Quantifying the impact of European food banks: where do we stand?

On 15 July 2020, the European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) organized the Mid-Term Plenary Session of the Data Collection & Digital Transformation project “Quantifying the Impact of European food banks – From Farm to Fork”. The online meeting was open to the entire FEBA membership to take stock of the evolution of the project and inform Full and Associate Members on the work carried out by FEBA, the Pilot Group of 8 Members (Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, UK), together with external experts.

Almost 40 participants from 20 different food banks participated in the meeting, including the participation of representatives from the Directorate-General Health & Food Safety, European Commission and General Mills.

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Czech & German food banks - cross-border cooperation against food waste

German food banks in the border region of Saxony and their Czech counterparts have been working closely together for more than a year to discuss further cooperation possibilities, aiming at taking cross-border action to reduce food waste and help people in need. 

Surplus food products from the food banks in Saxony already end up in the Czech border region to a large extent, because there is a higher need in small districts and in the border area than in larger cities, where many discount stores donate food.

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FoodCloud joins Friends of Champions 12.3

In August 2020, FoodCloud, a member of both FEBA and the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste, were honoured to be recognized as a Friend of Champions 12.3. The Champions 12.3 coalition is a group of international CEO’s leading progress to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3, to halve food loss and waste by 2030.

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