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.

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

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First Portuguese Canadian Culture Centre

We LOVED the organic shiitake mushrooms form Holburne Family Farm. We will make beautiful "Bifinhos com cogumelos" which is steak with cream and mushrooms! It's one of our seniors' favourite recipes! Thank you so much!

First Portuguese Canadian Culture Centre
First Portuguese Canadian Culture Centre

Winnipeg School Division

Every week a team of staff, students and family members work together to sort, package and distribute 5,000 to 6,000 lbs. of produce and up to 2,000 lbs. of bakery products. We regularly hear how meaningful this support is at a time when food prices are putting an incredible strain on families. It is because of Second Harvest that we are able to make this difference for families in the Winnipeg School Division.

Winnipeg School Division
Winnipeg School Division

Lynne Ethier

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.

Our Children, Our Future
Lynne Ethier

Covenant House

Food is the centre of everything we do at Covenant House. It is the first thing we offer a youth when they come through our doors, and it’s what fuels our young people as they work hard for a brighter future.

Toronto Covenant House
Covenant House

Sammi Silverman

The Second Harvest Food Rescue App makes it so easy to give back to the community. Our restaurants and their teams love participating in something so impactful. Thanks to Second Harvest for helping us on our mission to always do what is right for our communities, environment and staff.

A&W Canada
Sammi Silverman

Audrey Leduc

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.

McCain Foods
Audrey Leduc

Grace Williams

Rhema Christian Ministries has benefited significantly with the food received from Second Harvest, especially during this pandemic time. Our clients are appreciative of the variety of food. Thank you, Second Harvest! Rhema Food Bank could not feed the communities without your support.

Rhema Christian Ministries
Grace Williams

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