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Check out Second Harvest news coverage below, along with press releases and award announcements.

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Second Harvest Launches Canada’s First Food Safety Certification Designed for Non-Profits

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Second Harvest Welcomes Budget 2026 Renewal of the Local Food Infrastructure Fund

Second Harvest 2026 Annual Report cover with produce imagery and the title "Connected Through Purpose."

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Second Harvest Gets Over Half a Billion Dollars’ Worth of Food to Communities as Food Insecurity Deepens

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Second Harvest Thanks Community for Overwhelming Support Following Theft of Catalytic Converters and Damage to Food Rescue Trucks

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Rising Hunger Puts Pressure on Canadian Community Organizations as Good Food Goes to Waste

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Second Harvest Opens New Food Processing Facility Combining Food Rescue and Social Enterprise

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AITC Canada and Second Harvest Partner to Launch New Food Waste Quest in Mission Explorium

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Shania Twain Takes a Stand Against Food Insecurity in New Partnership with Second Harvest

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Children Across Canada Raise Over $250,000 to Fight Food Waste and Hunger with Second Harvest.

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Tariffs Trigger Hunger Crisis

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New Report From Second Harvest Reveals Canada's $58 Billion Food Waste Problem

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Canada's Food Charities Turning People Away Amid Rising 2024 Demand

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Food Loss and Waste Implementation Project

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A $7.5 Million Gift From The Slaight Family Foundation Targets Food Insecurity This Holiday Season After a Year of Record-High Food Bank Visits

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A Gift From the Slaight Family Foundation

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Lori Nikkel, Second Harvest CEO, Appointed to Order of Ontario

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Canada’s Most Admired CEO 2021

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Nikkel: ‘Best Before’ Dates on Food Are Long Past Their Prime in Canada

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Highway Star of the Year Delivers Nutrition, and Hope

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Trash Decisions: Most Surplus — but Still Safe — Food in Canada Doesn’t End Up in People’s Stomachs, and That Must Change, Businesses, Charities Say

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Minister Bibeau Announces an Extra $30 Million to Help Vulnerable People in Canada Access Food

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Loblaw Companies Donates Over 1.5 Million Pounds of Surplus Food Through the Second Harvest Food Rescue App

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“Food Insecurity Is an Issue Where Politicians Can Put Money Where Their Mouths Are” by Lori Nikkel, CEO

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Minister Bibeau Announces Another $100 Million to Help Canadians in Need to Access Food

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For Companies Committed to Helping the Environment, Reducing Food Waste Is the Clear Place to Start

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Canada’s Top 25 Women of Influence™

More News

Second Harvest Launches Canada’s First Food Safety Certification Designed for Non-Profits

November 9, 2026

Second Harvest Welcomes Budget 2026 Renewal of the Local Food Infrastructure Fund

November 6, 2026

Second Harvest Gets Over Half a Billion Dollars’ Worth of Food to Communities as Food Insecurity Deepens

October 29, 2026

Second Harvest Thanks Community for Overwhelming Support Following Theft of Catalytic Converters and Damage to Food Rescue Trucks

October 26, 2026