FareShare agrees deal to redistribute food from Moroccan businesses in UK
FareShare has agreed a ground-breaking international partnership to redistribute food from Moroccan businesses trading with the UK. Morocco is a big international exporter of citrus fruits, vegetables and fish. Its exports to the UK have grown by a third since Brexit, to more than 30,000 tonnes. Through the deal, Morocco will redistribute donations from its […]
Starting the European Year of Youth meeting students from Sorbonne University
The role played by FEBA, EESC and Lombardy Region Delegation in Brussels On 20 January 2022, together with representatives from the Lombardy Region Delegation in Brussels and the European Economic and Social Committee, FEBA met a group of students from Sorbonne University who were visiting Brussels to discover more on EU affairs and learn about […]
FareShare celebrates companies fighting food waste with new recognition scheme
FareShare, our Member and the UK’s largest food redistribution charity, has launched a new scheme to recognise food businesses in the supply chain which consistently divert their edible surplus food to charities and community groups. The scheme celebrates the companies achieving the ‘gold standard’ in fighting food waste. Over 100 UK food businesses, including Tesco […]
Employees of partner companies get involved in the food collection in France
In France, the national food collection, which took place on the last weekend of November, made it possible to collect more than 20 million meals in three days. A key solidarity event at the end of the year, and a real logistical and human exploit which is organised with the help of more than 110,000 […]
The Food Banks in Belgium set the longest Christmas table in the country
There is nothing more pleasant than sitting around a festive table with family and friends. However, for the more than 175,500 Belgians who depend on the food aid provided by the Food Banks every month, it is not always easy. That is why the Belgian Federation of Food Banks, in collaboration with the thousands of […]
FEBA intervenes at FAO webinar on “Reducing food loss and waste in fruits and vegetables for improving access to healthy diets”
A side event of the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 Highlighting the key role of fruits and vegetables in balanced, nutritious diets and the related importance of reducing levels of loss and waste of these easily perishable, fragile goods has been the objective of the FAO’s webinar “Reducing food loss and waste in fruits […]
Release of the 2021 FEAD Network case study catalogue FEAD-funded initiatives in France and Lithuania
On 6 January 2022, the European Commission published the 2021 FEAD Network Case Study Catalogue. By means of 21 concrete examples, the report demonstrates how the Fund for the European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) is supporting and protecting European citizens facing poverty and deprivation. Two of the case studies feature FEBA Members in […]
Release of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste activity report on the achievements of the first mandate (2016-2021)
On 17 December 2021, the European Commission published the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste activity report summarising the achievements of the first mandate (2016-2021). According to Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, the Platform “has built momentum for change”. Uniting various stakeholders, such as NGOs, public authorities, research institutes, […]
Our best wishes to Roberta Metsola, new President of the European Parliament
On 18 January Roberta Metsola has been elected as the new President of the European Parliament with an absolute majority of 458 votes out of the 705 MEPs in Parliament. Metsola, a member of the EPP Group from Malta, was among four candidates for the position, alongside Spain’s Sira Rego (Left group in the European […]
FEBA Annual Forum on Food Aid and Social Inclusion 2021
This year, on the occasion of the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV), FEBA’s Annual Forum on Food Aid and Social Inclusion took place on 14 December 2021 as the webinar “Fruits and vegetables for human development: let’s take action!”. In collaboration with Italmercati, it aimed to raise awareness and share examples of good […]
