Feb 27, 2024
The FoodFactory-4-Us international student competition has started! Eight teams have been selected and are currently working on projects around the topic ‘Upscale or downscale a food supply chain to a national or regional level‘.
The competing teams are developing the following projects:
- Barley Bakes – Curation and development of a barley brownie to meet the nutritional needs of 2-15 year olds
- Apple Link – From private gardens to good use – or better yet, juice!
- Dabagira – Production of composite flour of selected food as a way of improving food supply chain that result the reduction of malnutrition and stunting
- SLSU-Pud Tek – Scaling Up Halang-halang processing in Southern Leyte, Philippines
- PAFT de SLSYou – Upscaling of Hilongos’ Native Kakanin: Preserving Tradition in Modern Times
- Baker team – Cookies and pastries for special dietary uses made with resistant starch as an ideal fiber source
- HighFig – Overcoming the Distribution Maze: A Roadmap to Tackle Logistics Challenges in Bursa Black Fig Distribution
Visit the competition website to get the detailed activity calendar and view session recordings.
Feb 8, 2024
This week, FAIRCHAIN participated in the Innovations in Agri-Food workshop organised by the CO-FRESH and FOODRUS projects in Nitra, Slovakia.
Hartmut Derler (FH JOANNEUM) shared the findings of the Food Innovation Incubator case study with presentations on ‘Consulting, networking and prototyping of products, processes and technologies’ and ‘Collaboration with practice: Findings from the project FAIRCHAIN.’
Dec 5, 2023
On 26 October, FAIRCHAIN and four other projects funded on the RUR 06 2020 and RUR 07 2020 calls – PLOUTOS, LOWINFOOD, CO-FRESH, FOODRUS – held a workshop in Brussels in the presence of EC project officers to discuss best practices in cooperation that can be useful to other research projects. These include common tools and processes for information sharing, thematic working groups and joint dissemination actions. A report summarising the main taking from the event is available.
May 19, 2023
The 2023 FoodFactory-4-Us competition on “Increasing innovation in existing short food supply chains (SFSC) to make them stronger and more competitive” is ending soon. Four teams are vying for first place and the coveted prize of attendance at the Sep 2023 Food Hack organized by FAIRCHAIN partner RISE in Umea Sweden.
The Final Conference, where teams present their projects and the winner is decided, will take place online on 1 June 2023 from 13h to 15h. Register here and don’t miss this exciting event!
May 19, 2023
Photo credit: Fredrik Larsson / Visit Umeå Content Bank
The FAIRCHAIN Food Hack will bring together students and instructors for an intensive 3-day session in which ideas for innovation all along the intermediate food supply chain are presented and refined. The focus will be on the local berry industry of Northern Sweden.
Local students will mix with international prize winners in six teams of three to work out a solution to a specific problem presented by local berry stakeholders. The local students, chosen by their faculty, will work with winners of the 2022 and 2023 editions of the FoodFactory4Us International Student Competition Game.
A local jury of berry experts will evaluate student presentations and their will be winners in several classes: most creative, most motivated, most likely for business success.
Draft agenda and more information coming soon.
Event organized by RISE and IFA.
May 10, 2023
The 2023 edition of the EFFoST International Conference will take place in Valencia (Spain) from 6 to 8 November 2023. This year, the conference will have ‘Sustainable Food and Industry 4.0: Towards the 2030 Agenda’ as its main theme. The deadline to submit abstracts is 15 May.
Just like last year, FAIRCHAIN is expected to present results. More information will be shared soon!
