After four years of work on developing competitive intermediate food value chain alternatives, the partners of the FAIRCHAIN project held a Final Event on 14 November, in Bruges BE. The Event had two parts which together attracted several dozen participants: a PLENARY Session at the 38th EFFoST (European Federation of Food Science and Technology) International Conference 2024 and a NETWORKING Forum/Tasting Event.
The EFFoST PLENARY Session was led by the FAIRCHAIN coordinator, Geneviève Gésan-Guiziou of INRAE FR. It focused on lessons and achievements from the six Case Studies of the project and speakers also covered co-creation, sustainability assessment, and policy recommendations for establishing intermediate food value chains.
The NETWORKING Forum/Tasting Event encouraged participant engagement with project partners and case study leaders – while attendees sampled food products developed using innovative solutions to improve the sustainability of intermediate food value chains! Attendees enjoyed drinks, feta cheese, blueberry jam, pickles/vinegars, and chocolate raspberry snacks. Videos of each Case Study were released at the event and can be viewed here.