Revolutionary Food Loss and Waste Project – May 30, 2018

The purpose of the study is to establish a framework and metrics that businesses operating in the farming, processing, retail and foodservice sectors can use to 1) understand where losses are likely to occur and 2) identify ways to improve their performance and profitability by reducing losses and waste. [...] 5) It will culminate in the production and dissemination of a manual of scalable and sustainable solutions for addressing and preventing food waste. [...] 800 to 1,000 survey respondents to be targeted across the entire value chain – Canada wide Second Harvest and VCMI are targeting 800 to 1,000 respondents from across the entire value chain to gain insights from farmers, food and beverage processors, retailers, foodservice operators, institutions and food redistributors across Canada (regardless of their size). [...] With a goal to drastically reduce the amount of food wasted while ensuring people have access to the good, healthy food they need for success, Second Harvest works across the supply chain from farmer to retail to capture surplus food before it ends up in the landfill and negatively impacts our environment. [...] About Value Chain Management International (VCMI) VCMI, an agri-food management consultancy firm, has authored/co-authored several publications on food waste, and is a leading public and industry voice in bringing awareness to the opportunities and solutions surrounding food waste reduction, traceability, and the environment.