5 Meals for a Dollar

How much food is wasted in Canada?  Where does food waste happen and why?  What are some potential solutions?This episode takes a quick look at two for-profit solutions to food waste – the Odd Bunch produce delivery box and Sobey’s Food Hero app -- and concludes with an inspiring interview with Mike Layton of Second Harvest, a food rescue charity in Toronto that turns every dollar in donations into five meals for hungry people.Donate to Second Harvest Here: https://www.secondharvest.ca/donatePlan a party with Echoage: https://echoage.com/charities/secondharvestDownload the Food Hero App: https://www.foodhero.com/en/downloadOrder a box from Odd Bunch: https://www.oddbunch.ca/pages/boxesSecond Harvest Report on Food Waste in Canada: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6618114bae6895cc12d3dc1d/678fef92d23e957f68c00aee_ACFW_Roadmap2024_Digital_compressed.pdfMusic Credits:'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist.‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson.  Performed by The Union Guitar Trio.  Used with permission of the artists.Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUDUnion Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833