North American Workshop on Food Waste Reduction and Recovery
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
From 28 February to 2 March 2017
Public
The North American Workshop on Food Waste Reduction and Recovery brought together government, industry, business and other experts from Canada, Mexico and the United States from 28 February to 2 March 2017 to discuss opportunities to reduce food loss and waste across the food supply chain, with an emphasis on post-harvest food production, processing and manufacturing, distribution, retail, and foodservice.
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Agenda
28 February 2017
Registration
Welcome and Opening Remarks
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César Rafael Chávez
Executive Director, CEC Secretariat
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Frank Van Gool
Group Intersol, Facilitator
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David Donaldson
Program Manager, Green Growth, CEC Secretariat
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Michael VanderPol
Waste Reduction and Management Senior Program Coordinator, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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Edda Fernández
General Director of the Primary Sector and Renewable Natural Resources, Undersecretariat of Environmental Development and Regulation, Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat)
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Claudia Fabiano
Environmental Protection Specialist, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Overview of Food Loss and Waste in North America: Sources, Quantities and Causes
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Tamara Shulman and Belinda Li
Tetra Tech Inc.
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Panel 1: Building a Business Case for Food Waste Reduction and Recovery
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Joslyn Higginson
Vice President, Public and Regulatory Affairs, Food and Consumer Products of Canada
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Eva Goulbourne
Associate Director, Programs and Communications, ReFED
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John Lillard
R&D Project Leader, Campbell Company of Canada
Break
Discussion 1: Food Loss and Waste: Issues and Causes Across the Food Supply Chain
Lunch
12:30–13:15 Moderator: Véronic Pichard, Program scientist, Environmental Protection Branch, Environment and Climante change Canada (ECCC)
Presentation: Breaking Down Economic Barriers for Food Waste Reduction
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Gail Tavill
Vice President, Conagra Brands
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CEC Video Contest “Make #NotWasting a Way of Life”: Recognition of the Mexican Winner
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Daniel García
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Challenges and Approaches for Food Loss and Waste Reduction
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Belinda Li and Marina Bergua Conde
Tetra Tech Inc.
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Panel 2: Practical Approaches to Reducing Food Loss and Waste
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Cher Mereweather
Executive Director, Provision Coalition
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Roberto Guadarrama-Sistos
Founder and CEO of the Institute for Development Planning (Instituto para la Planeación del Desarrollo—IPD)
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Hillary French
Program Management Officer, UN Environment North America Office
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Break
Discussion 2: Approaches to Reducing Food Loss and Waste
Presentation
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Tammara Soma
Food Systems Lab
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Wrap-up of day 1
1 March 2017
Registration
Welcome and Opening Remarks
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David Donaldson
Program Manager, Green Growth (CEC Secretariat)
Identified Challenges and Approaches for Recovering Surplus Food
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Tamara Shulman and Patrick Wooliever
Tetra Tech Inc.
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Panel 3: Approaches to Recovering Surplus Food
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Christine Bome
Head of Sustainability, Walmart
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Lori Nikkel
Director of Programs and Partnership, Second Harvest
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Karen Hanner
Managing Director, Feeding America
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Break
Discussion 3: Approaches to Supporting Recovery of Surplus Food
Lunch
12:30–13:15 Moderator: Claudia Fabiano, (EPA)
Presentation: Approaches to Measuring Food Waste
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Bartosz Zambrzycki
Policy Officer, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
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CEC Video Contest “Make #NotWasting a Way of Life”: Recognition of the Winner for the United States
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R. Nahmias
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Approaches to Measuring, Tracking and Reporting Food Waste
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Tamara Shulman and Patrick Wooliever
Tetra Tech Inc.
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Panel 4: Practical Approaches to Measuring, Tracking and Reporting Food Loss and Waste
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Kai Robertson
Lead Advisor, Food Loss and Waste Protocol, World Resources Institute (WRI)
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Laura C. Moreno
Energy and Resources Group, University of California at Berkeley
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Gabriela Gómez Gutiérrez
Advisor on Environmental Affairs to the Mexican Restaurant Association
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Break
Discussion 4: Approaches to Measuring, Tracking and Reporting Food Loss and Waste
Wrap-up of day 2
2 March 2017
Registration
Welcome and Opening Remarks
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David Donaldson
Program Manager, Green Growth (CEC Secretariat)
Correlating Food Waste to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions and Other Environmental and Socio-economic Impacts
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Belinda Li and Marina Bergua Conde
Tetra Tech Inc.
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Panel 5: Practical Approaches to Correlating Food Waste to GHG Reduction and Other Environmental and Socio-economic Benefits
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Claire Boland
Climate Change and Sustainability Associate, ICF International
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Brenda Smyth
Branch Chief, Statewide Technical and Analytical Resources, State of California, Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
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Pete Pearson
Director, Food Waste, World Wildlife Fund US
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Kai Robertson
Lead Advisor, Food Loss and Waste Protocol, World Resources Institute (WRI)
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Break
Discussion 5: Approaches to Correlating Food Waste to GHG Reduction and Other Environmental and Socio-economic Benefits
Lunch
12:30–13:15 Moderator: Edda Fernández, Semarnat
Presentation: Approaches to Measuring GHG Savings from Food Waste Reduction and Recovery Efforts
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Peter Skelton
Strategic Partnerships Manager, WRAP UK
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CEC Video Contest “Make #NotWasting a Way of Life”: Recognition of the Canadian Winner
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B. Miller
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Identified Recommendations and Strategies for Food Waste Reduction and Recovery
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Tamara Shulman, Patrick Wooliever and Marina Bergua Conde
Tetra Tech Inc.
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Panel 6: Perspectives on Opportunities to Reducing Food Loss and Waste
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Dr. Martin Gooch
Chief Executive Officer, Value Chain Management International
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Christina Rice
Clinical Fellow, Food Law and Policy Clinic, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School
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Ralph Martin
Professor and Loblaw Chair in Sustainable Food Production, University of Guelph
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Break
Discussion 6: Recommendations and Strategies for Reducing and Recovering Food Waste
Closing Remarks
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Gustavo Alanís Ortega
Mexican for the CEC Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC)
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Michael VanderPol
ECCC