Thanks to everyone who joined our webinar on Friday the 20th of March. If you didn’t get the chance to join us, you can watch the recording using the link below:
https://ukri.zoom.us/rec/share/zM1TE5vLqnFJWaOVznnifv8zMIj6aaa8hCgf_fFZzEuIFKcA2vpWaJrKHDhzX2iJ
The slides of the webinar presentation are also available here:
We regret to inform you that in view of the current situation with the spread of the coronavirus, we have decided that it would be best to postpone the official Launch Event of the Network that was planned for the 20th of March.
This is to ensure that as many people as possible are able and willing to travel and that everyone stays safe. A new date will be announced in a few weeks, once we have reviewed again the situation.
In the meanwhile, we will host a Webinar on the same day as the initially planned event (20th March), so you’ll still be able to join us and find out more about the upcoming funding opportunities. Details regarding the Webinar and how to join will be published soon.
We still hope you’ll be able to join us next week, even if it’s just virtually at this point!
The official launch of the Horticultural Quality and Food Loss Network (HortQFLNet) will take place at Cranfield University on the 20th of March.
The Agenda for the event is now available to download below. Registration is FREE and open to everyone working in the horticultural sector (including academics, industry, NGOs), but spaces are limited, so to register please email us at info@foodlossnetwork.com.
We look forward to seeing you there!
£1.15 million of government funding announced to tackle food waste in households and supply chains
Businesses and not-for-profits in England will benefit from £1.15 million of funding to help them come up with creative new ways to tackle food waste by changing people’s behaviour or transforming it into other materials.
From educating the public on how to store fresh food, to ideas such as turning food waste into new, edible products, grants will be available for creative solutions to address this pressing environmental challenge.
The newly opened £1.15 million will be separated into two small-scale grants: The Citizen Food Waste Prevention grant (total worth of £650,000) and The Value from Food (total worth of £500,000) pilot project grant
The Citizen Food Waste Prevention grant will award grants between £25,000 and £100,000 will be awarded to SME businesses and not-for-profit organisations who are inspiring the public to reduce their household food waste, such as through consumer education programmes on storing food appropriately and understanding their shelf life
The Value from Food Waste fund is open for collaborative projects from organisations of any size which are piloting methods to create useful materials out of food that would otherwise go to waste. Funding will be awarded for revenue and capital usage costs between £20,000 and £100,000.
Find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-1m-to-fund-food-waste-fight
