The Global FoodBanking Network’s Post

"Everyone Can Have Trusted Drinking Water" appears to be the Global call irrespective of the income status and innovation strengths of the countries. DIY is in focus to engage the consumers in assuring the quality of drinking 🚰 The EPA’s grant funding of 25 million dollar is invested to support a broad range of projects to help communities address drinking water concerns, from household water quality testing to monitoring for drinking water contaminants. The EPA funding announced May 21, 2024, advances President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to help communities make real progress on critical drinking water upgrades. https://lnkd.in/dP3vf7Ng

Did you know? Brazil boasts one of the largest school meal programs in the world, serving upward of 40 million children in public education every day. For many, that midday meal is the only one they receive, so when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, food insecurity rates soared. As the country works to recover, its government is focused on strengthening public policies to combat hunger including increased federal funding for the program. An elementary school in São Paulo is going a step further, asking parents to manage on-site gardens and teaching youngsters how to cook with the food grown in them. The city also aims to source all school lunch supplies from producers who practice sustainable farming by 2026 and serve 100% organic meals by 2030. Though it is the students receiving free food, the program is expected to have a trickle-down effect. In low-income families, often the children eat first as the adults would rather go without. This worry is alleviated when adults know their children will be fed a proper meal at school. It is therefore argued that school meals reduce hunger not just for kids but for adults too.

Friday March 22nd was World Water Day, and I really enjoyed watching this webinar from All Hands and Hearts, hosted by Siobhan McRae and Kasia Ozga. Here are some ‘Did you know?’s that I took away from the session: - There are 2.2 billion people around the world who live without access to safe water. - Water scarcity isn’t just having to travel long distances to access water. In some places, the only way to get it is to buy it in bottles, making it inaccessible for many people. - People with limited access to water are often forced to choose between thirst and hygiene. - Lack of gendered toilets in schools can be a barrier to girls’ attendance. - Improving WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) facilities is a good investment: it improves health, productivity, environment and social outcomes and returns $4.3 USD for every $1 spent. Simple and cost effective solutions include gutter and tank systems to harvest rainwater, Biosand water filters which have minimal installation and maintenance costs, and education. I love hearing positive impact stories and although we have a long way to go to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal of clean water and sanitation for all by 2030, it’s good to know we’re on the way. #worldwaterday #allhandsandhearts #waterandsanitationforall #unsustainabledevelopmentgoals #volunteering https://lnkd.in/ggcFbQYe

Every drop of water counts! Access to clean water means healthier children. Less time fetching water means more time for education. Water scarcity impacts food security and livelihoods. It's time to act. Let’s work together to protect and provide water for all. #WaterIsLife #CleanWaterForAll #SaveWater #SustainableFuture #h20forcommunities

Access to water, hygiene and sanitation is a fundamental right and a key component to improved public health. SHOFCO continues to mitigate water borne and related health risks one drop at a time. Kennedy Odede https://lnkd.in/dNj9wRhG

Schools are the biggest dining halls in your city or village and school meals mean more than just feeding bellies. Today is International School Meals Day #ISMD2024 highlighting  “innovation in school meals” and schools’ role as catalysts for systemic, multi-actor change.🎉 After all, school meals are nourishing tomorrow’s leaders, consumers and guardians of our planet. Tpday, 25% of EU children at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Access to healthy and sustainable school food is still absent in  many countries, despite the EU Child Guarantee. We call for action from policy makers of the EU to support the Member States in providing at least one healthy and sustainable school meal daily in all schools. Our SchoolFood4Change policy brief explains hot to recognize every child´s right to healthy and sustainable food and food education. Read more at: www.schoolfood4change.eu

Let's get right to the meat of it: only 12% of American households have access to public composting programs. That's nuts! 🐿 But the berry good news? 🥕 In a recent survey, 96% of non-composters indicated they would compost if it were easier to do so. THIS is where the government needs to step in. 🍊 Orange you juiced to get advocating? Stick with us, the puns get wurst. 🌭 🚨 But this campaign ends on July 12th! https://lnkd.in/ggiRzfpr Explore the Issue Briefing for more stats on the problems + solutions. #foodwaste #compost #composting #fooddonations #foodsecurity #climatesolutions

This is great to see, some much needed explicit language around controlling hot food takeaways in National Planning Policy 🤩 🗣The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is seeking views on how they might revise National Planning Policy to support wider objectives, namely, in the interest of #PublicHealth, Chapter 8 on 'Delivering Community Needs' - Promoting Healthy Communties. ✅️ This consultation seeks views on the proposed approach to revising the National Planning Policy Framework in order to achieve sustainable growth in our planning system. Full consultation document here: https://lnkd.in/d6yfFbmt 🤞 Luckily in Swindon, we're looking at ways of being proactive with this, but to have support at local, as well as national level will strengthen the case for creating healthier food environments.

Don't be tardy! It's not too late to sign up for TOMORROW's webinar with WWF to gain some fundamental lessons and insights into how we can reduce #FoodWaste in schools. We'll see you there: https://loom.ly/mBLNPrA #SchoolMeals #FoodWasteReduction #ClimateWeek