FREE Event for Hungry Minds: Just Eat It!

Want to tickle your taste buds & chat with a film star?

Save the date: Tuesday, November 29, 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Join us at: Burnaby Central Secondary (Map)

Space is limited: REGISTER HERE

 

Join Burnaby Food First & ACE-IT Culinary Arts Program at Burnaby Central on November 29th. Meet fellow food enthusiasts, learn about food waste and how to reduce it.

Schedule: 

6:00pm - Enjoy delicious appetizers prepared by

                ACE-IT Culinary Arts students

6:30pm - Watch award-winning documentary

                "Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story"

7:45pm - Discussion with producer & co-star

               Jen Rustemeyer



Teachers & Student Mentors:

Want to have a food waste discussion in the classroom, but don't know where to start? Click here for some Just Eat It resources, including books, articles, blogs & policy documents from Canada and the United States.



Can't Wait for November 29th?

Check out Jen's presentation at Burnaby Food First's Food Matters Forum last June:

             This event is made possible thanks to 

               the generous support of our donors

Knowledge Network: Just Eat It Film on Food Waste

Hello Food Firsters!



One of our past bloggers suggested that this may be a great idea for the blog! Here at Burnaby Food First, our passion is about ensuring that everyone has access to healthy and local foods.



A part of food security that does not get a lot of attention from our workshops, is food waste. How much of our food ends up in the trash. MetroVancouver has a Love Food, Hate Waste campaign which has some great resources on how to reduce waste as well as opportunities to share ideas or to discuss this very important topic.



This 74 minute movie follows Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer, in their  efforts to live a zero-waste lifestyle, take on a new challenge: to eat only rescued food for six months.

 

The movie shows the Vancouver couple as they forgo restaurant meals and
quit grocery shopping cold turkey. What they find is shocking:
truckloads of perfectly edible food destined for the landfill.



Access the movie: https://www.knowledge.ca/program/just-eat-it or visit http://www.foodwastemovie.com/ for more information.



For Canadians, access to the movie is unlimited and free. Consider donating to help raise awareness of food security and support the movie.



4 Feb 2016 - Just posted online: French supermarkets banned from throwing away and spoiling unsold foods.