From Portion Sizes to Food Redistribution: International Perspectives on food waste prevention in schools

Hybrid
Location: Wrocław, Poland
Date: 03.10.2025
By: foodCIRCUS
 

On October 3rd the foodCIRCUS consortium will host a transnational workshop bringing together experts from science, ministries, schools and catering companies.
The event will focus on portion sizes in school meals and the redistribution of surplus food while offering space for discussion and the joint development of practical, viable solutions.
Participants from all partner countries of the foodCIRCUS project will share experiences and explore how schools can combine healthy eating with sustainability.
The event is organised in a hybrid form, so you can join us online!

 

 

The event will be opened by Jan den Boer  at 10:00 and the project leader Gudrun Obersteiner will give an introduction of foodCIRCUS at 10:15.

Panel I: School food portion sizes (10:30 – 11:30)

 ·       „A professional, scientific and educational perspective on nutrition and proper portion sizes”

Eliška Selinger, Czech National nstitute of Public Health / Charles University (CZ)

·       „Developing sustainable school meals (www.skutecnezdravaskola.cz)”

Tom Václavík, Truly Healthy School (CZ)

·       „Comparison between Italy and Austria case (portion size included)”

Simone Amadori, University of Bologna (IT)

·       „Portion sizes from a nutritional perspective”

Malwina Pustułka, Polish Children Foundation (PL)

·       „School meals in Vienna, challenges for a catering company”

Helene ZImmermann, GOURMET Catering (AT)

11:30 – 12:15 Roundtable discussion Discussion moderated by András Vig, UVMB (HU)

12:15 – 13:15: Lunch break

Panel II: Redistribution of surplus food from school canteens (13:15 – 14:15)

·       „Experiences of school food surplus redistribution in Budapest”

Balázs Cseh, European Food Banks Federation (HU) (online)

·       „Creative redistribution of surplus food”

Agnieszka Maniewska, Foodsharing Wrocław (PL)

·       „Food redistribution in Wrocław”

Agnieszka Krasoń, Food Bank Wrocław (PL)

·       „The work of the Austrian Food Bank and the difficulties of redistributing food from schools”

Alexandra Gruber, Austrian Food Bank (AT) (online)

14:15 – 15:00 Roundtable discussion Discussion moderated by Denisa Rybářová, ZJ (CZ)

Closing the workshop by the project lead Gudrun Obersteiner. 

When & Where: 3. October 2025 – Wrocław, Poland

Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, plac Grunwaldzki 13, 50-377 Wrocław, Building D1, room 14.1

Presentations will also be streamed live online (discussions on-site only)
Interested in joining live or online? Write us: sandra.luck@boku.ac.at