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Forum on Food Safety – online

10 listopada 2023

Streaming from the Future Food 4 Climate Coalition’s Forum on Food Safety (18 November – Saturday from 10:30am) will be available via Facebook. Link to the event This will be the second Forum on Food Safety during which we will talk about fixing the food system among expert speakers, partners of the Coalition. Expert speakers: Dr. Miłka Stępień, Dr. Paulina Sobiesiak […]

Spotkanie Koalicji – agenda na 2024

9 listopada 2023

On 7 November, a closed meeting was held after the election of the Future Food 4 Climate Coalition partners. During this meeting, the plans and projects that the Coalition intends to implement in 2024 were discussed. In addition, the meeting provided a kind of concluding touch in the context of the parliamentary elections in Poland. The Future Food 4 Climate Coalition will continue […]

New report – Public procurements

8 listopada 2023

A new report entitled ’Plant-based sustainable public procurements – best practices’ presented by the European Vegetarian Union (EVU) presents a list of best practices for public procurement in Europe. The report shows that plant-based meals are more cost-effective and have a lower environmental impact. The report is also a collection of good practices from different European countries and cities – Portugal, […]

Expert panel – AgriWatch

7 listopada 2023

On 31 October, the Green REV Institute organised the 4th panel this year with the participation of the expert side, decision-makers and people representing civil society organisations. The topic was the AgriWatch programme, which starts in 2022. The aim of the project is to develop a map of subsidies and beneficiaries of the Common Agricultural Policy and to show how […]

Denmark – national plan for plant-based food

6 listopada 2023

On 13 October, the Danish government announced its action plan on plant-based food. Denmark plans to allocate 1.25 billion kroner (€168 million) to initiatives to strengthen the role of plant-based food in the current food system. The planned initiatives include the creation of a 100 million Euro Plant Food Fund. Between 2023 and 2030, the Fund will finance activities at a level of €12 […]

StopOctopusFarming – Green Advocacy Academy

4 listopada 2023

Catalina López Salazar, Director of the Aquatic Animal Alliance Coalition, presented the theme #StopOctopusFarming to activist individuals during a meeting at the Green Advocacy Academy held in collaboration with the global Plant Based Treaty campaign. This campaign brings together activist individuals, the scientific community, civil society organisations from around the world in favour of stopping the exploitation of more animal […]

Salmonella outbreak: meat from Poland under investigation again

3 listopada 2023

An analysis published on 26 October 2023 entitled ’Three clusters of Salmonella Enteritidis ST11 infections linked to chicken meat and chicken meat products – JOINT ECDC-EFSA RAPID OUTBREAK ASSESSMENT’ by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reveals that from January 2023 to 24 October 2023, a total of 335 cases […]

EC consultation – food waste

2 listopada 2023

The European Commission consultation – Targets to reduce food waste – is open until 22 November. The Green REV Institute has prepared and sent its position paper, which is available HERE. In the position paper we point out that: The aim of the initiative is to develop binding targets against food waste. Why submit an opinion? Photo: Unsplash

Call to the President of the Commission on the FSFS

27 października 2023

On 25.10, civil society organisations including the Green REV Institute, partners of the FF4C Coalition and the scientific community from around the world sent an call to the President of the #KE, Ursula von der Leyen, not to postpone the work on the EU legislation for sustainable food systems (FSFS). The call points out that „Failure to present the FSFS proposal […]

MEPs ask about a Sustainable Food Systems

26 października 2023

On 11 October, MEPs sent a question on EU SFS legislation requiring a written answer to the European Commission. The written question was sent by 6 MEPs: Dr Sylwia Spurek, Sarah Wiener, Benoît Biteau, Pierre Larrouturou, Sirpa Pietikäinen and Anja Hazekamp. The question to the EC is as follows: Link to document Recall that EU legislation for Sustainable Food Systems was due to be presented by the European Commission in September […]