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Government of Canada announces Surplus Food Rescue Program

Deadline: 31-Jul-20

The Surplus Food Rescue Program is part of the government of Canada’s emergency response to the current COVID-19 crisis.

This is a time-limited program to help manage and redirect existing surpluses to organizations addressing food insecurity and to avoid food waste. It will provide an opportunity for non-profit and for-profit organizations across the supply chain to bid on significant volumes of surplus products at the cost of production or less, processing them where necessary for longer shelf life and distributing to food serving agencies.
The objectives of the Surplus Food Rescue Program are to:
  • Provide assistance to organizations to acquire and process surplus commodities and food that would otherwise be lost or destroyed and distribute them to populations in need
  • Assist producers and processors to dispose of such surpluses
  • Connect surplus commodities to food vulnerable populations to avoid food waste.
This program is designed to provide an opportunity for non-profit and for-profit organizations across the supply chain to bid on acquiring significant volumes of surplus products at the cost of production or less, processing them where necessary for longer shelf-life (that is frozen, dried or canned) and distributing to food serving agencies to reach the most vulnerable, remote and northern populations. This approach allows organizations to partner with other organizations along the value chain and propose methods for moving surplus commodities through the entire value chain as quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively as possible.
Surplus food is determined by volume and value. Surplus needs to be due specifically to COVID-19, such as due to the closure of the restaurant and hotel industry.
Funding Priorities
The program will award contributions to organizations who have a turn-key approach to managing surplus food and who:
  • can acquire and move the most surplus product (must identify amount to be moved)
  • use the most cost-effective approach for acquiring food (acquiring product at or below the cost of production and through donations as applicable)
  • use the most cost-effective approach for processing (only process if cannot be distributed otherwise and at minimal cost)
  • are most efficient, from wholesale purchase to food serving agencies
  • are most efficient, from wholesale purchase to food serving agencies (drawing down on surplus quickly)
  • can make sure food reaches the most vulnerable and remote communities (target of 10% for northern communities)
  • have partnerships along the supply chain including food serving agencies already established
Smaller organizations proposing to handle smaller amounts of surplus may be funded if they are serving a specific vulnerable region, not otherwise well-served, and use innovative methods to deal with the surplus.
Funding Information
Applicants under this program may be eligible to receive a maximum of $20 million unless the organization can make a case to move commodities in all categories.
Eligible Projects
  • Eligible projects are those that handle the full logistical requirements needed to move surplus commodities through the entire value chain as quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively as possible. This means covering the essential steps of acquiring product at wholesale cost, processing, transporting as well as ensuring the shelf-life stability of surplus products, resulting in the least amount of food waste.
  • Note: Projects can cover one or more commodities, depending on the demonstrated ability to manage all requirements for said commodities.
  • Regional or national approaches may be used.
  • No profits should be derived from the projects undertaken through this program and all benefits should return to the targeted community(ies).
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants consist of not-for-profit and for-profit organizations (benefits must accrue broadly) and include:
  • Community or charitable organizations
  • Indigenous groups
  • Cooperatives
  • Regional and municipal governments and agencies (can include schools or school boards)
Note: Eligible applicants must be legal entities capable of entering into a legally binding agreement.

For more information, visit https://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/agricultural-programs-and-services/surplus-food-rescue-program/?id=1591298974329