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Urban Agenda Partnership and EU Directive Workshop
On 21-22 October Buy Better Food joined the Urban Agenda Partnership on Food in Milan to kickstart brainstorming the key topics and actions the UAP Food would like to carry out in the future. Later, on the 30 October, together with the EU Food Policy Coalition's task force on food procurement, we organised the first FPC & BBF joint workshop to explore the challenges and opportunities of the EU Procurement Directive revision and lay down the foundation for a shared understanding and demands.
Sustainable food procurement: letters, events and roundtables
Early in the month, the Buy Better Food Campaign sent a letter to President von der Leyen's cabinet advocating for the establishment of minimum standards for public cantees. Eating City held its Summer Campus on food procurement culminating in the 10th Eating City Declaration and organised National Policy Dialogues to discuss challenges and solutions around public food procurement. Additionally, within Terra Madre, Slow Food organised an experts roundtable to discuss the JRC last report on sustainable food procurement.
IFOAM Youth Event, Bari (8-9 July)
We were present at the IFOAM Organic Europe Youth Event in Bari, hosted by CIHEAM Bari, with a session on Access to land, to raise awareness on the challenges for young farmers, and another session on the Role of youth in sustainable public food procurement, to explore how SPP can become a lever for change. Additionally, the Italian Local Food Policies Network endorsed our Manifesto and Nutrition Insight reported on it and the importance of minimum mandatory criteria.
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