grow Profit Forum Review, Farms.com, Nov 20, 2012
• “What a Waste,” October 2012 Online version
• Canada Wastes $27 billion worth of food a year, Canadian Grocer Oct 2012
• Food Waste Report: CTV interview with Dr Martin Gooch, Oct 26, 2012
• How much food and grocery money are Canadians wasting? Globe & Mail, Oct 24, 2012
• XL Foods trashes tonnes…The National Post, Oct 22, 2012
• Canada wastes enough food to feed millions, Victoria Times, Oct 14, 2012
• Martin Gooch takes calls about Food Waste Report, CBC Alberta Radio, Oct 10, 2012
• Canadians waste billions in food each year, The Whig.com, Oct 6, 2012
• Canadians waste billions in food each year, The Sun, Oct 6, 2012
• Tips from the Pros on Cutting Thanksgiving Waste, Globe & Mail, Oct 5, 2012
• Food Waste Report Posted, Ontario Farmer, Oct 5, 2012
• Canadians throw out a third of the food they buy, CBC News, Oct 2, 2012
• $27B in food is wasted each year in Canada, TV Report from The National, CBC TV Oct 2, 2012
• By the numbers, Food Waste. Global News, Oct 3, 2012
• Most of Canada’s wasted food dumped from homes, CBC, Oct 1, 2012
• How much food do Canadians waste each year? Think Billions. Globe & Mail, Oct 1, 2012
• What a Waste. CBC online, Oct 1, 2012
• Food Waste forum and report is headline news on the CBC Oct 1, 2012
• People don’t eat leftovers. CBC Oct 1, 2012
• A lot of our food is as likely to end up in a landfill as on our plate. CBC Radio, Morning Ed. Oct 1, 2012
• Food waste a $27 billion problem. Mississauga.com Oct 1, 2012
• New Ag Partnership Unveils Value Chain Management Opportunities. Sept 11, 2012
• The Real Hunger Games. Hamilton Spectator article on staggering waste through the food chain, Aug 27, 2012
• Guelph Think-tank defines what makes a perfect peach. Guelph Mercury, August, 2012
• Morrisons exec talks supply chain. Canadian Grocer, April 2012
• VCIF Reported in Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture Newsletter, 2012

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