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Fruta Feia was ivited to present its work in the Azores Tek conference within the field of Circular Economy.

The Azores Tek is an event dedicated to tecnologie, criativity, inovation and entrepreneurship. 

This year main subject was "Inovation frotiers" within diferent fields, namely Circular Economy, Inovation best pratices, and Criativity and Cultural Industries.

• RTP tv interview (min 03:15): RTP telejornal acores
• Azores Tek: AzoresTek - Os Acores nas fronteiras da inovacao
• Fruta Feia presentation- Isabel Soares (min 21:20): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOQ11ytH9mo
• Article in Correio dos Açores and Tribuna das Ilhas - Faial newspapers: in attachment (PT)

On October 8 and 9, we were at the LIFE food waste platform meeting in Budapest to present our project FLAW4LIFE! 

Thank you to the Hungarian team Wasteless for joining so many projects that fight food waste: it's been wonderful to share the experiences and the know-how.

The European Commission was present and - of course! - we got them brainstorming on policies to prevent the discrimination of our ugly fruits and vegetables!

You can see here the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis' speech, where our project is mentioned.

The portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias published an article on a study from the Edimburg University published in the Journal of Cleaner Production that concludes that more than one third of the fruits and vegetables produced in Europe is wasted. The project Fruta Feia is mentioned as a good example in the fight against food waste.

The article: Um terço dos frutos e vegetais produzidos na Europa vai para o lixo. São feios.

The study: Avoidable food losses and associated production-phase greenhouse gas emissions arising from application of cosmetic standards to fresh fruit and vegetables in Europe and the UK

We overcame 1000 tons of saved waste and we can’t stop sharing this feeling of victory with you.

There were more than 1070 tonnes of fruits and vegetables that weren’t put to waste, saving all the unnecessary waste of natural resources and devaluing of the farmers’ work that this implies.

Four and a half years ago we got a problem from behind the curtain - that of food waste due to the appearance - and put it in the mouths of the world with the idea of Fruta Feia Co-Op. The idea of ​​counteracting the dictatorship of aesthetics in fruits and vegetables and, at the same time, building a model of cooperativism that is fairer for all - environment, farmers, consumers and workers of the cooperative.

Getting to 1000 tonnes means that we are not just an idea or a will, it means that today we are a relevant response to food waste. We’re not half a dozen people. Counting farmers, consumers, workers and people who help us in assembling the boxes, we are 6400 and we have saved more than 1000 tonnes of waste! We're not fooling around, we're shaking consumption patterns!

You can read the press here (PT): Diário de Notícias | Observador | Notícias ao Minuto | Destak | Sapo24