Houston Food Bank hosted President Biden, First Lady Dr. Biden and Texas First Lady Abbott
American President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, together with Texas First Lady Abbott, visited the Houston Food Bank on Friday February 26. They had a tour of the facility, did some volunteering packing boxes of food, and visited with staff and volunteers. More info and pictures here.
Alitalia donated surplus food to Banco Alimentare
As the health emergency progressed, the situation for hundreds of Italian companies became dramatic. No one was spared, not even a large company like Alitalia, which today can count on 110 daily flights, compared to around 500 in the period before the pandemic. A great precariousness, a growing concern for the future, within which a […]
EU Platform on Food Losses & Waste: Stepping up action to fight food waste in the EU and worldwide
On 18 March 2020, took place the 10th meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste. Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, addressed the meeting. The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss important ongoing work on food loss and waste prevention. At the meeting, Commissioner Kyriakides said: “As the world […]
Hunger is rising among the young generation
The pandemic begins its second year and the reliance on food aid in Europe is surging. Aid organizations are warning of an alarming rise in food insecurity among young people. Food insecurity among students was already a reality before the pandemic. But national lockdowns, closing of campus and collapsing of the tourism and restauration sectors […]
Facilitating food redistribution whilst ensuring food safety through changes to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004
The European Commission revised the Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 on food hygiene with the aim to improve food safety in the EU, by bringing EU standards into line with new international standards (WHO Codex system), ensure appropriate food safety measures are taken when food is donated for charitable causes and reduce food waste, as part of the […]
FoodCloud’s First Climate Positioning Campaign
On Sunday, February 28th, FoodCloud proudly launched our first climate positioning campaign, which ran until Sunday, March 14th, across FoodCloud’s social media platforms as well as radio and digital advertisements. The campaign successfully engaged food businesses and positioned partnering with FoodCloud as a win-win way of reducing their carbon footprint. You can learn more about […]
President Zuzana Caputová met with representatives of the Food Bank in Slovakia and several retail chains
On Wednesday February 17, President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana ?aputová received representatives of the Potravinová Banka Slovenska, the Food Bank in Slovakia, and several food chains in the Presidential Palace. According to the President, with the pandemic situation, the social situation of many families is very bad. Charitable organizations from various parts of Slovakia […]
A digital storage shelf to stimulate cooperation between Food Banks in the Netherlands
Voedselbanken Nederland, the Food Banks in the Netherlands, launched the “Voorraadplank” a digital storage shelf system that allows Food Banks to offer their surplus food to other Food Banks.In this way, waste can be prevented and food offered can be distributed even better. The system helps local Food Banks and regional distribution centers in the […]
UN report: 17% of all food available at consumer levels is wasted
On 4 March the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partner organization WRAP released the Food Waste Index Report 2021. The report presents the most comprehensive food waste data collection, analysis and modelling to date, and offers a methodology for countries to measure food waste. The 2021 report highlights that food waste is a global […]
An Emergency Food Fund in Greece
The Food Bank Greece launched the Emergency Food Fund, an umbrella program which includes discrete food purchase actions from specific funds for the benefit of people in need. The program started in 2020, in order to react to the needs that emerged from the pandemic. Donations and distribution of food are coordinated by the Food […]
