Best Before Project Blog

What's gonna happen when the day X comes? P.s. don't confuse Expiry date with Best Before date! :) - info here

 Yes, we had to vacate our garage in Tottenham Hale.This storage has been our first, and we used it for 3 years; loads of food passed through it and the last stored food has been taken by Red Cross, Woodberry Downs Baptist Church and some by people who run the kitchen in Harlesden Closing this storage is not a simple logistical matter for us. Makes us think that is already years that we are going on with our project, and we need to be dynamic and focus on the main goal of Best Before Project, although it's not easy and obstacles and changes are constantly incoming.

 What a nice event has been! Our Food Labelling Community Awareness Brunch has been a really nice time for us all, and we hope for all of our guests too! Thanks for coming, keep spreading our message and see you all soon!

Great news!!!! "The European Union is poised to scrap compulsory “best before” labels on coffee, rice, dry pasta, hard cheeses, jams and pickles to help reduce the estimated 100 million tons of food wasted across Europe each year." This is exactly what we are fighting for during the last three years! You can read about it on many web news: The Telegraph Independent IE The Peninsula Independent Irish Examiner Triplepundit Bitterwallet But the UK government aren’t backing it at the moment, despite saying they’re open to a dialogue. A spokesman said: ‘We believe the connection between these labels and food waste requires further investigation to ensure the removal of date marks doesn’t have the opposite effect to that intended.’ We can show that!!!!! Let's win this battle! New Zealand is already following the example! The New Zealand Herald 

 Best Before Project is glad to invite you all to the Food Labelling Community Awareness Brunch! Please confirm your participation in Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/619630501450493/ Tickets available till the 26th of May on Grubclub and Eventbrite During this event, you will be able to: Eat delicious and food prepared with products approaching or passed the Best Before date, that was meant to be sent to the landfill Ask more information about food labeling and how to avoid the waste of food Talk to people generally interested in environment and social issues Details of the event: 3rd 31st of May - 11 a.m. 117 The Vale, W3 7RQ Acton

 New Office in Acton! A lot of work to move everything from the former East Acton Storage to Harrow, Tulse Hills and the new office in Acton, but finally It's all done! After a proper cleanup we'll have our next meeting in the new office! 164 Acton High Street, W3 6QZ

 Have you already been in our new Best Before Project shop? We are at 160 Northholt Road, South Harrow in collaboration with Silver House. Our adorable Uparima is in charge!