Food Stash Foundation

06/01/2026

We’re excited to be part of the 2026 Landfill Open House on Saturday, June 6! Come explore, learn, and see how waste is managed in our community.

Be sure to find the Food Stash table and come say hi and learn about how we're keeping food waste from ending up in our landfill!

📆 Date: Saturday, June 6
⏰ Time: 10am to 2pm
📍 Location: 5400 72 nd Street, Delta
More Info: web: vancouver.ca/landfill event

City of Vancouver - Local Government

A waste disposal facility and recycling depot all in one. Find out more about our landfill in Delta.

05/29/2026

Let's get to know Aiyana, our new Executive Director🥕

She comes to us from the restaurant world, some of you may know ()! Aiyana is a long-time vegetarian, so you can often find her enjoying one of her famous big salads. She brings an energy of excitement to Food Stash's longstanding collaboration roots🫜

Come back for part two to learn which vegetable Aiyana could eat for the rest of her life👀

05/29/2026

Want to grow food, but don't have much room? Join us at Food Stash Foundation for a supplies-included workshop to kick start your garden this year.

📅 June 8th from 1 - 3 pm
🎟️ Sliding scale ticket prices from $27 to $43
🌱 Supplies included: soil, plant pots, seeds & seedling

In this workshop, instructor Rhiannon Johnson from Village Vancouver will cover the techniques and challenges specific to gardening in small spaces, both indoors and outdoors.

GET YOUR TICKET AT foodstash.ca/events or the link in our bio

05/26/2026

We're going down memory lane to celebrate 10 years of Food Stash 🫶 These pictures are from 2020, a challenging year for many of us, with the COVID-19 pandemic leading to increased rates of food insecurity.

In 2020, we partnered with 11 new food donors, purchased a refrigerated truck, doubled our Food Box delivery program, and even started a pilot program where we partnered with Shift Delivery bikes to deliver food boxes with zero emissions.

This was the year when many of us were forced to adapt and grow, whether it was emergency food response or short-term partnerships with chefs to avoid food waste.

FOLLOW ALONG TO SEE WHAT WE GOT UP TO IN 2021 👀

05/12/2026

Food rescue doesn't happen once - it's something we do every day, and after 10 years, we're just getting started🥕 Help shape the next 10 years of Food Stash - become a monthly donor today!

The link is in our bio to make a monthly donation 🔗

05/01/2026

Last week, we got a surprise call from Wonderbread asking to donate some bread.... we obviously said yes!

What turned out to be some bread was actually 2508 lbs of bread 🍞 This was perfectly timed for our Thursday Market, where members shop for produce, dairy, protein, and bread!

Thanks to Wonderbread Canada for the delivery, and for truly giving our neighbours a sight to see.

04/29/2026

Join us on May 1st for our Jane's Walk!

Jane’s Walk is an annual festival of free, citizen-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs, and this will be Food Stash's third year participating. It's a really fun opportunity to learn all about the food work happening right here in Mount Pleasant.

WALK BEGINS AT 10 am
➡️ Starts at the Mount Pleasant Community Fridge 273 E 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC
➡️ Ends at Jewish Food Services

It's free, it's fun, it's (hopefully) going to be nice weather - so join us! To get more info check out https://www.janeswalkvancouver.ca

04/27/2026

A recent review from our Rescued Food Market member🫶

Our Market program is a low-cost, low-barrier shopping experience where members can choose what they want to take home. Our members visit the market for different reasons, including affordability (it's only $3 per market), knowing they are helping fight food waste, and a really welcoming environment.

If you're interested in supporting our Rescued Food Market, click the link in our bio ➡️ www.foodstash.ca/support-the-market

04/22/2026

Rescuing food is a key (and easy) way to protect our environment! But why?

When food waste ends up in the garbage, it produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas with a strong warming effect. Wasted food also means wasted resources, including fuel, soil, water, and nutrients, so the best thing we can do is prevent food waste - which is what we do every day! We can also make sure that if food is going to waste, it's ending up in the compost rather than the landfill.

That's why at Food Stash, every food rescue is a win for the planet!
In 2025, Greenhouse Gas Accounting confirmed that our work prevented 108 tonnes of net CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions. This is equivalent to taking 22.9 gas-powered cars off the road for one year!

Every pound of food we rescue is a small act of climate action — and it all adds up. If you'd like to be a part of that work, we'd love your support this Earth Day.

Our donors are the reason we're able to rescue perfectly good 'imperfect' food 7 days a week and get it to thousands of community members who need and appreciate it. Financial donations usually decline sharply in spring and summer, but the need for food rescue is higher than ever!

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When you donate, you'll be supporting your community to get access to healthy food while fighting food waste in Vancouver.