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Vancouver Food Runners is expanding its operations to the North Shore, Richmond, Burnaby, Surrey and Delta, calling for more volunteers and businesses to sign on

The disposal of truckloads of apparently edible oranges at a Metro Vancouver transfer station is highlighting concerns about food waste.

Vancouver Food Runners rescues surplus food that is not able to be sold and gives it to those in need

Vancouver Food Runners uses app technology and volunteer drivers to redirect surplus food

An ugly carrot can be a beautiful thing. Especially when it comes to addressing food waste, one piece of produce at a time.

Interview with Michelle Reining of Vancouver Food Runners

Vancouver Food Runners is expanding operations after a ‘generous’ donation from West Vancouver Foundation.

Sage Foundation ran the incubator as a pilot program last year.

B.C. food banks are trying to step up to meet soaring demand, but they can't fix the root problems.

More than 58 per cent of food currently going to waste, 32 per cent of which still edible, says director.

Bright Lights: Vancouver Food Runners (Radio Segment)

“Food waste is a massive challenge in the food industry, and it’s time to start taking it seriously,” says Ben Liegey, CEO and co-founder of Rethink2gether.

B.C. food banks are trying to step up to meet soaring demand, but they can't fix the root problems.

‘It’s easier and cheaper to just throw food away instead of find someone who could use it.’ Part four of a series.

As the price of food rises, so does food insecurity.

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A Vancouver non-profit will reach a major milestone this week in its mission to keep food from wasting while helping to feed vulnerable people in the community.

A Metro Vancouver non-profit is using an app to rescue food and help tackle food insecurity, an issue that has been exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Here come the holidays! Kerrisdale is magical during the festive season as people walk the sidewalks to shop for gifts and warm up inside their favourite restaurants and cafes.

Vancouver Food Runners founder Tristan Jagger explains how the organization combats food insecurity by quickly diverting healthy food that otherwise would have been thrown away.

Tristan Jagger, from Vancouver Food Runners, explains how they are helping distribute leftover food, from restaurants impacted by the new restrictions, to charities across the city.

Hannah Wells takes stock of the 30 loaves of crusty bread filling the trunk of her grey Audi, then sizes up the box of blueberry and raspberry muffins leaning against them at a rakish angle.

Abigail Goody’s 8-month-old daughter, Sailor, picked up the coronavirus in January from her day-care center in Woodbridge, Va. Goody, 29, and her husband, Bobby Hawkes, 28, a self-employed remodeling contractor, soon had covid-19, too.

This is our 14th edition of Foodies of the Year and I think it's safe to say, it's been a tough year for most everyone in the hospitality industry across Western Canada.

As 2020 comes to a close, the long tunnel of COVID-19 finally has a glimmer of light at the end. As governments announce vaccination plans and our collective efforts start to flatten the curve once again, 2021 promises us all some much-needed hope.

Every quarter of the year at Nada, we partner with a different nonprofit through 1% for the Planet to financially support their mission.

The growing financial impacts of COVID-19, coupled with a drop in temperature, are putting pressure on the need to address hunger and food insecurity. Tristan Jagger, Founder & CEO of Vancouver Food Runners, explains how their organization is helping and why they need more volunteers.

VANCOUVER - Every day, a small army of volunteers checks their phones for a mission: to "rescue" unsold food, and deliver it to charities around Metro Vancouver.

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – As the financial impacts of the coronavirus crisis continue and the colder weather arrives, the need to address hunger is even greater now.