An Educational Guide to:

Aesthetic preferences and arbitrary

sell by dates combine to cause food

waste in high income regions .

  Low Income Regions

  High Income Regions

Food Waste Around the World

Food Waste in Canada

Food Waste and Climate Change

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Toronto Food Policy Council

Second Harvest Food Rescue

Food & Agricultural Organization

of the United Nations

$31 billion worth of food is wasted in Canada each year .

Households in Canada on average waste $1456 worth

of food each year .

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Approximately 47% of food wasted in Canada occurs at

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Land filled organic matter creates methane gas which is

25x more damaging to the environment than carbon

dioxide .

The highest carbon footprint of wastage occurs at the

consumption phase because one kilogram of food that is

wasted further along the supply chain will have a higher

carbon intensity than at earlier stages .

The remaining 53% of wasted food comes from earlier in

the value chain. Food production, processing, transport,

sale, and preparations and serving in commercial and

institutional settings . 1

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Food waste is highest at the processing, distribution and consumption stages .

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Lack of infrastructure and knowledge

of food storage and handling,

combined with unfavourable climate

conditions, can lead to high volumes

of food spoilage .2

Food waste is highest at

the production and post-harvesting

stages .

References:

1. Key facts on food loss and waste you should know! http://www.fao.org/save-

food/resources/keyfindings/en/

2. Food wastage footprint & Climate Change.

http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/7338e109-45e8-42da-92f3-ceb8d92002b0/

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