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Written by: Benjamin Moore The Horizon Europe project SecureFood supports the ambitions of the EU Green Deal, Farm to Fork, and Biodiversity strategies by taking a systems-thinking approach towards building a more resilient and secure food supply chain. By bringing together scientific research, stakeholder collaboration, and advanced digital tools to assess risks and vulnerabilities across […]

We are excited to invite you to a one-day stakeholder workshop on Tuesday, 8th July 2025, hosted at the AGES-Akademie (Spargelfeldstraße site), Vienna. Organised by Proman as part of the EU-funded projects FOLOU, NutriBudget, and DeliSoil, this interactive event will bring together key actors from across Austria’s agricultural, food, and policy sectors. The workshop will

By: Berta Redondo From: Europatat Despite Europe’s ambitious targets to halve food waste by 2030, Southern Europe continues to face disproportionately high levels of food loss across its agri-food systems. A new report by EIT Food South and 21gramos paints a vivid picture of the region’s food waste realities, offering a roadmap toward meaningful change—from farm to

By: Berta Redondo From: Europatat On 17 February, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive, which marks a significant step forward in addressing food waste across the EU! Co-legislators have agreed to introduce binding food waste reduction targets to be met at national level by 31 December 2030: The

Written by: Tamás Szallabek From: VIMOSZ The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is the biggest EU funded campaign to raise awareness about waste prevention. It started in 2009 initially as a LIFE project and by 2017 it became financed through the European Steering Committee. The main objectives include promoting waste reduction, reuse, and recycling, as well

By: Berta Redondo From: Europatat Wasteless partners are actively involved in addressing food loss and waste (FLW) across the food supply chain. A recently published policy paper by the OECD, “Beyond Food Loss and Waste Reduction Targets: Translating Reduction Ambitions into Policy Outcomes” provides a comprehensive review of the FLW policy environment, drawing on data collected by

Written by: Andrea Adelmo Della Penna  From: WIISE A meeting was held last week between the WASTELESS project and the SecureFood project to demonstrate the respective tools developed to promote the prevention and reduction of food waste at various stages of the supply chain. The presentation of the WASTE-SEC tool was made by Dr. Charis

By: Ana Novo Barros (WASTELESS Coordinator) From: UTAD We are pleased to bring you the latest updates from “WASTELESS – Waste Quantification Solutions to Limit Environmental Stress,” our ongoing project funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme (Grant Agreement n° 101084222). By month 24 of the WASTELESS project, we have reached several important milestones

By: Andrea Adelmo Della Penna From: GIFT (Great Italian Food Trade) The WASTELESS consortium is searching for external experts interested in the evaluation of the tools and methodologies (T&Ms) developed within the project for the measurement and monitoring of food waste (FW) generated in different stages of the food supply chain (FSC). The contribution provided by external experts

Summary by: Sofia Reis From: ISEKI-Food Association Following the 16th plenary meeting of the EU platform on Food Losses and Food Waste, the monitoring subgroup had its second meeting of the year on the 25th of November. The agenda was divided in Food Waste monitoring in the morning and Food Loss quantification after lunch. Food Waste monitoring