PROVISIONCOALITION.COM Canada’s Food Waste Problem In Canada, 43% of avoidable food waste occurs in processing and manufacturing, presenting enormous opportunity for manufacturers to take action to positively impact the environment—and their bottom line. Avoidable waste costs approximately $49.5 billion each year, reduces the supply of food available to eat and contributes to climate change through methane emissions in landfill. Company: Conestoga Meat Packers Conestoga Meat Packers, a meat processor that specializes in premium pork products, engaged Provision, a food industry advisory service, to reduce food loss and waste at its production facility in Breslau, Ontario. Provision’s partner, Enviro-Stewards, conducted an on-site waste assessment utilizing Provision’s award-w

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