That is where you come in!  We have focused our efforts on assesing how much food waste Vancouverites produce and how we can reduce that waste at home, save money and help the environment.  It’s easy!

Take our Foodprint Challenge and help us track the results for four weeks starting on October 15, 2014 and be entered to win weekly gift cards from our retail partners!  We’ll help with tips and support along the way.

Take the Foodprint Challenge NOW!

• Canadians waste on average 172kg of food annually. That’s roughly equal to the weight of an adult black bear!
• 51% of food waste in Canada is wasted at home.
• The average Canadian family of four wastes $1,464 worth of food annually.
• 29% or $27 billion worth of food is wasted annually in Canada.  That’s higher than the combined GDP of the 32 poorest countries in the world (World Bank 2009)
• When food is wasted all the resources to grow, harvest, package, ship and prepare that food are wasted too!
• 1.4 trillion litres of water per year is used on food crops that are wasted. That’s the same amount of water that pours over Niagra Falls after 4 days!
• Food sent to landfill generates methane, a greenhouse gas 26X more powerful than carbon dioxide.
• Over 30% of fruits and vegetables in North America don’t even make it onto store shelves because they’re not pretty enough for picky consumers.
• 9 billion people will inhabit the planet by 2050, we will need to produce 60% more food to feed them!
• 1.3 billion tonnes of food produced worldwide is never eaten.  That’s enough to feed the world’s 1 billion hungry three times over!

Join the FOODPRINT conversation and share your tips, tricks and experiences on our FB, twitter or Instagram pages using #foodprintBC 

Foodprint is generously supported by Vancouver Foundation

Thank you to Vancity, Choices and Left Coast Naturals for their ongoing support and support of the Foodprint pilot project.