Matsentralen Kitchen: a new project for the Food Bank in Norway
BACKGROUND One of the many impacts of the corona crises on the food system has been the surplus of large-scale household products generally destined to commercial and institutional kitchens. At the same time, with the temporary closure of food kitchens and other food serving initiatives, charities struggle to find ways to be able to provide […]
Updates from the Netherlands during COVID-19 crisis
Corona crisis has brought challenges for Voedselbanken Nederland, the Dutch association of Food Banks, which is run exclusively by volunteers. 12,000 of volunteers are helping in the Food Banks of the country and most of them are elderly people. “An important part of our volunteer force is over 70 years old. At some locations as […]
Updates from Italy during COVID-19 crisis
Italy has been the first and most impacted country in Europe by the coronavirus pandemic. The Italian Food Banks, under the organization Fondazione Banco Alimentare Onlus, have always remained open since the beginning. As the country starts to slowly go back to normal life again, the economic crisis is hitting hard, putting the Food Banks […]
Updates from France during COVID-19 crisis
When the health crisis turns into a food crisis – 4 June 2020 Since the start of the pandemic, the demand for food aid has exploded across many countries, like in France. And it continues to increase since the end of the lock down. Associations fear that they will not be able to cope. For […]
Updates from Spain during COVID-19 crisis
As many other countries, Spain has been impacted very hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The Spanish Food Banks, under the Federación Española de Bancos de Alimentos (FESBAL), remain open and many initiatives have been taken in order to respond to the social emergency that the pandemic is causing for a lot of people in Spain. […]
Europe Day: European Food Banks Federation as example for the fight against coronavirus
Europe Day held on 9 May was the occasion to celebrate the citizens across the continent doing their part in the fight against coronavirus: from healthcare professionals to farmers, lorry drivers and supermarket workers, not to mention the millions of Europeans who are simply staying at home and respecting social distancing measures to keep us […]
FEAD: further amendments to continue supporting people in need during COVID-19 crisis
The Commission now proposes further amendments to the Common Provisions Regulation and the FEAD Regulation, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and in view of the growing needs on the ground. These amendments make available for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 additional resources for the FEAD, as part of the increased resources to cohesion […]
Updates from Portugal during COVID-19 crisis
Updated on 4/05: As a result of the precautions imposed by COVID 19, several Portuguese charities that work with Food Banks suspended their activity, supressing the supply of food to a large number of deprived people. Nevertheless, some of these organisations, if helped by Volunteers, can reorganise, and distribute food to the most needed. Aware […]
Updates from Greece during COVID-19 crisis
Updated on 30/04: In the difficult times we are going through due to the coronavirus crisis, the Food Bank continues its important work: to support people who are suffering, in conditions of isolation, and who face misery every day. Hundreds of volunteers in charities are at the forefront, helping those in need, with […]
Farm to Fork Strategy: for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
On 20 May 2020, the European Commission adopted a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system (F2F Strategy). In line with the European Green Deal , it proposes to transform our food systems into global standards for competitive sustainability, the protection of human and planetary health, as well as the livelihoods of all actors […]
