1. Fraser Valley Food Recovery Pilot Project

2. Food Waste
Source: Second Harvest, Jan 2019

3. Solid Waste Management Plan
Goal 1: Reduce waste generation
Strategy – Stimulate and raise the profile of material exchange programs/businesses

4. FVRD Pilot Project with FoodMesh
14 month pilot to build a regional food recovery network with 50 FVRD users
Aim to divert 70,000 kg of surplus food to edible uses, &
Exchange $400,000 in food value to local charities and food businesses

5. What is FoodMesh
FoodMesh matches unsold food to a verified network of businesses and charities

6. How it Works

7. Benefits Helps Food Businesses Reduce spoilage Save on admin
Access new buyers
Track sustainability metrics
Manage relations easier
Feeds Communities
Access new donations
Improved product info
Pressure free opt in/out process
Track charitable donations

9. Perishable Recovery Program

10. Chilliwack Food Bank & Save On Foods
Help grocer divert 100% of their product
Increased net new donations by 59,000 kg in 3 months
Sharing to 19 other local charities, First Nation bands and farmers
Developed simple data collection tool

11. FoodMesh in Action

12. Where does the food go? 8 Charities 11 Farmers 59,000 kg diverted
100 Save On Foods stores
8 other charities come into the food bank and use the food, including Sparks, Kiwanis clubs, and someone from Sto:lo collects 4 times per week to distribute among the First Nation Bands
Schools who offer breakfast clubs are also accessing the food bank
Food is used by the over 100 soup kitchen attendees
Other food banks are also collecting
11 farmers can access any spoilt food and left overs for animal feed
Between 1-3% of the food ends up going for composting
Save On Foods has rolled out the program to nearly 100 of their 170 stores in BC and plans to expand it across their Western Canada operations in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Yukon.

14. Data until end of January 2019
Pilot project Results
Target
Result
FVRD Users 50 61
Weight Diverted
70,000 KG
99,173 KG
Meals Created
116, 667
165,288 Meals
Value
$400,000
$425,780
Data until end of January 2019

15. Continuation
Option 1
$20k – 18 months ($10k each financial year)
250,000 kg diverted
400,000 Meals
475,000 kgco2e
100 Network users
Option 2 * external funding
$50k – 24 months
1.5 million kg diverted
2.5 million meals
2,850,000 kgco2e diverted
150 FVRD network users
Based on the success of the pilot project FoodMesh and the FVRD have discussed the option to continue trying to expand the pilot across the FVRD.
Option 1 – over a 18 month period the aim is divert 250,000 kg of food and get 100 Network users, providing user training and making enhancements to the app
As part of the communication piece, the condition will be to deliver 5 public speaking events to promote the FVRD’s work and continue a PR program
Option 2 – is dependent upon external funding sources but has far higher targets in aiming for 1.5 million kg diverted and 150 FVRD network users. Under the communication and marketing campaign FoodMesh would also aim for a TV appearance promoting the FVRD project and participate in the launch of the new source separation bylaw. Moreover, they could also provide a custom dashboard with access to real time metrics for the FVRD activity.

16. Fraser Valley Food Recovery pilot project