Opportunity Mapping for Horticultural Waste Streams
Approximately 74% of Canadian fruits and vegetables are wasted before they reach consumers for a myriad of reasons. To tackle this issue and help increase the industry’s environmental sustainability, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (Vineland) examined underutilized waste streams for the top seven Canadian produce crops including potatoes, apples, field tomatoes, greenhouse tomatoes, greenhouse cucumbers, onions and carrots and identified the range of opportunities for managing these by-products. …