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Open Food Conference and Procura+
Buy Better Food organised the session “Raising the bar: public procurement role cultivating healthy, just and sustainable EU food systems” at the Open Food Conference in Leuven (Belgium), to convince the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU that sustainable public food procurement is a reality. In March, Buy Better Food also organised a session on “Transforming Food Systems through Minimum Standards” at the Procura+ Conference in Lisbon. Small changes have a big impact and cities and researchers explained to us how.
Open Letter to Ursula von der Leyen
In January 2024 the core team of Buy Better Food, together with several European organisations, sent a Joint Letter to President Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission calling for a long-lasting legacy of the EU Farm to Fork strategy through sustainable public food procurement (SFP).
Meeting with the European Commission
Buy Better Food meets with Frans Timmermans cabinet, Stella Kyriakides cabinet and other representative of the European Commission Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) to discuss sustainable public food procurement and present the Manifesto on Minimum Mandatory Standards.
European Week of Regions and Cities
Together with IFOAM and EFF, Buy Better Food hosed a high-level session on “Promoting Social Innovation through Public Food Procurement” during the European Week of Regions and Cities, handing over more than 55,000 signatures for the petition “A Healthy School Meal for Every Child in Every School.” to MEPs Manuela Ripa (Greens) and Michaela Sojdrova (Christian Democrats)
Eating City Summer Campus
Annual in-person meeting of the Buy Better Food Campaign at the 9th edition of the Eating City Summer Campus, joining together constructive brainstorming for the future of the Buy Better Food and engaging the Youth Ambassador Network with a thought-provoking role-play game highlighting the challenges of reaching consensus among multiple stakeholders with diverse interests in a food tender setting.
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