There are 4 areas we'll focus on:

1. Understanding the problem of food waste in Canada
   • General statistics
   • Economic impact of food waste
2. Why Food Waste Is an Economically Incentivized Problem?
3. Environmental impact of food waste
4. Social assessment: how are different groups affected by food waste

How Big of a Problem is Food Waste In Canada?

General Statistics

• "Crisis Of Food Waste – Second Harvest". Second Harvest, 2021, https://secondharvest.ca/research/the-avoidable-crisis-of-food-waste/
• "Fighting Food Waste In China: Local Efforts, Global Effects". IFAD, 2021, https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/blog/asset/42101415.

Economic Impact of Food Waste

• "Food Waste Is A Massive Problem—Here's Why | Foodprint". Foodprint, 2021, https://foodprint.org/issues/the-problem-of-food-waste/#:~:text=Food is lost or wasted,at stores and in homes.
• Economic impact: 1. https://lovefoodhatewaste.ca/about/food-waste/ 2. https://www.producer.com/farmliving/food-waste-costs-canadian-economy-49-billion-a-year/ 3. https://secondharvest.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Avoidable-Crisis-of-Food-Waste-The-Roadmap-by-Second-Harvest-and-VCMI.pdf

Why Food Waste Is an Economically Incentivized Problem?

• "Household Food Insecurity In Canada – PROOF". Proof.Utoronto.Ca, 2021, https://proof.utoronto.ca/food-insecurity/.
• "Food Waste Is A Massive Problem—Here's Why | Foodprint". Foodprint, 2021, https://foodprint.org/issues/the-problem-of-food-waste/#:~:text=Food is lost or wasted,at stores and in homes.
• "Crisis Of Food Waste – Second Harvest". Second Harvest, 2021, https://secondharvest.ca/research/the-avoidable-crisis-of-food-waste/

Environmental Impact of Food Waste