Tag: Second Harvest

There’s a new soup kitchen in town

March 24, 2017March 28, 2017 Lara O'Keefe

Grant African Methodist Episcopal Church hosted their first community dinner at the beginning of March with the support of Second Harvest, members of the church, and a slew of volunteers including Toronto’s “King of Paella.” Parishioner Loy Pinnock-Brown said they started the monthly soup kitchen in order to “reach out to those in need in […]

Give lumpy fruit a second chance

April 7, 2015 Martina Rowley 1 Comment

Every month, almost 900,000 Canadians rely on food banks, yet every year, more than $31 billion worth of food is wasted in Canada. According to the United Nations, over 25 per cent or 1.3 billion tonnes of the world’s entire food supply spoils every year. That is a shameful waste of epic proportion! Sadly, private […]