Herbalife Nutrition & FEBA partnership
European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) launches a new partnership with Herbalife Nutrition and the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF) with the common goal of collaborating to preventing food waste and reducing food insecurity. Herbalife Nutrition connected with FEBA in the context of its ‘Nutrition for Zero Hunger’ initiative, a comprehensive global program focusing on critical resources […]
IFCO delivered its reusable packaging containers to Federația Băncilor pentru Alimente din România
As agreed on in the five years partnership agreement signed in 2022, IFCO started to deliver its donation of Reusable Packaging Containers (RPCs) to the FEBA network across Europe, which will be helpful for Food Banks’ daily operations of recovering and redistributing surplus food to the charitable organisations assisting the people most in need. In February […]
Reducing Food Loss & Waste in the Cold Chain
FEBA participated at the Global Cold Chain Alliance – 26th European Cold Chain Conference 20 – 22 March 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. On Tuesday 21 March 2023, on FEBA attended the Cold Chain Reception and Dinner at the Maritime Museum in Barcelona. This was an opportunity to meet the attendees and organisers of the event. […]
Romania and Italy Exchange
From 21 to 23 March, some colleagues from Federația Băncilor pentru Alimente din România – FBAR, FEBA Associate Members in Romania, went to Italy to visit Fondazione Banco Alimentare ONLUS and spend together two entire days sharing experiences and best practices. Together with Domenico, with the Siticibo van they went around the streets of Milan […]
Peer-to-Peer sessions on food waste prevention legislation
In order to support and foster the exchange between Food Banks belonging to the FEBA network on the topic of food waste prevention legislation, two Peer-to-Peer sessions have been organised. In March, representatives from Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires (FEBA Member in France), Fondazione Banco Alimentare Onlus (FBAO, FEBA Member in Italy) and Česká Federace […]
ASEAN Ambassadors’ Visit to Česká Federace Potravinových Bank
On 6 March 2023 the ASEAN Committee in Prague visited and donated to Česká Federace Potravinových Bank. They were welcomed by Veronika Lachova, CEO, Czech Federation of Food Banks. The delegation included ambassadors from Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and representatives from Myanmar and Malaysia. This was the third visit of the ASEAN Committee to the […]
Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires participates at Salon International de l’Agriculture 2023 (SIA)
The Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires was present for the 11th consecutive year at the 2023 International Agricultural Show. Six volunteer cooks were present each day to cook nearly 350 meals distributed on the streets to homeless or sheltered people from 300kg of agricultural products donated by Solaal. Four associations came to help the volunteers […]
EU Working Group | 7 March 2023
The second session of the EU Working Group in 2023 was held online on 7 March. The meeting was attended by 17 participants from 13 countries. During the session, FEBA offered some insights into the recommendations of the Citizens’ Panel as well as the Civil Society Days 2023. This was followed by an open discussion […]
EESC Civil Society Days 2023
The Civil Society Days 2023 were organised by the European Economic and Social Council, and took place from 1 March until 3 March 2023 with the overarching topic being “Civil society organisations: a pillar of democracy and a key player to overcome current challenges”. FEBA participated in two workshops; one related to funding of civil […]
FareShare UK announces new CEO
FareShare UK announced its new CEO George Wright on 23 February 2023. His appointment follows Lindsay Boswell CBE FCIOF´s announcement that he will leave FareShare in July after 13 years leading the charity, which has seen it grow in size to redistribute 128 million meals worth of food to 9,500 charities in communities across the […]
