Are you a student in a food study programme eager to find solutions to improving short food supply chains? We want to hear your ideas!
The FOOD FACTORY-4-US 2023, supported by the FAIRCHAIN project, gives students in food science the opportunity to submit a project aimed at innovating in existing...
FAIRCHAIN participates in FRUIT LOGISTICA
FAIRCHAIN participated in the FRUIT LOGISTICA fair, which took place in Berlin from 8 to 10 February. It is one of the biggest fairs in Europe that covers every...
Results of the FoodFactory-4-Us student competition
The most recent edition of the FoodFactory-4-Us student competition, organised by ISEKI-Food Association within the FAIRCHAIN project, challenged teams of students...
Recording of the webinar “Food Packaging – is it just for protection or is there more to it?”
The recording of the webinar "Food Packaging – is it just for protection or is there more to it?" delivered during the 2020 ILSI Europe Congress is now available...
The first version of the ICT platform for traceability of Feta cheese production is available
After two successful co-creation workshops – the goal-defining workshop in June 2021 and the implementation workshop in January 2022 - and an intense design and...
FAIRCHAIN creates a berry festival
Today, the forest berry value chain is long and international. Local berry picking and processing have almost disappeared and have instead been replaced by foreign...
The October 2022 issue of the FAIRCHAIN newsletter is out!
A new issue of the FAIRCHAIN project newsletter is now available! You will find find: An overview of the work carried out halfway into the project Information...
FAIRCHAIN will chair a special session at EFFoST 2022
The FAIRCHAIN project will chair a special session dedicated to innovation for small and medium food producers and enterprises at the 36 edition of the EFFoST...
FAIRCHAIN presented at Agrotica 2022
FAIRCHAIN results were presented by Synelixis at Agrotica - the leading exhibition event in Greece in the agro-economic sector and the largest trade fair in the...
FAIRCHAIN will collaborate with the newly launched EU4ADVICE project
The EU4ADVICE project held its kick-off meeting in Amsterdam on 6-7 October. FAIRCHAIN was presented by a representative of ISEKI-Food Association as a key...
The FAIRCHAIN partners met at Ghent University
The FAIRCHAIN project held its second annual meeting at the Ghent University campus in Kortrijk, Belgium. During these three days, partners shared progress,...
Our project was presented at the STADTLANDBIO congress
FAIRCHAIN was represented at the 2022 edition of the STADTLANDBIO congress, which took place in Nürnberg from 27 to 28 July. During the round table "EU...
The FAIRCHAIN FoodFactory-4-Us Competition 2022 call is open!
FAIRCHAIN FoodFactory-4-Us Competition 2022 call is open! Students can join the 2022 FoodFactory-4-Us International Student Competition to address the following...
Second implementation workshop for the French case study
The second implementation workshop took place yesterday for the French case study. The concept of innovative fermented-whey-based drinks selected by consumers was...
Learn about Intermediate Food Value Chains and earn a certificate!
The FAIRCHAIN e-learning programme begins with the launch of the first course, ‘Introduction to Intermediate Food Value Chains (IFVC)’, available from 16 May to 15...
FAIRCHAIN will be at the Sustainability Science Days Conference 2022
FAIRCHAIN partners will deliver three oral presentations on Wednesday, 18 May 2022. Intermediate value chains as new model for local and regional actors in the...
Case study update: High-Tech packaging machine for all actors, from small to mid-sized
By Pieter-Jan Loveniers, Imca Sampers (U.Gent), Harald Saelens (Scaldopack) and Thierry Bénézech (INRAE) The Belgium case study aims to develop an innovative...
Case study update: Jour Fixes at the Food Innovation Incubator
The Austrian case study started with the Food Innovation Incubator programme in September 2021. Two Open Food Jours Fixes took place since then. Jour fixes will...
Case study update: Life Cycle Assessment for co-product valorisation
By: Kavitha Shanmugam, RISE and Anne Verniquet, dss The Swiss case study aims to analyze co-product valorisation and generation of enriched added value for SMEs....
The March 2022 issue of the newsletter is out!
The latest issue of our project newsletter highlights: the launch Food System Innovation Platform progress within the co-product valorisation, food innovation...
Focus on food waste
Fruits and vegetables and roots and tubers are the most common food to be wasted, 45% of them become waste According to the FAO, global food waste represents a...
Focus on whey
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is responsible for the color of whey. Whey is the serum phase of milk, or the liquid remaining after removal of fat and casein, which...
Focus on European blueberries
Also known as European blueberries, Swedish blåbär is the most abundant berry in Sweden. They’re not the same as their North American counterparts; European...
Workshop: Innovation dynamics in agri-food value chains
Our sister project LOWINFOOD is organising a workshop on 30 March 2022 dedicated to innovation dynamics in agri-food value chains. The objective is to share...
The Sustainable Food System Innovation Platform now available for you!
We are all part of the food supply chain! If you innovate in the agri-food sector then the Sustainable Food System (SFS) Innovation Platform is for you! Here you...
A new co-creation workshop took place last week in the French Case Study.
Experts in consumer science and marketing in the food sector discussed the strategy and actions needed to define the concept and the story of the new-whey based...
Swiss case study implementation workshop
Various experts of the agri-food sector gathered in the Implementation workshop of FAIRCHAIN's Swiss case study. They discussed the risks and opportunities in...
Greek case study implementation workshop
Breeders, producers, processors, representatives from retail, logistics, ICT and consumers participated in the implementation workshop of FAIRCHAIN's Greek case...
Webinar: Do you know what an Intermediate Food Value Chain (IFVC) is?
By Luminita Ciolacu, Katherine Flynn, and Luis Mayor (ISEKI-Food Association, AT) In fact, the definition of IVFC is a matter of discussion and essential and...
FAIRCHAIN presented at FARM2FORK destination 2 webinar
FAIRCHAIN coordinator, Geneviève Gésan-Guiziou, took part in the webinar ‘Destination 2 FARM2FORK du Cluster 6’ organized by the French Ministry of Higher...
Case study update: Valorisation of whey for small and medium-sized cheese dairies – environmentally friendly innovative solution requires proximity.
By: Caroline Pénicaud, INRAE and Geneviève Gésan-Guiziou The French case study aims to develop and distribute an innovative drink based on the use of whey, a...
Case study update: Blockchain offering trustworthy info in local dairy production
By Andreas Papadakis, SYNELIXIS Local dairy production can have competitive advantages, including the use of locally produced milk, compliance with traditional...
Case study update: The FAIRCHAIN project is looking for berries
By: Roger Uddstål, RISE The forest berry value chain is long and international. In Sweden, local berry picking has almost disappeared and been replaced by foreign...
FAIRCHAIN celebrated its first year! …and held its first annual meeting!
The first FAIRCHAIN general assembly was held at INRAE headquarters in Paris from 23 to 25th November 2021. During the meeting project partners provided an...
FAIRCHAIN was represented at ECOMONDO 2021
Partner Confagricoltura presented FAIRCHAIN and other European projects that they participate in at this year's edition of Ecomondo - an event dedicated to green...
Our autumn 2021 newsletter is out!
The fall 2021 issue of our newsletter has been published. You will find an editorial from our coordinator as well as information about the progress accomplished...
FAIRCHAIN presented at EFFoST 2021
The European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST) held its 35th international conference in Lausanne from 1-4 November 2021. FAIRCHAIN partner ISEKI...
The Austrian case study presented at ERSCP 2021
The Austrian case study was shared with the participants of the 2021 European Round Table on Sustainable Consumption and Production, which was held in Graz between...
FAIRCHAIN’s goal-defining workshops have been completed!
During the spring and summer of 2021, our project carried out six co-creation workshops. Stakeholders of the regional value chains covered by our case studies...
Co-creation workshop for the French case study
More than 30 participants representing milk, fruit and vegetable producers, processors, distributors, consumers and other stakeholders from eastern France...
Implementation workshop for the Austrian case study
Following a goal-defining meeting with regional stakeholders in April, FH JOANNEUM and Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research moderated a...
Co-creation workshop for the Swedish case study
Participants representing the wild berry companies, public sector and universities come together to better understand the problems and opportunities of wild berry...
Co-creation workshop for the Greek case study
Participants representing consumers, dairy production and processing, retail and ICT involving blockchain, smart agriculture, IoT experts and solution designers...
Co-creation workshop for the Swiss case study
The first co-creation Workshop of the Swiss case study took place today! More than 30 participants discussed about how to generate new value propositions for SMEs...
Workshop: Designing co-creation activities for innovation in food value chains
As part of our networking activities, we participated in a workshop organised by CO-FRESH on the design of co-creation activities that foster innovation in food...
FAIRCHAIN participated in the SWG SCAR-AKIS group meeting
We presented our project at the SWG SCAR-AKIS group meeting which took place on 1-2 June 2021. The SWG SCAR-AKIS group focuses on improvements of the functioning...
FAIRCHAIN presented at the EU Green Week 2021
FAIRCHAIN ans its sister projects - CO-FRESH, FOODRUS,LOWINFOOD, PLOUTOS - were presented along with the overarching Farm2Fork Strategy during an event entitled...
The first issue of the FAIRCHAIN newsletter has been published
We have published our first project newsletter, which focuses on the concept of intermediate value chains. We also present the Austrian case study, "Food...
Workshop: Food Innovation Incubator – Creating added value together
FAIRCHAIN partner FH JOANNEUM (Sustainable Food Systems research group at the Institute of Applied Production Sciences) hosted a workshop with food stakeholders of...
Workshop: mapping methodology of existing agrifood value chains
On 29 March 2021, we participated in a workshop with our sister projects hosted by CO-FRESH to exchange on mapping methodologies of existing agri-food value chains.