Ecologic Institute Represented in EU Expert Group for Legislative Framework on Sustainable Food Systems

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Ecologic Institute Represented in EU Expert Group for Legislative Framework on Sustainable Food Systems

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As of March 2021 the EU Commission has set up an expert group to advise on a legislative framework for sustainable food systems. Stephanie Wunder, coordinator food systems at the Ecologic Institute has been appointed as a member of the expert group.

Setting up an EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems is an important part of the EU Green Deal and its Farm to Fork Strategy, that has been adopted in May 2020. The expert group consists of international experts and practitioners from all over the EU. Until June 2021 the will provide advise to the European Commission on legislative building blocks as well as on the implementation of EU research and innovation policy or programmes.

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sustainable consumption, sustainable food systems, farm to fork strategy, healthy and sustainable diets, agriculture, consumption, food loss, food waste, plant-based diets, trade, agroecology
PublicationDocumentThe EU Farm to Fork Strategy: What needs to come next?
 
On 20 May 2020, the European Commission launched its long-awaited Farm to Fork Strategy. The strategy is a first attempt to define long-term objectives for a healthy, just and sustainable EU food system that addresses both food production and consumption. The strategy... Read more

Wunder, Stephanie, Ana Frelih-Larsen and Irina Herb 2020: The EU Farm to Fork Strategy: What needs to come next? A first assessment of important steps for an ambitious  implementation of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

ProjectReduction of Food Waste in Private Households in Germany
 

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Citizen Science Project "Deutschland rettet Lebensmittel" Most food waste is generated in private households. The project team of the Dialogue Forum "Private Households" is therefore conducting a Citizen Science project together with Zu gut für die Tonne!... Read more

Reduction of Food Waste in Private Households in Germany

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