Did you know?

 

In Canada we waste 58% of the food we produce.

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

About 1 in 5 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 120,000+ 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.

Pick up surplus food from grocery stores

Deliver to nonprofits & charities across Vancouver

Pack and deliver weekly Rescued Food Boxes to members

Host a weekly affordable food market

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