Fears pandemic could exacerbate child poverty in Europe
FEBA President Mr Jacques Vandenschrik was interviewed by CGTN Europe on the role of Food Banks and the increase in food demand due to the pandemic. “We see the increase and what lies ahead of us is ominous. […] The increase in food demand for children, adults and seniors is going to be massive.” Said Mr […]
FEBA releases the “FEAD and the European Foodbanks Federation – 2020 Implementation Report”
On the occasion of the FEAD Community Annual Conference 2021 taking place on 19 October 2021, FEBA released its FEAD and the European Foodbanks Federation – 2020 Implementation Report to present some insights concerning the implementation of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) on the ground. Based on information provided by […]
8th FEBA EU Working Group
10 participants from 10 countries joined the online session of the FEBA EU Working Group on 12 October 2021. During its 8th meeting of the year, a selection of topics has been discussed, among them: Updates on FEAD: bilateral meetings with the European Commission, FEAD Community peer exchange meetings, Annual Conference of the FEAD Community […]
Rescuing fruits and vegetables from fairs: a fruitful session in Madrid
On 5 October 2021, FEBA organised a skill-sharing session between Banco de Alimentos de Madrid (BA Madrid, Spain), as part of Federación Española de Bancos de Alimentos (FESBAL, Spain), and Fondazione Banco Alimentare Onlus (FBAO, Italy) in Madrid. On the occasion of the international fruit and vegetable fair Fruit Attraction taking place from 5 to […]
Food is not waste, together to the goal
On 5 October 2021, FEBA Secretary General Angela Frigo, participated as a speaker in the professional conference “Food is not waste, together to the goal” in Zagreb, Croatia. The conference was organised by the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture and together with FEBA Secretary General, also Marco Lucchini, Secretary General a representative from Fondazione Banco Alimentare […]
Farm to Fork 2021 Conference: building sustainable food systems together
On 14 and 15 October 2021, the Farm to Fork 2021 Conference took place as a hybrid meeting with the majority of the audience joining virtually. Following the motto building sustainable food systems together, stakeholders across the food value chain as well as civil society organisations, and public authorities were invited to enrich the debate […]
FEBA #FoodNoWaste challenge on the international Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste: discover the winners!
On the occasion of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste we are organising a communication challenge for our members: what’s the daily contribution of your organisation to food waste prevention? Share your story with everyone! 10 FEBA members participated in the challenge and organised various actions to raise awareness on food waste prevention. After an […]
FEBA EU Working Group – Let’s start 2021!
On 28 January and 8 February 2021, the European Food Banks Federation organized virtually the first 2 meetings of its EU Working Group for 2021. 2020 was a challenging year and led to many new developments at EU level.?Despite all the difficulties and the commitments,FEBA EU Working Group did not stop its activity but continued […]
