40 years Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires!
In 1984, food insecurity became more pressing. On March 13, 1984, Bernard Dandrel read an article published in La Croix entitled “J’ai Faim,” in which Sister Cécile Bigo denounced the scandal of poverty that coincided with the waste of food. From this editorial spark the idea was born of the 1st food aid network in […]
FEBA Visit to Slovenia
Senior Network Development Advisor of FEBA, Balazs Cseh visited the FEBA Member in Slovenia. SIBAHE has been operating in the country since 2012. The Food Bank’s central warehouse is in Polzela, and they also operate three branches in Lendava, Trbovlje, and Store. SIBAHE regularly receive donations from 40 food companies, in total 720 tonnes in […]
FEBA Morning Insights on the Social Return on Investments
On 22 March 2024 FEBA held its first session of a new knowledge-sharing webinar series: FEBA Morning Insights (MOIN). On the agenda of MOIN’s March edition was a deep-dive presentation from Fédération Belge des Banques Alimentaires / Belgische Federatie van Voedselbanken, Etienne Rubens together with Alexia Sabbe from the Vives University of Applied Science on […]
Food2030 Conference
On 5 March 2023 FEBA attended the Food2023 Networks Conference. The FOOD 2030 Platform is a common platform for all projects, partnerships, networks, living labs, communities of practice and other initiatives working on transforming the food system for the benefit of the people and the planet. FEBA is part of the FoodCLIC project. It is […]
Raising awareness about food waste: Maisto bankas started a new communication campaign
At the end of February, Maisto bankas (FEBA Member in Lithuania) started a communication campaign focussing on the issue of food waste. Entitled “Don’t Feed the Trash Bins”, it aims to raise awareness and educate about the importance of preventing good food from ending up in landfills. According to Eurostat (2020), households are the stage of the […]
Maisto bankas received 258,000 food products during Spring Food Collection
On 15 and 16 March, Maisto bankas (FEBA Member in Lithuania) organised its annual Spring Food Collection in 74 locations across the country, involving 256 charitable organisations and 7,400 volunteers. The Mayors of many Municipalities became ambassadors for this year’s Food Collection, which was directly supported by thousands of Lithuanians who purchased and donated around […]
European Parliament adopts first reading position on Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) Revision
On 13 March 2024 MEPs adopted their first reading position on the proposed revision of the Waste Framework with 514 votes in favour, 20 against and 91 abstentions. The text reflects the report adopted by the ENVI Committee in February: They propose higher binding waste reduction targets to be met at national level by 31 December […]
FOODRUS Final Event
On 13 March 2024 FEBA participated in the final event of the FOODRUS Horizon 2020 Project. FOODRUS was a 3.5-year project coordinated by the University of Deusto, with the objective to limit food losses and waste and to promote resource efficiency across all stages of the agri-food value chain. The project tested 23 circular solutions […]
EU Working Group I 5 March 2024
The second session of the EU Working Group in 2024 was held online on 5 March 2024 and was tended by 15 participants from 11 countries. The session started with a quick overview about the State of Play of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the votes in the European Parliament Committees on the Revision […]
FEBA celebrates International Women’s Day
On 8 March 2024 FEBA celebrates International Women’s Day, by sharing stories from the network. Germany: The first Tafel was founded by Sabine Werth in 1993 as an initiative of the ‘Berliner Women’s Group’. Fast forward to today, almost 31 years later, 60% out of the total 60.000 volunteers are female. That’s around 36.000 women! […]
