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During Waste Reduction Week, in October 2020, the Ontario Government announced a sizeable investment to assist in food rescue.

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As part of the Surplus Food Redistribution Infrastructure Program, the government has provided funding to significantly assist the LFC by increasing our food collection and storage capabilities.

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This is especially important as COVID-19 pandemic has caused a huge increase in need in our community.

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With some member agencies reporting double the demand. But with nowhere to store the food, we were forced to turn down donations. 

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Funds have been used to purchase mobile fridge/freezers to allow the collection and safe storage of excess produce and meats from our donors. 

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Daily, the LFC truck, rescues food from Costco, Walmart, Tim Horton's, Subway, Giant Tiger, and Starbucks.

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Our truck picked up approximately 125,000lbs from our grocer and restaurant partners in 2020.

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But we couldn't do it with out all of our partners in food security in London.