In Europe, 80 million people live below the poverty line and among them, 30 million suffer from malnutrition. (Source: Eurostat and European Congress of Experts on Nutrition, 2009).
The European Federation of Food Banks (FEBA) brings together 247 food banks in 21 countries in Europe. Its goal is to give each person in Europe, access to a sufficient and balanced diet, through the fight against waste and call for solidarity.
In 2011, the European Food Banks distributed 401 000 tons of food, equivalent to 800 million meals, to 5,2 million people in partnership with 31 000 charitable organisations and social services.
FEBA is seeking for people with skills in the areas of communication, relations with multinationals and lobbying with the European institutions.
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No more food waste – The production of food leftovers in the 27 Member States each year is about 89 million tons, or 179 kg per person. To feed the most deprived persons, let us fight against waste.
They ask the Commission to develop with the national governments concrete actions to reduce by half the food waste by 2025, and to propose to declare 2014 as "the European Year of fight against food waste", this to educate European citizens about the importance of this problem. For more information, download the European Parliament resolution of 19 January 2012 on how to avoid food wastage: strategies for a more efficient food chain in the EU.
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According to a study by the European Commission, up to 50% of edible food is wasted throughout the food chain. In a world where resources are increasingly limited, the Members of Parliament ask that the fight against waste be included among the priorities of the European political agenda. On January 19th, 2012, they voted a resolution asking the European Commission, Member States and actors in the food chain to react with the utmost urgency to the problem of food waste.