A partnership between Moisson Montreal and the largest grocery chains in the province will continue to salvage hundreds of tons of food that would otherwise be discarded.
An organization called Moisson Montreal is working hard to fight food waste while feeding hungry residents of Quebec. Moisson Montreal, whose name appropriately means “harvest” in French, has been operating as Canada’s largest food bank since 1984, but it was only in October 2013 that it created a partnership with local supermarkets – to collect and redistribute food that the stores would otherwise discard.
The “Food Recovery Program with Supermarkets” – the first of its kind in Canada – has been responsible for redistributing 534 tons of food since 2013. This includes 197 tons of meat, 137 tons of baked goods, 52 tons of fruits and vegetables, and 148 tons of varied products and frozen items. (Meat is an often-neglected food category for donation, due to the difficulty of transportation and refrigeration, but Moisson Montreal manages to salvage an impressive 8 000 kilos / 17 637 lbs of meat and meat substitutes monthly.)
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