SAVE FOOD Newsletter
October 2014
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FAO, IFAD and WFP are pleased to announce the release of the Community of Practice (CoP) on Food Loss Reduction, supported by the three Rome-based UN Agencies’: www.fao.org/food-loss-reduction
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NewsFAO
Each year, 30 percent of global food production is lost after harvest or wasted in shops, households and catering services. This represents 750 billion USD in terms of producer or farmgate prices, going up to almost a trillion US dollars of trade value of food every year – half the GDP of Italy! Read more...
FAO
India looks forward to the active participation of FAO in addressing the emerging challenges in Indian agriculture. Reducing food loss and waste and improving food storage were some specific areas in which FAO support was discussed. Read more...
FAO
The Near East and North Africa region loses and wastes a significant amount of food, estimated at up to 250 kg per person at a cost of over $60 billion dollars annually. These high levels of food losses and waste reduce food availability, aggravate water scarcity, adversely impact the environment, and increase the need for food imports in an already highly import-dependent region. Read more...
FAO
Santiago, Chile
8–10 October The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has recognized the importance of coordinated actions with member countries to reduce food losses and waste, as a strategic aspect to improve food security and nutrition, in line with the commitment made at the XXXIII FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more...
Croatian Food Agency
To celebrate World Food Day, an international conference on “Reducing Food Loss and Waste: From Farm to Fork” is being organized by the Croatian Food Agency and FAO under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection and the President of the Republic of Croatia, Dr Ivo Josipovic. Read more...
Americans throw out more food than plastic, paper, metal and glassThe Washington Post
In 2012, people living in the United States of America threw out roughly 35 million tonnes of food, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This is almost 20 percent more food than they threw away in 2000, 50 percent more than in 1990, and nearly three times as much as in 1960, when the country discarded what now seems a paltry 12.2 million tonnes. Read more...
BCC
Seattle city council (Washington, United States of America) has voted to fine businesses and residents who waste too much food. The city already recycles 56 percent of its waste and is aiming for 60 percent by 2015. Read more...
USDA
Thirty–one percent of the food in supermarkets, restaurants and households goes uneaten – produce that has been nurtured and harvested in the fields but ends up as landfill. Food processors, food service companies, supermarkets and restaurants are increasingly recognizing the need to reduce, recover and recycle this wasted food. Read more...
UNEP
The Think.Eat.Save Student Challenge aims to encourage secondary school and university students from around the world to uncover and understand – by designing and implementing hands–on projects — how much food they are wasting and the impact that this food loss is having on the environment and economy. Read more...
The Guardian
Massachusetts recently enacted the most ambitious mandatory composting programme in history, which will affect supermarkets, colleges, nursing homes and prisons. Read more...
TakePart
According to the United Nations, North America has the highest food loss and waste in the world, with more than 660 pounds (about 300 kg) discarded per person per year. Europe comes a close second, with about 620 pounds (281 kg) per person. Read more...
WBOC TV 16
Salisbury University (Maryland, United States of America) is giving wasted food a new life through a programme within Maryland’s university system. Read more...
Partners actionsChefs For Change Ghana Foundation
On 16 October, to mark the United Nations’ World Food Day, Chefs for Change will hold Feast of Hope 2014 by feeding more than 5 000 people, including prisoners, street children, people living in charity homes, the mentally challenged and the aged.
Food Waste Prevention Program reportLightBlue Environmental Consulting
The report includes an analysis of current food waste and information on the implementation of food waste reduction strategies at all stages of the production and consumption chain – transport, storage, distribution, consumers’ plates, etc. – focusing on the direct impact on cost savings.
Maersk Container Industry finds a revolution in the mango tradeMaersk Container Industry
A recent test in Côte d’Ivoire shows how West Africa’s mango trade could be extended by using special containers to put the fruit into “hibernation”.
The world’s first think tank on food waste is DanishStop Spild Af Mad
Minister for the Environment Ms Kirsten Brosbøl, President of the Federation of Retailers Mr John Wagner and Director of COOP Ms Anna Lise Mortensen have expressed their support for the world’s first think tank for tackling food waste.
EventsCelebrating World Food Day9 October
Copenhagen, Denmark
15 October
Osijek, Croazia
16 October
Berkeley, California
2nd European FUSIONS Platform meeting30–31 October
Brussels, Belgium
Consultative Workshop on Establishment of Save Food Regional Network of Near East and North Africa7 November
Tunis, Tunisia
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