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Did you know?

 

In Canada, 47% of all food gets wasted.

If food loss and waste were a country it would be the 3rd biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

About 1 in 4 people in Canada are food insecure.

 
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Who is Food Stash Foundation

We are a registered charity located in Vancouver, BC. We collect about 130,000+ pounds of food per month that would have gone to waste, deliver to 35 charity partners, deliver Rescued Food Boxes to 110 households and serve an average of 101 Rescued Food Market members weekly.

What We Do

FOOD STASH KEEPS GOOD SURPLUS FOOD FROM GOING TO WASTE AND DELIVERS IT WHERE IT’S NEEDED.

  1. Pick up surplus food from grocery stores

2. Deliver to other charities & nonprofits across Vancouver

3. Pack & deliver weekly Rescued Food Boxes to members

4. Host a weekly affordable food market

So far this year we've rescued 408,120
pounds of food

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Our beginnings

Inspired by the documentary Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story, David Schein, a local school teacher, started collecting food from grocery stores that would have otherwise been thrown away. Alongside volunteers, he started delivering to charities with food programs and then expanded to food box delivery for 9 struggling families. Now, we operate out of a warehouse located in Mount Pleasant.

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“Food Stash gets me closer to eating healthy whole foods every day. With times being so hard, sometimes Food Stash’s delivery is all I have. Forever grateful!”
— Rescued Food Box Member

OUR WORK WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM PARTNERS, VOLUNTEERS AND GENEROUS DONORS.