How much food is wasted in Canada? Where does food waste happen and why? What are some potential solutions?

This episode takes a quick look at two for-profit solutions to food waste – the Odd Bunch produce delivery box and Sobey’s Food Hero app -- and concludes with an inspiring interview with Mike Layton of Second Harvest, a food rescue charity in Toronto that turns every dollar in donations into five meals for hungry people.

Donate to Second Harvest Here: https://www.secondharvest.ca/donate

Plan a party with Echoage: https://echoage.com/charities/secondharvest

Download the Food Hero App: https://www.foodhero.com/en/download

Order a box from Odd Bunch: https://www.oddbunch.ca/pages/boxes

Second Harvest Report on Food Waste in Canada: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6618114bae6895cc12d3dc1d/678fef92d23e957f68c00aee_ACFW_Roadmap2024_Digital_compressed.pdf

Music Credits:

'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist.

'Summer Vibes' by Pold. Released under a creative commons license.

‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson. Performed by The Union Guitar Trio. Used with permission of the artists.

Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD

Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833

Matt interviews Yara El Murr, the Managing Editor of the Green Line, an innovative Toronto news outlet that is making community-driven, hyper-local news.

Our information ecosystem is full of misinformation and news fatigue and Yara shares insights on how journalists can produce useful and compelling journalism that responds to these growing challenges.

Learn about the 4-step action journey that structures their monthly reporting.

Learn More:

The Green Line: https://thegreenline.to/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thegreenlineto

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tglhelps/

Videos used in this episode:

St. Clare's Housing Organization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoNeqKPMh84

Third Spaces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4tMHhsUTDc

Books:

The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Good_Place_(book)

Trust in Numbers by Theodore Porter: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691208411/trust-in-numbers

I tried super-hard to identify the book I read about the big 3 networks and the evening news, but I read it 20 years ago and it is lost to history.

Music Credits:

'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist.

‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson. Performed by The Union Guitar Trio. Used with permission of the artists.

Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD

Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833

Matt goes treasure hunting in Scarborough (a suburb of Toronto), using the amazing maps produced by the Scarborough Environmental Association.

After visiting a restaurant, a second-hand clothing shop and a repair cafe and clothing swap organized by the Scarborough Environmental Association (SEA), Matt sits down with SEA's co-founder Krissan Veerasingam. Krissan shares insights into effective community organizing, insights that modern political parties should take note of if the want to win back public trust and respect! Krissan argues that door-knocking should be the LAST thing you do, and his reasoning is sound.

Check out SEA's Scarborough maps here: https://www.scarbenv.ca/#resources

Follow SEA on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/scarb.env.asc/

Repair Cafe Toronto: https://repaircafetoronto.ca/

If you enjoyed our Solarpunk episode, you should buy the Bright Green Future's Anthology here: https://susankayequinn.com/books/bright-green-futures-2024-solarpunk-anthology

Music Credits:

'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist.

‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson. Performed by The Union Guitar Trio. Used with permission of the artists.

Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD

Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833