Food Donation to prevent food waste
Best practices of Food Banks to foster equitable food security in times of social, economic, and environmental crises
Online webinar Friday, 20 May 2022, 10:30 – 12:00 CET
EU solidarity through food
The European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) and the Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires are jointly organising the conference “EU solidarity through food – A comparative approach on innovative synergies to support the most deprived” in Strasbourg (France) on 17 February 2022 in the context of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The intention is to arrange the event under the umbrella of the Conference on the Future of Europe in order to contribute with results to its objective and provide guidance on the tackling of future challenges and exploitation of opportunities related to food aid for the most deprived.
FEBA Annual Forum 2021
For the 2021 edition of the Annual Forum on Food Aid and Social Inclusion, together with Italmercati FEBA is organising the online conference “Fruits and vegetables for human development: let’s take action!” in the context of the the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV).
The Annual Forum will bring together distinguished speakers addressing the topic from different perspectives and also sharing concrete good practices regarding the recovery and redistribution of fruits and vegetables to the most deprived.
Food Collections
It’s the time for food collections! Every year, usually at the end of November – early December, many FEBA members organise a national Food Collection in collaboration with retailers. During this occasion citizens are invited to make a gesture of solidarity purchasing food when they are grocery shopping and donating this food to Food Banks. Food Collections are only made possible by the collaboration of thousands of supermarkets and retailers and the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of volunteers and millions of citizens.
Food no waste challenge
The European Food Banks Federation is launching a challenge to its members on the occasion of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste which will be celebrated on 29 September 2021 : “What’s the daily contribution of your organisation to food waste prevention?” Participants have to share their story with everyone and can try to win up to 10,000 euros for their organisation!
FEBA 35th anniversary
In 2021 FEBA celebrates its 35th anniversary. Since 1986, the organisation contributes to reducing food insecurity in Europe, through food waste prevention and the call for solidarity.
To fulfil this mission, FEBA has fostered the development and creation of a network of Food Banks throughout Europe to save good food from becoming waste and assist charitable organisations providing food to more and more people in need.
International Year of Fruits and Vegetables
The UN General Assembly designated 2021 the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV). FAO is the lead agency for celebrating the year in collaboration with other relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system.
The IYFV 2021 is a unique opportunity to raise awareness on the important role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition, food security and health and as well in achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals. On this occasion, FEBA will organize different events throughout the year.
FEBA Annual Report 2020
As COVID-19 spread across Europe, the European Food Banks Federation and our membership committed to fulfil our mission – preventing food waste and reducing food insecurity in Europe. So much of our work in 2020 focused on the devastating effects of the pandemic. Leaning in to one of our core strengths – our flexibility and ability to respond concretely as needs arise – we launched new initiatives to support our members and we digitalized our activity.
At the same time, we continued to stay focused on all our work and we contributed to the policy-making process at European level as well as the international arena. We also launched a major new area of work – Quantifying the Impact of European Food Banks – aimed at sharing a standardized and consistent methodology for data collection within FEBA membership and we established the first online European Observatory on Food Donation.
COVID-19: from health to social emergency
After one year of the coronavirus pandemic, our members are still working tirelessly to rescue surplus food and ensure its safe redistribution to charities helping people in need across Europe.
The European Food Banks Federation is a network of over 300 Food Banks in 29 European countries, preventing food waste and reducing food insecurity.
As COVID-19 spread across Europe, we committed to fulfil our mission – preventing food waste and reducing food insecurity in Europe – and in 2020 our work focused on the devastating effects of the pandemic. Our members tirelessly worked facing the challenge not just to rescue increased quantities of surplus food from the food supply chain, resulting in higher operating costs, but also ensure its safe redistribution to charities helping a growing number of people in need across Europe.
In 2020 FEBA started working on “Quantifying the impact of European Food Banks – From Farm to Fork” with as goal the development of an efficient system for data collection and analysis, through the strengthening of the capability of FEBA and its members.
FEBA represents its membership on cross-cutting issues, promoting policies to facilitate food donation while preventing food waste and reduce food insecurity and social exclusion, working with European institutions and international organisations, European stakeholders and EU-level NGOs.
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