Annually, the FAO celebrates on 29th September the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. Here are a few tips to help reduce food waste all through the year.

Luca Contrino joined our team on March 8 after experiences in the European Commission (DG REGIO and DG DEVCO), the NGO sector as well as the private sector.

June 2020

Find here the long-awaited official reply by EU Agriculture Commissioner Wojciechowski to our joint letter of 10 avril that was written with various organisations representative of the sector.

 AREFLH has not spared any efforts to keep the attention of the Commission, EU Parliament and Member States on the difficult situation of the sector since March and following-up on our joint letter of 10 April. These efforts have continued throughout and up to this day at various levels and in various forms of cooperation within our Task force.  

September 2020

AREFLH and Freshfel Europe held their online Joint 2020 Annual Event on the 29 September 2020, examining key challenges ahead for the European fresh fruit and vegetable sector amid this unprecedented period. The Joint 2020 Annual Event focused on the pertinent theme ‘The Road Ahead – A Sector Fit for Future Challenges’. Speakers from the European Commission, the European Parliament and specialist market analysis discussed the EU’s policy priorities and the current changing market conditions affecting the sector in the short and long term.