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WHAT IS A FOOD HUB?
LAUNCHING IN FALL 2019, the Sources Food Hub was conceived as a centre for promoting food waste recovery through action, facilitation, and education.
We are a pilot project with funding from the Walmart Foundation. Our team of Hub-dedicated staff are currently developing a range of activities centred on reducing waste and redirecting good food to benefit families and other people in need in the Surrey area.
As the program develops, Hub staff are keeping an eye on future opportunities to scale up or replicate the program to impact a wider community – the entire City of Surrey, and across the Lower Mainland.
ADDRESS:
#206 – 5529-192 Street Surrey, BC V3S 9R9
PHONE:
672- 968-1479
JOIN OUR JOURNEY
The Sources Regional Food Hub support community food security and reduce the impacts of climate change. We provide education on food waste reduction, and opportunities for rescuing and redistributing food to our community.
The Hub enables food businesses and residents to rescue unsaleable food and redirect it to address community food insecurity while also reducing the significant greenhouse gas emissions otherwise caused by food waste.
With funding from the Walmart Foundation and United Way of the Lower Mainland, the Hub coordinates three projects:
Across Canada, about one-third of the food produced is wasted rather than eaten. Sometimes food is genuine waste and is rightfully directed to compost, but 63% is “avoidable” waste that was, at some point in its lifespan, good to eat. Farmers, distributors, grocery stores and food service businesses each have a role to play in this problem.
Fortunately, several organizations and companies are working in the Surrey area, and across the world, to address this with programs that help redirect waste from the food chain. The Sources Food Hub hopes to facilitate these connections and find ways to support food system businesses in rescuing food before it becomes a loss.
Did you know that 47% of the food waste that is happening takes place at home?
Sometimes our mistake is buying too much, not storing it properly, or simply forgetting what foods should be eaten first.
The Sources Food Hub is developing ways to promote – and supplement – the existing food waste reduction efforts. Get in touch with our Hub staff to access educational opportunities, or to find out how you can get involved in food waste reduction.
An important of the Sources Food Hub is a new, volunteer-led harvesting program in the City of Surrey called gleaning. This service will organize teams of volunteers to work with local home-owners, property owners, and farmers to harvest the fruit they have on their land.
For example, some people have apple trees but do not have the time or the physical agility to pick them. That is where we come in! Volunteers will harvest the trees for the home-owners. Of the harvest gathered, 1/3 will be respectively distributed between the volunteer team, the donor and the Food Bank.
This is a great position for youth, families, and anyone who likes to be outdoors working towards reducing food waste and increasing food security.
For more information about being a volunteer or a leader, please click here:
Sources Community Harvest Volunteer
Sources Community Harvest Leader
If you or someone you know has fruit-bearing trees, please contact us at 604-596-0973 or foodhub@sourcesbc.ca.
Need a commercial style kitchen to prep for your event, food truck or small business?
Sources Food Hub has a great little kitchen available for rent! Our space has:
- 2 ovens
- 2 grills
- Flat top
- Salamander
- 2 tub sink
- Dishwasher
- Cold storage/freezer space
For more information please contact Wylie Barker at 604-318-5794 or wbarker@sourcesbc.ca
Nearly 60% of food produced in Canada – amounting to 35.5 million metric tonnes – is lost and wasted annually.
Of that, 32% – equaling 11.2 million metric tonnes of lost food – is avoidable and edible food that could be redirected to support people in our communities.
The total financial value of this potentially rescuable lost and wasted food is a staggering $49.46 billion.
But we can change that.
Sources Food Hub will soon be offering to businesses, community agencies, schools and the general public a variety of invited talks, keynotes, workshops, and team building opportunities that are customized, interactive and a fun way to learn how you can reduce food waste and your carbon footprint.
For more information, please contact Nicole Worden at nworden@sourcesbc.ca
Thank you to our generous funder:
- Food Rescue & Redistribution
WHAT IS A FOOD HUB?
LAUNCHING IN FALL 2019, the Sources Food Hub was conceived as a centre for promoting food waste recovery through action, facilitation, and education.
We are a pilot project with funding from the Walmart Foundation. Our team of Hub-dedicated staff are currently developing a range of activities centred on reducing waste and redirecting good food to benefit families and other people in need in the Surrey area.
As the program develops, Hub staff are keeping an eye on future opportunities to scale up or replicate the program to impact a wider community – the entire City of Surrey, and across the Lower Mainland.
ADDRESS:
#206 – 5529-192 Street Surrey, BC V3S 9R9
PHONE:
672- 968-1479
JOIN OUR JOURNEY
The Sources Regional Food Hub support community food security and reduce the impacts of climate change. We provide education on food waste reduction, and opportunities for rescuing and redistributing food to our community.
The Hub enables food businesses and residents to rescue unsaleable food and redirect it to address community food insecurity while also reducing the significant greenhouse gas emissions otherwise caused by food waste.
With funding from the Walmart Foundation and United Way of the Lower Mainland, the Hub coordinates three projects:
Food Rescue & RedistributionCommunity HarvestingKitchen CommissaryLearning CentreFood Rescue & RedistributionAcross Canada, about one-third of the food produced is wasted rather than eaten. Sometimes food is genuine waste and is rightfully directed to compost, but 63% is “avoidable” waste that was, at some point in its lifespan, good to eat. Farmers, distributors, grocery stores and food service businesses each have a role to play in this problem.
Fortunately, several organizations and companies are working in the Surrey area, and across the world, to address this with programs that help redirect waste from the food chain. The Sources Food Hub hopes to facilitate these connections and find ways to support food system businesses in rescuing food before it becomes a loss.
Did you know that 47% of the food waste that is happening takes place at home?
Sometimes our mistake is buying too much, not storing it properly, or simply forgetting what foods should be eaten first.
The Sources Food Hub is developing ways to promote – and supplement – the existing food waste reduction efforts. Get in touch with our Hub staff to access educational opportunities, or to find out how you can get involved in food waste reduction.
Community HarvestingAn important of the Sources Food Hub is a new, volunteer-led harvesting program in the City of Surrey called gleaning. This service will organize teams of volunteers to work with local home-owners, property owners, and farmers to harvest the fruit they have on their land.
For example, some people have apple trees but do not have the time or the physical agility to pick them. That is where we come in! Volunteers will harvest the trees for the home-owners. Of the harvest gathered, 1/3 will be respectively distributed between the volunteer team, the donor and the Food Bank.
This is a great position for youth, families, and anyone who likes to be outdoors working towards reducing food waste and increasing food security.
For more information about being a volunteer or a leader, please click here:
Sources Community Harvest Volunteer
Sources Community Harvest LeaderIf you or someone you know has fruit-bearing trees, please contact us at 604-596-0973 or foodhub@sourcesbc.ca.
Kitchen CommissaryNeed a commercial style kitchen to prep for your event, food truck or small business?
Sources Food Hub has a great little kitchen available for rent! Our space has:
- 2 ovens
- 2 grills
- Flat top
- Salamander
- 2 tub sink
- Dishwasher
- Cold storage/freezer space
For more information please contact Wylie Barker at 604-318-5794 or wbarker@sourcesbc.ca
Learning CentreNearly 60% of food produced in Canada – amounting to 35.5 million metric tonnes – is lost and wasted annually.
Of that, 32% – equaling 11.2 million metric tonnes of lost food – is avoidable and edible food that could be redirected to support people in our communities.
The total financial value of this potentially rescuable lost and wasted food is a staggering $49.46 billion.
But we can change that.
Sources Food Hub will soon be offering to businesses, community agencies, schools and the general public a variety of invited talks, keynotes, workshops, and team building opportunities that are customized, interactive and a fun way to learn how you can reduce food waste and your carbon footprint.
For more information, please contact Nicole Worden at nworden@sourcesbc.ca
Thank you to our generous funder:
- Community Harvest Program
WHAT IS A FOOD HUB?
LAUNCHING IN FALL 2019, the Sources Food Hub was conceived as a centre for promoting food waste recovery through action, facilitation, and education.
We are a pilot project with funding from the Walmart Foundation. Our team of Hub-dedicated staff are currently developing a range of activities centred on reducing waste and redirecting good food to benefit families and other people in need in the Surrey area.
As the program develops, Hub staff are keeping an eye on future opportunities to scale up or replicate the program to impact a wider community – the entire City of Surrey, and across the Lower Mainland.
ADDRESS:
#206 – 5529-192 Street Surrey, BC V3S 9R9
PHONE:
672- 968-1479
JOIN OUR JOURNEY
The Sources Regional Food Hub support community food security and reduce the impacts of climate change. We provide education on food waste reduction, and opportunities for rescuing and redistributing food to our community.
The Hub enables food businesses and residents to rescue unsaleable food and redirect it to address community food insecurity while also reducing the significant greenhouse gas emissions otherwise caused by food waste.
With funding from the Walmart Foundation and United Way of the Lower Mainland, the Hub coordinates three projects:
Food Rescue & RedistributionCommunity HarvestingKitchen CommissaryLearning CentreFood Rescue & RedistributionAcross Canada, about one-third of the food produced is wasted rather than eaten. Sometimes food is genuine waste and is rightfully directed to compost, but 63% is “avoidable” waste that was, at some point in its lifespan, good to eat. Farmers, distributors, grocery stores and food service businesses each have a role to play in this problem.
Fortunately, several organizations and companies are working in the Surrey area, and across the world, to address this with programs that help redirect waste from the food chain. The Sources Food Hub hopes to facilitate these connections and find ways to support food system businesses in rescuing food before it becomes a loss.
Did you know that 47% of the food waste that is happening takes place at home?
Sometimes our mistake is buying too much, not storing it properly, or simply forgetting what foods should be eaten first.
The Sources Food Hub is developing ways to promote – and supplement – the existing food waste reduction efforts. Get in touch with our Hub staff to access educational opportunities, or to find out how you can get involved in food waste reduction.
Community HarvestingAn important of the Sources Food Hub is a new, volunteer-led harvesting program in the City of Surrey called gleaning. This service will organize teams of volunteers to work with local home-owners, property owners, and farmers to harvest the fruit they have on their land.
For example, some people have apple trees but do not have the time or the physical agility to pick them. That is where we come in! Volunteers will harvest the trees for the home-owners. Of the harvest gathered, 1/3 will be respectively distributed between the volunteer team, the donor and the Food Bank.
This is a great position for youth, families, and anyone who likes to be outdoors working towards reducing food waste and increasing food security.
For more information about being a volunteer or a leader, please click here:
Sources Community Harvest Volunteer
Sources Community Harvest LeaderIf you or someone you know has fruit-bearing trees, please contact us at 604-596-0973 or foodhub@sourcesbc.ca.
Kitchen CommissaryNeed a commercial style kitchen to prep for your event, food truck or small business?
Sources Food Hub has a great little kitchen available for rent! Our space has:
- 2 ovens
- 2 grills
- Flat top
- Salamander
- 2 tub sink
- Dishwasher
- Cold storage/freezer space
For more information please contact Wylie Barker at 604-318-5794 or wbarker@sourcesbc.ca
Learning CentreNearly 60% of food produced in Canada – amounting to 35.5 million metric tonnes – is lost and wasted annually.
Of that, 32% – equaling 11.2 million metric tonnes of lost food – is avoidable and edible food that could be redirected to support people in our communities.
The total financial value of this potentially rescuable lost and wasted food is a staggering $49.46 billion.
But we can change that.
Sources Food Hub will soon be offering to businesses, community agencies, schools and the general public a variety of invited talks, keynotes, workshops, and team building opportunities that are customized, interactive and a fun way to learn how you can reduce food waste and your carbon footprint.
For more information, please contact Nicole Worden at nworden@sourcesbc.ca
Thank you to our generous funder:
- Food Waste Education
WHAT IS A FOOD HUB?
LAUNCHING IN FALL 2019, the Sources Food Hub was conceived as a centre for promoting food waste recovery through action, facilitation, and education.
We are a pilot project with funding from the Walmart Foundation. Our team of Hub-dedicated staff are currently developing a range of activities centred on reducing waste and redirecting good food to benefit families and other people in need in the Surrey area.
As the program develops, Hub staff are keeping an eye on future opportunities to scale up or replicate the program to impact a wider community – the entire City of Surrey, and across the Lower Mainland.
ADDRESS:
#206 – 5529-192 Street Surrey, BC V3S 9R9
PHONE:
672- 968-1479
JOIN OUR JOURNEY
The Sources Regional Food Hub support community food security and reduce the impacts of climate change. We provide education on food waste reduction, and opportunities for rescuing and redistributing food to our community.
The Hub enables food businesses and residents to rescue unsaleable food and redirect it to address community food insecurity while also reducing the significant greenhouse gas emissions otherwise caused by food waste.
With funding from the Walmart Foundation and United Way of the Lower Mainland, the Hub coordinates three projects:
Food Rescue & RedistributionCommunity HarvestingKitchen CommissaryLearning CentreFood Rescue & RedistributionAcross Canada, about one-third of the food produced is wasted rather than eaten. Sometimes food is genuine waste and is rightfully directed to compost, but 63% is “avoidable” waste that was, at some point in its lifespan, good to eat. Farmers, distributors, grocery stores and food service businesses each have a role to play in this problem.
Fortunately, several organizations and companies are working in the Surrey area, and across the world, to address this with programs that help redirect waste from the food chain. The Sources Food Hub hopes to facilitate these connections and find ways to support food system businesses in rescuing food before it becomes a loss.
Did you know that 47% of the food waste that is happening takes place at home?
Sometimes our mistake is buying too much, not storing it properly, or simply forgetting what foods should be eaten first.
The Sources Food Hub is developing ways to promote – and supplement – the existing food waste reduction efforts. Get in touch with our Hub staff to access educational opportunities, or to find out how you can get involved in food waste reduction.
Community HarvestingAn important of the Sources Food Hub is a new, volunteer-led harvesting program in the City of Surrey called gleaning. This service will organize teams of volunteers to work with local home-owners, property owners, and farmers to harvest the fruit they have on their land.
For example, some people have apple trees but do not have the time or the physical agility to pick them. That is where we come in! Volunteers will harvest the trees for the home-owners. Of the harvest gathered, 1/3 will be respectively distributed between the volunteer team, the donor and the Food Bank.
This is a great position for youth, families, and anyone who likes to be outdoors working towards reducing food waste and increasing food security.
For more information about being a volunteer or a leader, please click here:
Sources Community Harvest Volunteer
Sources Community Harvest LeaderIf you or someone you know has fruit-bearing trees, please contact us at 604-596-0973 or foodhub@sourcesbc.ca.
Kitchen CommissaryNeed a commercial style kitchen to prep for your event, food truck or small business?
Sources Food Hub has a great little kitchen available for rent! Our space has:
- 2 ovens
- 2 grills
- Flat top
- Salamander
- 2 tub sink
- Dishwasher
- Cold storage/freezer space
For more information please contact Wylie Barker at 604-318-5794 or wbarker@sourcesbc.ca
Learning CentreNearly 60% of food produced in Canada – amounting to 35.5 million metric tonnes – is lost and wasted annually.
Of that, 32% – equaling 11.2 million metric tonnes of lost food – is avoidable and edible food that could be redirected to support people in our communities.
The total financial value of this potentially rescuable lost and wasted food is a staggering $49.46 billion.
But we can change that.
Sources Food Hub will soon be offering to businesses, community agencies, schools and the general public a variety of invited talks, keynotes, workshops, and team building opportunities that are customized, interactive and a fun way to learn how you can reduce food waste and your carbon footprint.
For more information, please contact Nicole Worden at nworden@sourcesbc.ca
Thank you to our generous funder:
CONTACT INFORMATION
WHAT IS A FOOD HUB?
LAUNCHING IN FALL 2019, the Sources Food Hub was conceived as a centre for promoting food waste recovery through action, facilitation, and education.
We are a pilot project with funding from the Walmart Foundation. Our team of Hub-dedicated staff are currently developing a range of activities centred on reducing waste and redirecting good food to benefit families and other people in need in the Surrey area.
As the program develops, Hub staff are keeping an eye on future opportunities to scale up or replicate the program to impact a wider community – the entire City of Surrey, and across the Lower Mainland.
ADDRESS:
#206 – 5529-192 Street Surrey, BC V3S 9R9
PHONE:
672- 968-1479
JOIN OUR JOURNEY
The Sources Regional Food Hub support community food security and reduce the impacts of climate change. We provide education on food waste reduction, and opportunities for rescuing and redistributing food to our community.
The Hub enables food businesses and residents to rescue unsaleable food and redirect it to address community food insecurity while also reducing the significant greenhouse gas emissions otherwise caused by food waste.
With funding from the Walmart Foundation and United Way of the Lower Mainland, the Hub coordinates three projects:
Across Canada, about one-third of the food produced is wasted rather than eaten. Sometimes food is genuine waste and is rightfully directed to compost, but 63% is “avoidable” waste that was, at some point in its lifespan, good to eat. Farmers, distributors, grocery stores and food service businesses each have a role to play in this problem.
Fortunately, several organizations and companies are working in the Surrey area, and across the world, to address this with programs that help redirect waste from the food chain. The Sources Food Hub hopes to facilitate these connections and find ways to support food system businesses in rescuing food before it becomes a loss.
Did you know that 47% of the food waste that is happening takes place at home?
Sometimes our mistake is buying too much, not storing it properly, or simply forgetting what foods should be eaten first.
The Sources Food Hub is developing ways to promote – and supplement – the existing food waste reduction efforts. Get in touch with our Hub staff to access educational opportunities, or to find out how you can get involved in food waste reduction.
An important of the Sources Food Hub is a new, volunteer-led harvesting program in the City of Surrey called gleaning. This service will organize teams of volunteers to work with local home-owners, property owners, and farmers to harvest the fruit they have on their land.
For example, some people have apple trees but do not have the time or the physical agility to pick them. That is where we come in! Volunteers will harvest the trees for the home-owners. Of the harvest gathered, 1/3 will be respectively distributed between the volunteer team, the donor and the Food Bank.
This is a great position for youth, families, and anyone who likes to be outdoors working towards reducing food waste and increasing food security.
For more information about being a volunteer or a leader, please click here:
Sources Community Harvest Volunteer
Sources Community Harvest Leader
If you or someone you know has fruit-bearing trees, please contact us at 604-596-0973 or foodhub@sourcesbc.ca.
Need a commercial style kitchen to prep for your event, food truck or small business?
Sources Food Hub has a great little kitchen available for rent! Our space has:
- 2 ovens
- 2 grills
- Flat top
- Salamander
- 2 tub sink
- Dishwasher
- Cold storage/freezer space
For more information please contact Wylie Barker at 604-318-5794 or wbarker@sourcesbc.ca
Nearly 60% of food produced in Canada – amounting to 35.5 million metric tonnes – is lost and wasted annually.
Of that, 32% – equaling 11.2 million metric tonnes of lost food – is avoidable and edible food that could be redirected to support people in our communities.
The total financial value of this potentially rescuable lost and wasted food is a staggering $49.46 billion.
But we can change that.
Sources Food Hub will soon be offering to businesses, community agencies, schools and the general public a variety of invited talks, keynotes, workshops, and team building opportunities that are customized, interactive and a fun way to learn how you can reduce food waste and your carbon footprint.
For more information, please contact Nicole Worden at nworden@sourcesbc.ca
Thank you to our generous funder:
Thank You
This program is generously funded by the Walmart Foundation and United Way of the Lower Mainland
WHAT IS A FOOD HUB?
LAUNCHING IN FALL 2019, the Sources Food Hub was conceived as a centre for promoting food waste recovery through action, facilitation, and education.
We are a pilot project with funding from the Walmart Foundation. Our team of Hub-dedicated staff are currently developing a range of activities centred on reducing waste and redirecting good food to benefit families and other people in need in the Surrey area.
As the program develops, Hub staff are keeping an eye on future opportunities to scale up or replicate the program to impact a wider community – the entire City of Surrey, and across the Lower Mainland.
ADDRESS:
#206 – 5529-192 Street Surrey, BC V3S 9R9
PHONE:
672- 968-1479
JOIN OUR JOURNEY
The Sources Regional Food Hub support community food security and reduce the impacts of climate change. We provide education on food waste reduction, and opportunities for rescuing and redistributing food to our community.
The Hub enables food businesses and residents to rescue unsaleable food and redirect it to address community food insecurity while also reducing the significant greenhouse gas emissions otherwise caused by food waste.
With funding from the Walmart Foundation and United Way of the Lower Mainland, the Hub coordinates three projects:
Across Canada, about one-third of the food produced is wasted rather than eaten. Sometimes food is genuine waste and is rightfully directed to compost, but 63% is “avoidable” waste that was, at some point in its lifespan, good to eat. Farmers, distributors, grocery stores and food service businesses each have a role to play in this problem.
Fortunately, several organizations and companies are working in the Surrey area, and across the world, to address this with programs that help redirect waste from the food chain. The Sources Food Hub hopes to facilitate these connections and find ways to support food system businesses in rescuing food before it becomes a loss.
Did you know that 47% of the food waste that is happening takes place at home?
Sometimes our mistake is buying too much, not storing it properly, or simply forgetting what foods should be eaten first.
The Sources Food Hub is developing ways to promote – and supplement – the existing food waste reduction efforts. Get in touch with our Hub staff to access educational opportunities, or to find out how you can get involved in food waste reduction.
An important of the Sources Food Hub is a new, volunteer-led harvesting program in the City of Surrey called gleaning. This service will organize teams of volunteers to work with local home-owners, property owners, and farmers to harvest the fruit they have on their land.
For example, some people have apple trees but do not have the time or the physical agility to pick them. That is where we come in! Volunteers will harvest the trees for the home-owners. Of the harvest gathered, 1/3 will be respectively distributed between the volunteer team, the donor and the Food Bank.
This is a great position for youth, families, and anyone who likes to be outdoors working towards reducing food waste and increasing food security.
For more information about being a volunteer or a leader, please click here:
Sources Community Harvest Volunteer
Sources Community Harvest Leader
If you or someone you know has fruit-bearing trees, please contact us at 604-596-0973 or foodhub@sourcesbc.ca.
Need a commercial style kitchen to prep for your event, food truck or small business?
Sources Food Hub has a great little kitchen available for rent! Our space has:
- 2 ovens
- 2 grills
- Flat top
- Salamander
- 2 tub sink
- Dishwasher
- Cold storage/freezer space
For more information please contact Wylie Barker at 604-318-5794 or wbarker@sourcesbc.ca
Nearly 60% of food produced in Canada – amounting to 35.5 million metric tonnes – is lost and wasted annually.
Of that, 32% – equaling 11.2 million metric tonnes of lost food – is avoidable and edible food that could be redirected to support people in our communities.
The total financial value of this potentially rescuable lost and wasted food is a staggering $49.46 billion.
But we can change that.
Sources Food Hub will soon be offering to businesses, community agencies, schools and the general public a variety of invited talks, keynotes, workshops, and team building opportunities that are customized, interactive and a fun way to learn how you can reduce food waste and your carbon footprint.
For more information, please contact Nicole Worden at nworden@sourcesbc.ca
Thank you to our generous funder:
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