Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Nearly half of all food in Canada is wasted each year, and much of it never makes it to your fridge.
In this documentary short, we travel to Lacombe, Alberta, where Echo Food Rescue is showing how a small rural community can make a big dent in food waste. Through partnerships with local grocery stores and farms, they’re rescuing ‘imperfect’ and surplus food and putting it in the hands of community members at no cost, no questions asked.
Since 2022, Echo Food Rescue has diverted nearly one million pounds of food from going to landfills. Now imagine if more communities across Alberta did the same.
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This video was created as a part of season seven of the Emerald Documentary Series, which features the remarkable efforts of environmental leaders across Alberta. The series was produced by the Alberta Emerald Foundation in partnership with The Distillery Film Company.
Nearly half of all food in Canada is wasted each year, and much of it never makes it to your fridge.
In this documentary short, we travel to Lacombe, Alberta, where Echo Food Rescue is showing how a small rural community can make a big dent in food waste. Through partnerships with local grocery stores and farms, they’re rescuing ‘imperfect’ and surplus food and putting it in the hands of community members at no cost, no questions asked.
Since 2022, Echo Food Rescue has diverted nearly one million pounds of food from going to landfills. Now imagine if more communities across Alberta did the same.
Subscribe for more stories of environmental leadership in Alberta.
This video was created as a part of season seven of the Emerald Documentary Series, which features the remarkable efforts of environmental leaders across Alberta. The series was produced by the Alberta Emerald Foundation in partnership with The Distillery Film Company.
