Second Food Loss and Waste Measurement Expert Group Meeting
As part of the CEC’s project Measuring and Mitigating Food Loss and Waste (FLW), the Second FLW Measurement Expert Group Meeting will bring together subject-matter experts and practitioners from across the food value chain, as well as government experts, to share and discuss methodologies and best practices to measure FLW in North America and to […]
First Virtual Meeting of the Food Loss and Waste Youth Advisory Committee
As part of the CEC’s activity to Engage North American Youth to Prevent, Recover and Recycle Food Loss and Waste (FLW), the First Virtual Meeting of the FLW Youth Advisory Committee will bring together representatives from selected youth organizations to discuss the development of the FLW toolkits, and explore opportunities for youth engagement and implementation […]
First Food Loss and Waste Measurement Experts Group Meeting
As part of the CEC’s project Measuring and Mitigating Food Loss and Waste (FLW), this meeting will bring together subject-matter experts and practitioners from across the food supply chain, as well as federal government experts, to share and discuss methodologies and best practices to measure FLW effectively in the North American food chain and calculate its environmental […]
Reducing and Managing Food and Organic Waste Streams in North America
The CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee led a public forum, Reducing and Managing Food and Organic Waste Streams in North America, on 23 March 2017. It brought together citizens and stakeholders to engage with experts from academia, government, and the private sector to discuss issues, challenges and opportunities for reducing, recovering, diverting and processing food […]
North American Workshop on Food Waste Reduction and Recovery
The North American Workshop on Food Waste Reduction and Recovery brought together government, industry, business and other experts from Canada, Mexico and the United States from 28 February to 2 March 2017 to discuss opportunities to reduce food loss and waste across the food supply chain, with an emphasis on post-harvest food production, processing and […]
Meeting of the Steering Committee on Food Waste Reduction and Recovery
This meeting will serve to bring together the steering committee members to review contractor deliverables, and refine key actions to complete the project.
International Workshop on Food Loss and Food Waste
A joint initiative of the World Bank and the CEC Secretariat, the International Workshop on Food Loss and Food Waste took place on 7 to 9 November 2016. The workshop brought together experts from government, civil society, the private sector, food bank operators, and nongovernmental organizations to discuss issues, challenges and opportunities to address food […]
Expert Consultation on Food Waste Reduction and Recovery
Through the North American Initiative on Food Waste Reduction and Recovery, the CEC seeks to build knowledge necessary to promote reduction and recovery of wasted food within North American industrial, commercial, and institutional sectors in “upstream” activities (i.e., source reduction, feeding hungry people, and feeding animals) that target food before it becomes a waste. The […]