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Lori Nikkel

Race to Rescue

BIO

Lori Nikkel is a visionary leader and champion of social and environmental justice issues related to food. She is an international thought leader on perishable food recovery with a strategic focus on increasing awareness of the negative impacts’ food loss has on climate.

As CEO of Second Harvest, Lori has developed a national food recovery network that redistributes healthy surplus food to thousands of communities in need.

Lori’s guidance has changed the way Canada manages food loss and waste. She is a co-author of the The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste, a world first evidence-based research project that identifies where, why, and how much food is lost and wasted across the supply chain, originally published in 2019 and updated in 2024. She has also co-authored other important research on food waste and food insecurity, including Canada’s Invisible Food Network and Wasted Opportunity. 

Lori was globally recognized by the United Nations as Canada’s Food Hero, is a Clean 50 recipient and has been recognized as one of Canada’s Women of Influence. She was named one of Waterstone Capital’s Most Admired CEOs and was appointed to the Order of Ontario.

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Lori's Impact

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4,267+
Total meals provided
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14,423
Lbs. of GHGs averted from the atmosphere
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2,762,521
Litres of water prevented from going to waste

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Thank you to my Sponsors

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John Gustavson

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Holley Taylor

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Shannon Wiggan

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Marie-josé Mastromonaco

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Wendy Reynolds

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Pertti Laitinen

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Jen J

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Anonymous

Thank you for all you do. Wish I could afford more

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D. Mitchell Jacques

Lori, Thank You for everything you do and for passing on your passion to all of those amazing folks you work with.

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Mark Ciarciaglini

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Alisson Matos

Thank you, Lori for everything! Let's go!

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