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Food waste in Canada is staggering. But is it our fault?

by Jordan Heath-Rawlings

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The Big Story podcast interviews Lori Nikkel, CEO of Second Harvest, about food waste in Canada.

We waste enough food every year in Canada to feed a second country. The scope of the problem has finally been measured and it’s immense. But food waste is not what you probably think it is.

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