Second Harvest

Founded in 1985, Second Harvest (SH) rescues and delivers fresh food to hungry people in Toronto. Second Harvest reports that 4m Canadians, including 1.4m children, struggle to access healthy food. However, across the food industry in Canada, 11.2m metric tons of unsold excess food goes to landfill, and Canadian households throw away on average $1,766 worth of food per year. Second Harvest works to rescue and deliver fresh, surplus food to feed people experiencing hunger. Second Harvest currently recovers food from 742 food donors and distributes it to 373 agencies that feed people. SH also sends food to school programs and local food banks. Through FoodRescue.ca, a new online platform, Second Harvest was able to provide nourishment to students at more than 60 schools in Toronto.