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EU Food Policy Coalition Reports Four Priorities for SFS
A new report from the EU Food Policy Coalition outlines four priorities and policy recommendations that the EU's Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) framework legislation should prioritize in order to achieve a shift towards a sustainable food system. The report builds...
CO-FRESH has successfully applied three Key Exploitable Results for the Horizon Results Booster Service
At the beginning of 2023, the CO-FRESH project applied for the Horizon Results Booster Service, a service offered by the European Commission to boost the exploitation potential of research results through effective dissemination and go-to-market strategies. Among the...
Sustainable Farming is making Italian agriculture more competitive
According to the third "AGRIcoltura100" report, sustainability is proving to be a driving force behind the growth and competitiveness of agricultural businesses. The report, commissioned by the banking group Reale Mutua and Italian agricultural business organization...
A new startup creates alternative oils and fats using agricultural byproducts
Estonian startup, ÄIO, has recently made significant strides in its mission to revolutionize the production of alternative fats. The company announced the successful acquisition of €1 million in funding, which will be utilized to advance its cutting-edge technology....
A FOODRUS Survey: European consumers’ attitudes toward upcycled food
This survey is conducted by researchers from the Food Design and Consumer Behaviour section of the University of Copenhagen as part of the FOODRUS project. The main objective of this research is to learn more about how European consumers feel about upcycled foods and...
LOWINFOOD is having an impact!
The innovations aimed at reducing food loss and waste that are being deployed, validated and boosted in LOWINFOOD are having an impact on the areas for which they have been developed. An example of this is, among others, the fact that a group of bakeries has joined...
EU Commission Proposes Revisions to Agri-food Marketing Standards
In line with the Farm to Fork strategy and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the EU Commission has recently put forth a proposal to revise the marketing standards for a range of agri-food products. This proposal aims to empower consumers to make...
CO-FRESH Event “Cultivating Sustainability: Advancing Efficient Agri-Food Value Chains”
On March 31st, CO-FRESH organized a seminar on cultivating sustainability at the COPA-COGECA offices in Brussels and online. During the event, 4 out of 19 selected agri-food innovations currently being implemented in the CO-FRESH pilot cases were presented to the...
CO-FRESH Dissemination Event “Cultivating Sustainability Advancing Efficient Agri-Food Value Chains”
We are thrilled to announce that CONFAGRICOLTURA, COOPSEU and EUROCOOP, together with CO-FRESH Pilot Cases are co-hosting the event "Cultivating Sustainability: Advancing Efficient Agri-Food Value Chains". The aim of the event is to present 4 new innovations in the...
Future Intelligence visited Le Terre di Zoe, Calabria, Italy
After extensive discussions regarding the needs of the groves concerning irrigation, FINT’s team flew to Calabria to proceed with IoT devices and sensor deployment to better control the irrigation applications of the clementine trees. The deployment was successful and...
Future Intelligence visits FLORETTE for field deployment analysis, Tudela Spain
A very productive meeting happened just before implementing Future Intelligence’s IoT solution comprised of innovative N,P,K, and pH sensors that aim to rationalize and hopefully optimize nutrients and water application fertility strategies followed by FLORETTE. Right...
19 innovations to more competitive, efficient, resilient and sustainable food value chains
In the frame of the Co-fresh project (Co-creating sustainable and competitive fruits and vegetables value chains in Europe), 19 co-created innovations will be implemented and monitored in the 7 pilot cases of the project in order to assess their environmental and...
COPA-COGECA Quantifarm Policy Events & EU Projects Workshop
CO-FRESH has taken part in the Quantifarm Policy Events & EU Projects Workshop, organised by the European farmers and agri-cooperatives organisation COPA-COGECA on December 6th in Brussels. This highly interesting session featured presentations from the sector of...
CO-FRESH Pilot Case Co-creation Sessions
From co-creation to intervention for the improvement of sustainability in agri-food chains. The H2020 CO-FRESH project works to improve sustainability in fruit and vegetable agri-food value chains in Europe, including high-protein products. To this end, CO-FRESH...
CO-FRESH Pilot Case Working Group Meeting successfully held in Navarra
The second pilot case working group meeting, involving the CO-FRESH pilot case Florette Iberica has been held in Navarra on May 10th. Florette Iberica is a producer of fresh cut vegetables, including more than 60 varieties of Salads and salads’ sprouts with a...
The newest ISEKI e-news issue is now available!
The newest ISEKI FOOD e-news issue #41 has been released in March, including a variety of interesting news on newly launched initiatives, education and training programmes and food-related EU projects. It also features an exclusive article about the Sustainable Food...
New publications about the connectedness of farmers and consumer-citizens to nature and their role in transitioning to agroecological food systems
We are happy to share two interesting scientific articles, recently published by our project partners COEXPHAL and the University of Almeria, on Reconnecting Farmers with Nature through Agroecological Transitions and on The Role of Consumer-Citizens and Connectedness...
The Sustainable Food System Innovation Platform is now live!
CO-FRESH, in collaboration with the H2020 RUR-06 project FAIRCHAIN, has released the Sustainable Food System Innovation Platform (https://www.smartchain-platform.eu/). The platform is a continuation of the former SMARTCHAIN Innovation Platform, a stakeholder-focused...
Second CO-FRESH Newsletter 2021 is out now!
The second CO-FRESH Newsletter 2021 has been published today! Besides an interesting read on the publication of a roadmap for a sustainable Food Systems Framework Law, this edition features a section about the company and CO-FRESH pilot case, Pilze-Nagy Ltd., a recap...