Food Redistribution in the Nordic Region

This report has been developed within the Green Growth Program of the Prime Ministers in the Nordic region and is a good illustration of how three areas of politics can be combined:

• Environmental politics through food waste prevention.
• Social security politics through increased welfare for low-income people.
• Food safety politics through making food redistribution possible within the framework of food safety regulations.

The Nordic region is a leading region in Europe on food waste surveys and prevention, but it is not among the leading regions in terms of redistribution of food. This report provides the basis for a strategy on how to further develop redistribution of food in the Nordic region—both nationally and regionally through food banks, as well as locally through direct redistribution.

The follow-up to this report will focus on a Nordic model for how to develop food redistribution further, by building on the role of both food banks and local, direct redistribution.