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MEDIA ADVISORY - Second Harvest's First Food Rescue Challenge Launches Earth Day


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Apr 16, 2018, 08:00 ET

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TORONTO, April 16, 2018 /CNW/ - Second Harvest, Canada's largest food rescue organization, will launch For The Love of Food Challenge, a one-month program that challenges Torontonians to reduce their household food waste by 50 per cent. Commencing on Earth Day (April 22), the goal of the program is to educate and raise awareness about household food waste, greenhouse gas emissions and how to make a difference at home.

To kick off the challenge and encourage pledges, Second Harvest, will be hosting a cooking demo featuring Celebrity Chef Bob Blumer, and 15-year-old, Toronto chef, Liam Lewis. The two will create a dish showcasing a simple way to use leftover food items in your kitchen that would otherwise go to waste.

What:

Second Harvest's Food Rescue Challenge Kick-off



Who:

Bob Blumer, Celebrity Chef


Liam Lewis, 15-year-old Toronto Chef (The Little Locavore)


Both available for interview



Time:

Wednesday, April 18, 2018 from 7-9pm



Where:

The Gladstone Hotel


1214 Queen Street West


Toronto ON


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The kick-off is hosted in collaboration with the Gladstone Hotel's Grow-Op Exhibit and Harvest Wednesday's Food Series launch, a new event that showcases some of the Hotel's favourite Ontario producers.

SOURCE Second Harvest

For further information: For Interview bookings, photo opportunities and information, please contact: Amber Ciolfe, Zenergy Communications, 416-591-5461, amber@zenergycom.com

Related Links

http://www.secondharvest.ca

Organization Profile

Second Harvest

About Second HarvestSecond Harvest connects excess food with hungry people. Since 1985, Second Harvest has been rescuing food, which would have otherwise gone to waste, and delivering that food to social service agencies in Toronto. The food is donated by restaurants, grocery stores, food manufacturers, and food distributers, and delivered to partner agencies who feed 100,000 hungry children,...

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