EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub

December 2021 - January 2022

Dear readers,

Welcome to the first 2022 edition of the Hub’s newsletter, covering news and resources submitted to the website in December and January.

Read more about the Commission’s call for applications for the new Advisory Group on Sustainability of Food Systems and see if you qualify for FAO’s awards to acknowledge progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Check out the events section for the first meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste in its new mandate.

Go through the highlighted resources and discover many more on the Hub! Get inspired from studies, reports, guidelines, educational materials, websites and many more.

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News

New FAO Awards acknowledge progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

The Awards are open to individuals, organizations, governments, foundations, academia or private sector across the world with successful stories of agri-food systems transformation and change. Apply now!

100th stakeholder joins Food Waste Free United in the Netherlands

Food Waste Free United welcomed its 100th stakeholder: Zwanenberg Food Group. An important milestone for the public-private movement that is committed to SDG 12.3 in The Netherlands.

EIT Food: The FutureFoodMakers addressing Food waste

The EIT Food FutureFoodMakers have launched their manifesto for the food system, the Menu for Change. One of their six demands addressed food waste as it was recognized to be an important issue.

Call for applications open: EU Advisory Group on Sustainability of Food Systems

The European Commission launched a call for application for organisations interested to join the new Advisory Group on Sustainability of Food Systems. Apply before 10 February!

Upcoming events

1st meeting of the new EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste

The first meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste in its new mandate (2022-2026) will take place on 17 February, with opening video remarks by European Commissioner Stella Kyriakides.

Events you may have missed

FEBA: Quantifying the impact of European food banks - From Farm to Fork

On 25 November, FEBA organised an online meeting on “Quantifying the Impact of European Food Banks – From Farm to Fork” to take stock of the development on data collection and digital transformation.

FEBA Annual forum on food aid and social inclusion 2021

This year 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!”.

Resources (highlights)

Croatia launches two new sectorial manuals for food waste reduction

The Croatian Ministry of Agriculture has published two sectorial guides for primary production and the food processing sector, helping food business operators understand the causes of food waste and offering solutions and recommendations to prevent it.

Norway's food waste reduction governance: from industry self-regulation to governmental regulation?

The University of Oslo provides an in-depth analysis of the emergence and evolution of Norway's food waste reduction governance.

The IKEA Food Waste Initiative: "Food Is Precious"

Since 2017, IKEA has cut the production of food waste by 46%, which equals close to 15 million meals not thrown away. The goal is to cut production of food waste in IKEA restaurants, bistros and Swedish Food Markets around the world by 50% by the end of 2022.

From surplus food to ready meals, a project report from Oslo

Report for the project "Matsentralen kitchen", a collaborative project where single-serving ready meals are prepared from surplus food from selected supermarkets and the food bank in Oslo.

Market power and food loss at the producer retailer interface of fruit and vegetable supply chains in Germany

Thünen Institute of Market Analysis is conducting a qualitative study on inter-stage drivers of food loss in the upstream supply chain of fruit and vegetables in Germany.

This is the monthly newsletter of the EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub, incorporating information on the latest activities of its members. The newsletter is created and disseminated by the Platform’s Secretariat, within the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety.

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