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The EU-funded CULTIVATE project launches a tool enabling food-sharing initiatives across Europe to assess costs, benefits and sustainability impacts.

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A new peer-reviewed study from Lund University maps the most common challenges, risks, and cost burdens facing Food Sharing Initiatives, and outlines practical strategies to help them thrive across Europe.

Europe discards nearly 60 million tonnes of food every year — a loss worth over €130 billion and responsible for almost 10% of global emissions. From cargo bike recovery fleets to AI systems that predict waste before it happens, new solutions are reshaping how cities and canteens respond. Because as experts remind us, “the redistribution of leftover produce is not charity — it is about the right to food.”