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Harvest Kitchens

Rescuing and preparing healthy, delicious meals since 2001.

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Tonnes of avoidable food waste

65

Harvest Kitchen recipient organizations

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Meals Produced
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    Surplus food collection.
    Each Harvest Kitchens partner gathers surplus food that would otherwise go to waste, to be used in meal production.

  • 2

    Meal preparation.
    Working with staff and/or volunteers, the Harvest Kitchens team transforms that surplus food into nutritionally balanced meals.

  • 3

    Food distribution.
    The meals are packed in oven-safe trays and labelled, then distributed to non-profit organizations in the community.

Join Us

Join us and we'll cover the costs while you make the meals! Harvest Kitchens partners enjoy benefits like free safe food handler certification, promotion through our website and social media, workshop attendance, volunteer engagement opportunities, and more. Harvest Kitchens is a great way for your business to give back to the community and involve your staff. We'll help you create a tailored plan, train your team, and develop a production schedule based on your capacity.

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Our Partners

Any business can be a Harvest Kitchens partner. We are fortunate to work with an incredible network of organizations who are saving food while feeding their communities.
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Testimonials

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First Portuguese Canadian Culture Centre

First Portuguese Canadian Culture Centre

We LOVED the organic shiitake mushrooms form Holburne Family Farm. We will make beautiful "Bifinhos com cogumelos" which is steak with cream and mushrooms! It's one of our seniors' favourite recipes! Thank you so much!

First Portuguese Canadian Culture Centre

Winnipeg School Division

Winnipeg School Division

Every week a team of staff, students and family members work together to sort, package and distribute 5,000 to 6,000 lbs. of produce and up to 2,000 lbs. of bakery products. We regularly hear how meaningful this support is at a time when food prices are putting an incredible strain on families. It is because of Second Harvest that we are able to make this difference for families in the Winnipeg School Division.

Winnipeg School Division

Lynne Ethier

Our Children, Our Future

We run our After School Program every day during the week. Most of our rescued food goes to this program to support the children and families. We run this program in a neighbourhood with a high risk of food insecurity. The children love this program and very much appreciate the extra food items they can enjoy and bring back to their families.

Lynne Ethier

Covenant House

Toronto Covenant House

Food is the centre of everything we do at Covenant House. It is the first thing we offer a youth when they come through our doors, and it’s what fuels our young people as they work hard for a brighter future.

Covenant House

Sonia Shuster

Centre for Opportunity, Respect and Empowerment

During the last 22 months, food insecurity has become more widespread due to the impact of the pandemic on marginalized communities. Second Harvest's continued efforts to provide prepared meals to those with limited access to nutrition through the Harvest Kitchen program has been critical during this time.

Sonia Shuster

Chef Z

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment

Second Harvest and the Harvest Kitchen program has an enormous impact on the very vulnerable part of the population. At MLSE we are proud to contribute to the Harvest Kitchen program. Harvest Kitchen is making our city a better place for all of our citizens, we are thrilled that we can help make a difference.

Chef Z

Chef Derek Powers Jr

1Hotel

At 1 Hotel Toronto, partnering with Second Harvest is our way of giving back to the community. We want to give our team members the opportunity to help others and make a difference in the local community – and what better way than to provide fresh, mindful and healthy meals during the holiday season.

Chef Derek Powers Jr

George Hubbard

The Longboard Runners

For us, Second Harvest embodied everything we hoped for - a solid, respected community partner, an organization that assisted and added value to the lives of people less fortunate while showing respect for the environment. We are very pleased with the partnership, and wish Second Harvest all the best.

George Hubbard

Rick Kaczmarek

Director of Marketing at the Bloor-Yorkville BIA

The Bloor-Yorkville BIA is proud to have partnered with Second Harvest for Icefest 2021, with all proceeds from the event going back to this incredible charity. Along with training and educating the community about their food rescue and delivery initiatives, Second Harvest provides immediate hunger relief through school programs, shelters, and food banks.

Rick Kaczmarek

Rio

Rio celebrated her 9th birthday with an ECHOage skating party, raising $145. She donated half to Second Harvest, providing 145 meals, and is saving the rest for something big. Rio chose Second Harvest because she believes in supporting those who lack food. Thank you, Rio, for your generosity!

Rio

Bronwyn

For her 8th birthday, Bronwyn celebrated at the Toronto Climbing Academy, raising $60 for Second Harvest, providing 120 meals. She used the rest of her birthday money to buy climbing gear. Bronwyn chose to support Second Harvest through an ECHOage party because she believes in helping those who are hungry. Thank you, Bronwyn, for your generosity! We’re thrilled to have you as a Food Rescue Ranger!

Bronwyn

Cole

Cole has really made a commitment to helping people who don’t have enough food. Not only has Cole hosted two ECHOage parties and chosen Second Harvest as his charity, he’s also been involved in food drives at his school. For his 9th birthday party, Cole and his friends went trampolining and had a great time! His birthday present? A skateboard and helmet. Thank you, Cole, for being a two-time Food Rescue Ranger!

Cole

Sammi Silverman

A&W Canada

The Second Harvest Food Rescue App makes it so easy to give back to the community. Our restaurants and their teams love participating in something so impactful. Thanks to Second Harvest for helping us on our mission to always do what is right for our communities, environment and staff.

Sammi Silverman

Audrey Leduc

McCain Foods

No waste, no hunger means continuing to grow our business sustainably while ensuring that our finished goods and the raw products that we use always sustain our communities and never become waste. Second Harvest supports our objective to continue to bring people together and unite them towards planet-friendly food.

Audrey Leduc

Grace Williams

Rhema Christian Ministries

Rhema Christian Ministries has benefited significantly with the food received from Second Harvest, especially during this pandemic time. Our clients are appreciative of the variety of food. Thank you, Second Harvest! Rhema Food Bank could not feed the communities without your support.

Grace Williams
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