Prevent Food Waste at Home & a SPUD.ca Giveaway

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From March 7 to 13, 2022 Canada will join with environmental charity WRAP for the first global Food Waste Action Week, with the goal of driving home the message, “Wasting Food Feeds Climate Change.” The international week of action will be delivered through the National Zero Waste Council, an initiative of Metro Vancouver, and its well-known Love Food Hate Waste Canada campaign.

Prevent Food Waste at Home & a SPUD.ca Giveaway

Prevent Food Waste at Home

Canadians produce nearly 10 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year, simply by wasting perfectly edible food at home — however, there are plenty of simple actions everyone can take to help prevent unnecessary food waste.

Sixty-three per cent of the food Canadian households throw away is considered avoidable, meaning it could have been eaten. Nationwide, that amounts to almost 2.2 million tonnes of edible food wasted each year, at a cost of more than $17 billion. The environmental impact of this waste is equivalent to 9.8 million tonnes of CO2 emissions, or 2.1 million cars on the road.

Globally, around one-third of all food produced is lost or wasted, which accounts for between eight and 10 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions. Fighting food waste at home has a direct impact on these emissions: every tonne of household food waste that is avoided is the equivalent of taking one car off the road each year.

To participate in Food Waste Action Week, Canadians are encouraged to use the food-saving tips shared on the Love Food Hate Waste Canada social channels (InstagramFacebook, and Twitter) and through the #FoodWasteActionWeek hashtag. From storing food correctly, to using up leftovers and making sure none of the food we love goes to waste, every small change can make a big difference.

SPUD Delivery

Tips from SPUD.ca

My friends at SPUD.ca online grocery delivery proudly partner with vendors that are as strongly committed to sustainability and fighting waste as they are. Here are some ways they are fighting waste through remarkable innovations:

Bee Kind Beeswax wraps are the reusable and biodegradable version of plastic wrap. They can also keep your food fresh and tasty for longer. Each Bee Kind wrap design is lovingly hand-painted by the founder’s mom. 

Bottle None Supply Inc. offers a wide range of natural shampoo bars and other zero-waste hair products. Upfront Cosmetics are also taking plastic bottles out of the bathroom. They offer a wide range of zero-waste all-natural shampoo and conditioner bars. 

Nature’s Path A family-owned company that has been committed to organics and sustainability for over 30 years, Nature’s Path is on a mission to leave the earth better than they found it. They offer a wide range of organic foods and many of their plastic bags are part of SPUD’s takeback program. 

Susgrainable transforms beer “waste” into premium baked goods. Realizing that food waste numbers in Canada were climbing, Susgrainable saw a unique opportunity to take the used barley from breweries that otherwise would have been wasted, and turn it into high fibre, high protein treats and baking mixes. 

Goodly was created from the desire to make good food from surplus natural ingredients and to give people with barriers to traditional employment good jobs. 

Lita’s Mexican Foods are Certified Plastic Negative. Through a partnership with rePurpose Global, they remove and recover twice as much plastic waste from nature as they produce through their packaging. Lita’s Mexican Foods donates a percentage of every product purchase to fund the collection of 882 lbs of plastic waste from oceans and landfills every year. 

Luv the Grub rescues imperfect produce and turns it into delicious chutneys and spreads. Their founder Alia is the daughter of a Ugandan refugee and knowing the barriers newcomers face, they hire newcomer refugees to give them their first Canadian work experience and a new community at Luv the Grub.

Soap Exchange has a comprehensive collection of products which are environment-friendly and 100% biodegradable. They also recycle and re-use their packaging so be sure to return all your empty Soap Exchange bottles in your SPUD bin so they can be reused. Read more about SPUD’s takeback program

Loop repurposes the outcasts of the food industry by transforming perfectly imperfect fruits and vegetables into mind-blowing cold pressed juices, probiotic sodas and more. With a rescue mission to be a food waste fighting powerhouse, Loop is constantly working on new initiatives such as making soap from rejected cooking oil. 

Win a Food Waste Fighting SPUD Box

SPUD.ca wants to send a lucky Miss604 reader a grocery delivery filled with some food waste fighting items from their vendors. Here’s how you can enter to win:

SPUD.ca grocery delivery giveaway

I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Tuesday, March 15, 2022.

For Miss604 Readers/Followers

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30 Comments  —  Comments Are Closed

  1. Marisa. PTuesday, March 8th, 2022 — 11:17am PST

    We’ve been using spud for years! I really like the fact that I can choose local vendors and support small farms!

  2. Sylvia FTuesday, March 8th, 2022 — 4:40pm PST

    I love the healthy variety at spud and delivery is so handy. I am excited to try out some of their new products and I love their focus on preventing food waste !

  3. AngelaTuesday, March 8th, 2022 — 5:24pm PST

    I love SPUD!

  4. KamTuesday, March 8th, 2022 — 9:14pm PST

    We fight food waste at home by buying only things we need and by finishing leftovers quickly!

  5. SandraTuesday, March 8th, 2022 — 9:29pm PST

    We eat everything we buy, plan our meals to use it all up before expiration dates

  6. LindaTuesday, March 8th, 2022 — 11:21pm PST

    I fight food waste at home by using the whole vegetable, peel, flesh and greens.

  7. RachelWednesday, March 9th, 2022 — 12:16am PST

    I have heard great things and would love to try Spud.

  8. Tabby72Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 — 7:18am PST

    Thanks for the chance to win!

  9. Rachel2Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 — 8:29am PST

    Nice!

  10. Mike GismondiWednesday, March 9th, 2022 — 8:40am PST

    This seems like a great program!

  11. Angela GeeWednesday, March 9th, 2022 — 9:17am PST

    I fight food waste by freezing as much as I can

  12. Carol W.Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 — 9:51am PST

    When I have a surplus of some kind of food I search out new recipes for a way to use to use it up before it goes bad. Have come across some wonderful recipes by doing this.

  13. BrendaWednesday, March 9th, 2022 — 9:58pm PST

    We find alternate ways of using items to prevent food waste (e.g. making bread crumbs out of older bread).

  14. StephanieWednesday, March 9th, 2022 — 11:13pm PST

    We fight food waste at home by using different recipes and methods to make use of the produce and meat products we buy – soups, broths, garnishes, etc. We often use local apps that help fight food waste by offering near expiry food or less-than-perfect products at a discount.

  15. Cheryl GreenThursday, March 10th, 2022 — 9:42am PST

    WOW! this is great. Everyone needs a little help. Thanks for the chance

  16. AmyThursday, March 10th, 2022 — 8:43pm PST

    Looking forward to it

  17. Jason BThursday, March 10th, 2022 — 9:06pm PST

    Delicious

  18. Alicia PThursday, March 10th, 2022 — 10:27pm PST

    What a great contest.

  19. Frank LopezFriday, March 11th, 2022 — 7:53am PST

    I only buy what I need

  20. wilsonFriday, March 11th, 2022 — 9:04am PST

    looking forward

  21. Zuzana TycFriday, March 11th, 2022 — 10:50am PST

    wow what a great idea

  22. Michelle WFriday, March 11th, 2022 — 11:39am PST

    We fight food waste by eating everything we buy and freezing extra things to use later.

  23. Sandra NFriday, March 11th, 2022 — 3:01pm PST

    Yay groceries at my door!

  24. wenFriday, March 11th, 2022 — 8:57pm PST

    This is great!

  25. TiffSaturday, March 12th, 2022 — 4:19am PST

    We try and combat food waste by repurposing leftovers into a fried rice or fried noodle.

  26. IanSaturday, March 12th, 2022 — 12:59pm PST

    I don’t buy so much on eat shopping trip and re-eat leftovers quickly.

  27. ValerieMonday, March 14th, 2022 — 1:11pm PDT

    I fight food waste by buying small amounts of food, and using on-sale discounted food that night.

  28. NicoleMonday, March 14th, 2022 — 4:09pm PDT

    We find lots of ways to use up leftovers & food scraps like in soup stock, etc.

  29. karen chiangMonday, March 14th, 2022 — 5:13pm PDT

    Love Spud! Thanks!

  30. LindaTuesday, March 15th, 2022 — 5:17am PDT

    What a treat.

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