Costa supports Toidupank in Estonia with nutritious surplus food
On 23 July, 13 August and 3 September 2023, Costa Crociere Cruises docked in the port of Tallinn. For the first time the collaboration took place in Estonia, where the FEBA Member Toidupank recovered nutritious surplus food from a ship of the Costa fleet and shared with Männiku Socialhouse, a local charitable organisation assisting people affected by […]
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2023
On 13 May 2023, the FAO together with IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, and WHO published one of its annual flagship reports: the state of food security and nutrition in the world 2023. This year’s edition focused on urbanisation, agrifood systems transformation, and healthy diets across the rural–urban continuum. Every year, the FAO carries out a study […]
Tafel Deutschland e.V. elects Andreas Steppuhn as new chairman
Andreas Steppuhn is the new chairman of Tafel Deutschland e.V. At their general assembly on 6 July 2023, 58.4% of the local Tafel representatives attending voted for the 61-year-old. Andreas Steppuhn, who was born in Münster, has been active as a volunteer at the Tafel in various functions since 2005, and has been chairman of […]
Jean Cottave elected as new president of Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires
On the occasion of their General Assembly, the members of Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires (FEBA Member in France) elected Jean Cottave as the new president of the network, at the end of a process that led to the selection and meeting of several candidates. As former EDF Regional Delegate in the Languedoc-Roussillon Region and […]
EU Working Group I 4 July 2023
The sixth session of the EU Working Group in 2023 was held online on 4 July 2023 and attended by 11 participants from 7 countries. The session started with an introduction to the European Consumer Food Waste Forum and a recap of the most recent meeting of the ESF+ Community of Practice on Material Support […]
New Eurostat data on food affordability in Europe in 2022
On 10 July 2023, Eurostat published new EU food affordability statistics for 2022. The data reveal that 8.3% of the EU population struggled to afford a meal, which includes meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent every second day, compared to 2021, where 7.3% could not afford such a meal. Regarding people at risk of poverty, […]
FEBA attended the Strategic Dialogue on Agriculture – Networking, understanding, transforming
On 5 July 2023, the FEBA Team participated in the Strategic Dialogue on Agriculture – Networking, understanding, transforming at the Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European Union. The session was opened with representatives from regional agricultural producers who offered their perspectives on sustainable and organic farming and production. This was followed by […]
European Consumer Food Waste Forum on 29 June 2023
On 29 June 2023, FEBA attended the European Consumer Food Waste Forum. For the last two years, this group of 15 experts from various countries and backgrounds studied the most effective ways to fight food waste. This event was an opportunity to launch their final document: a compendium summarising best practices and tools found across […]
The ESF+ Community of Practice on Material Support event “FEAD becoming a part of ESF+: new developments, opportunities and challenges”
On 29 June 2023 the ESF+ Community of Practice on Material Support organised the online meeting “FEAD becoming a part of ESF+: new developments, opportunities and challenges” . The session focused on presentations by different stakeholders as well as open discussions about the current difficulties of the participants. The event was opened with a presentation […]
FEBA visited Food Bank Greece in the framework of the Data Collection project
The second half of YEAR-4 of FEBA’s project Quantifying the Impact of European Food Banks has been initiated in Athens (Greece) with a meeting of the Project Team and Food Bank Greece. From 7 to 9 June, a series of working sessions were organised, focusing on different topics but all geared towards the objective of […]
