For this year’s World Food Day (16 October 2015), the United Nations Secretary-General emphasized the scale of food waste and loss, estimated at about a third of all the food produced globally. “People everywhere know that waste is a disgrace”, he said. Commending both the Charter of Milan and Expo Milano’s food-centred theme, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva added that people can celebrate World Food Day by making “personal commitments, for instance to eat healthily, cut food waste and help others”. Read more...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently set an ambitious national goal to reduce food waste by 50 percent by 2030. This move was set against the back drop of a steady but raging debate on US food policies at both the state and national levels. Read more...

The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact aims to build more resilient food systems and curb food waste. Through the agreement, cities adhere to four principles: guaranteeing healthy food for all; promoting sustainability in the food system; educating the public about healthy eating; and reducing waste. Read more...

The third edition of the Food Processing and Packaging Exposyum (FPPE) is taking place at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya from 3 to 5 November. Adequate processing and packaging solutions are key to fighting food losses, particularly in sub-Saharan countries, where losses are often caused by a lack of suitable means of processing, storing and transporting harvested produce. The third (final) day of the symposium will concentrate on technology and knowledge transfer in these areas. Read more...

The successful staging of the First International Post-Harvest Loss Congress by the ADM Institute on Post-harvest Loss Reduction (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign) in association with the Rockefeller Foundation and SAVE FOOD, brought over agricultural 300 professionals from 62 countries to Rome, Italy to discuss post-harvest loss reduction. At the core of the October 4-7 deliberations was the focus on using the current international interest and momentum to galvanize a global reduction in post-harvest losses (PHL). Read more...

As urbanization extends across developing and transitional countries, so does the problem of food loss and waste. The difficulty of solving this global problem is exacerbated by the often stark and varying levels of income, equality and industrialization across regions of the world. Read more...

The Community of Practice (CoP) on Food Loss Reduction (FLR) is launching a new forum discussion and asks members to rank the following six potential topics in order of preference: 1. Policy development and influence on post-harvest management (PHM) and FLR. 2. PHM business models: what works, what does not work, in what contexts? 3. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of post-harvest losses (M&E framework, indicators, implementation plans, quantitative and qualitative approaches). 4. Best practices for gender-sensitive PHM/FLR. 5. Innovative technologies for PHM/FLR. 6. PHM/FLR training for the sharing and discussion of technology, knowledge and approaches, awareness raising, and the development of marketing materials to facilitate dissemination and use of relevant training material. You can also propose your own topics online to the FORUM, or by sending an e-mail to: [email protected]. Read more...

As highlighted several times at the meeting of the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF), food loss and waste (FLW) is a crucial issue that must be addressed. The FLW Protocol, which is led by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and supported by FAO and others, provides an important tool for measuring efforts to reduce FLW and the associated greenhouse gas emissions. Read more...

Following the recent collaboration on food waste between FAO and the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM), and in response to the recent WUWM member survey, which indicated “reducing food loss and food waste on the market” as the most important topic of interest, the theme of the WUWM 2016 Market Awards will be “Effectiveness in reducing food loss and food waste on the market”. Read more...

Survey findings indicate that date marking (with “use by” and “best before” dates) is poorly understood by Europeans. Fewer than half (47 percent) of respondents understood what “best before” meant, and only 40 percent knew the meaning of “use by”. The study confirms the need to disseminate targeted information and educational initiatives on date marking, taking into account the levels of understanding and information needs of different consumer groups in European Union (EU) countries. Read more...

As part of a new agreement, China’s National News Agency Xinhua will expand its coverage of hunger, nutrition and the challenges faced by food producers and consumers. These issues include land use, food security, food safety, malnutrition and food waste. Read more...

Tackling food insecurity and eradicating hunger will require concerted efforts to reduce food loss and waste. This subject, with an emphasis on innovative solutions for feeding the world, was the focus of an event hosted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United States Department of State in the margins of the United Nations summit on adoption of the post-2015 development agenda. Read more...

Millions of farmers in developing countries, and some in industrialized nations, are suffering runaway post-harvest losses, a crisis now described by experts as “a perfect storm facing humanity”. Read more...

Fishing communities are working alongside researchers in Malawi and Zambia to evaluate post-harvest fish processing practices, improve their effectiveness, reduce losses, and promote greater equity among the men and women who work in the fisheries sector. Read more...

On the occasion of the European Week for Waste Reductions 2015 (EWWR), the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) decided to raise awareness among the staff of the dramatic issue of food waste. The programme for this year includes several activities such as a photo competition on the thematic of food waste and a film projection on the same issue.

Feedback is committed to shedding light on the global food waste scandal and enacting tasty solutions to combat it. Each Friday they will be bringing you #fightfoodwastefriday, which provides a new perspective on the global fight against food waste.

From 21 to 22 October 2015, in Milan (at Expo Milano) “Don’t Waste Our Future!” hosted the 1st European Youths' Forum against Food Waste and for New Models of Responsible Consumption. SAVEFOOD contributed to the technical and policy debate. The forum was funded by the European Union within the framework of the 2015 European Year for Development.

To commemorate World Food Day, on 16 October, the Food for All Ghana campaign, in collaboration with the Matic Foundation, attempted the Guinness world record for the longest table in the world. With Dr Joe Beasley, a civil rights activist and founder of the Joe Beasley Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, as its guest of honour, the event brought together passionate volunteers and partners to construct a table of 1 600 m in length on Oxford Street in Oso, Accra.

The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) supports the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and participated in several General Assembly side-events in New York to show its support for the Sustainable Development Goals, several of which are aligned with GFN’s mission.

The World Food Preservation Center LLC is pleased to announce that University of Lisbon in Portugal has joined its worldwide consortium of thirteen “sister” universities and the ARO Volcani Center in Israel to reduce post-harvest food losses in developing countries and diminish world hunger.

For this year’s World Food Day (16 October 2015), the United Nations Secretary-General emphasized the scale of food waste and loss, estimated at about a third of all the food produced globally. “People everywhere know that waste is a disgrace”, he said. Commending both the Charter of Milan and Expo Milano’s food-centred theme, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva added that people can celebrate World Food Day by making “personal commitments, for instance to eat healthily, cut food waste and help others”. Read more...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently set an ambitious national goal to reduce food waste by 50 percent by 2030. This move was set against the back drop of a steady but raging debate on US food policies at both the state and national levels. Read more...

The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact aims to build more resilient food systems and curb food waste. Through the agreement, cities adhere to four principles: guaranteeing healthy food for all; promoting sustainability in the food system; educating the public about healthy eating; and reducing waste. Read more...

The third edition of the Food Processing and Packaging Exposyum (FPPE) is taking place at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya from 3 to 5 November. Adequate processing and packaging solutions are key to fighting food losses, particularly in sub-Saharan countries, where losses are often caused by a lack of suitable means of processing, storing and transporting harvested produce. The third (final) day of the symposium will concentrate on technology and knowledge transfer in these areas. Read more...

The successful staging of the First International Post-Harvest Loss Congress by the ADM Institute on Post-harvest Loss Reduction (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign) in association with the Rockefeller Foundation and SAVE FOOD, brought over agricultural 300 professionals from 62 countries to Rome, Italy to discuss post-harvest loss reduction. At the core of the October 4-7 deliberations was the focus on using the current international interest and momentum to galvanize a global reduction in post-harvest losses (PHL). Read more...

As urbanization extends across developing and transitional countries, so does the problem of food loss and waste. The difficulty of solving this global problem is exacerbated by the often stark and varying levels of income, equality and industrialization across regions of the world. Read more...

The Community of Practice (CoP) on Food Loss Reduction (FLR) is launching a new forum discussion and asks members to rank the following six potential topics in order of preference: 1. Policy development and influence on post-harvest management (PHM) and FLR. 2. PHM business models: what works, what does not work, in what contexts? 3. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of post-harvest losses (M&E framework, indicators, implementation plans, quantitative and qualitative approaches). 4. Best practices for gender-sensitive PHM/FLR. 5. Innovative technologies for PHM/FLR. 6. PHM/FLR training for the sharing and discussion of technology, knowledge and approaches, awareness raising, and the development of marketing materials to facilitate dissemination and use of relevant training material. You can also propose your own topics online to the FORUM, or by sending an e-mail to: [email protected]”. Read more...

As highlighted several times at the meeting of the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF), food loss and waste (FLW) is a crucial issue that must be addressed. The FLW Protocol, which is led by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and supported by FAO and others, provides an important tool for measuring efforts to reduce FLW and the associated greenhouse gas emissions. Read more...

Following the recent collaboration on food waste between FAO and the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM), and in response to the recent WUWM member survey, which indicated “reducing food loss and food waste on the market” as the most important topic of interest, the theme of the WUWM 2016 Market Awards will be “Effectiveness in reducing food loss and food waste on the market”. Read more...

Survey findings indicate that date marking (with “use by” and “best before” dates) is poorly understood by Europeans. Fewer than half (47 percent) of respondents understood what “best before” meant, and only 40 percent knew the meaning of “use by”. The study confirms the need to disseminate targeted information and educational initiatives on date marking, taking into account the levels of understanding and information needs of different consumer groups in European Union (EU) countries. Read more...

As part of a new agreement, China’s National News Agency Xinhua will expand its coverage of hunger, nutrition and the challenges faced by food producers and consumers. These issues include land use, food security, food safety, malnutrition and food waste. Read more...

Tackling food insecurity and eradicating hunger will require concerted efforts to reduce food loss and waste. This subject, with an emphasis on innovative solutions for feeding the world, was the focus of an event hosted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United States Department of State in the margins of the United Nations summit on adoption of the post-2015 development agenda. Read more...

Millions of farmers in developing countries, and some in industrialized nations, are suffering runaway post-harvest losses, a crisis now described by experts as “a perfect storm facing humanity”. Read more...

Fishing communities are working alongside researchers in Malawi and Zambia to evaluate post-harvest fish processing practices, improve their effectiveness, reduce losses, and promote greater equity among the men and women who work in the fisheries sector. Read more...

On the occasion of the European Week for Waste Reductions 2015 (EWWR), the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) decided to raise awareness among the staff of the dramatic issue of food waste. The programme for this year includes several activities such as a photo competition on the thematic of food waste and a film projection on the same issue.

Feedback is committed to shedding light on the global food waste scandal and enacting tasty solutions to combat it. Each Friday they will be bringing you #fightfoodwastefriday, which provides a new perspective on the global fight against food waste.

From 21 to 22 October 2015, in Milan (at Expo Milano) “Don’t Waste Our Future!” hosted the 1st European Youths' Forum against Food Waste and for New Models of Responsible Consumption. SAVEFOOD contributed to the technical and policy debate. The forum was funded by the European Union within the framework of the 2015 European Year for Development.

To commemorate World Food Day, on 16 October, the Food for All Ghana campaign, in collaboration with the Matic Foundation, attempted the Guinness world record for the longest table in the world. With Dr Joe Beasley, a civil rights activist and founder of the Joe Beasley Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, as its guest of honour, the event brought together passionate volunteers and partners to construct a table of 1 600 m in length on Oxford Street in Oso, Accra.

The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) supports the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and participated in several General Assembly side-events in New York to show its support for the Sustainable Development Goals, several of which are aligned with GFN’s mission.

The World Food Preservation Center LLC is pleased to announce that University of Lisbon in Portugal has joined its worldwide consortium of thirteen “sister” universities and the ARO Volcani Center in Israel to reduce post-harvest food losses in developing countries and diminish world hunger.