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food4future participatory experiment enters the second round

17.03.2023

food4future participatory experiment: "What will we eat in the future?"

Online survey of the f4f partners of Freie Universität enters the second round

No one can say for sure what the future of our food will look like - neither what exactly we will eat, nor where and by whom our food will be grown. Will new protein sources like algae and crickets be on our menu? Will... mehr
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27.01.2023

Controlled processes are critical for the safe production and processing of crickets

Food technologist Dr. Oliver Schlüter on crickets as a food

On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, the European Commission approved house crickets as an ingredient in processed foods. The consumption of house crickets as a novel food has been deemed safe. Nevertheless, some consumers... mehr
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11.11.2022

Agrifood Trend Radar: From nutrition as a status symbol to urbanization

The food4future trend analysis for Western European agrifood systems is cover story of the November issue of "Sustainability"

The recently published trend analysis for the agrifood sector is cover story of the current November issue of the trade journal "Sustainability". There, we explain and classify the relevant macro and micro... mehr
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08.10.2021

Second Status Seminar of the »Agricultural Systems of the Future«

The eight consortia presented their research highlights.

From September 28 - 29, 2021, the second status seminar of the eight research projects funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the programme »Agricultural Systems of the... mehr

03.08.2021

Sustainable Development Academy (SDA) at the University of Potsdam

food4future at the International Summer School

From July 26 until August 6, 2021, the University of Potsdam hosts the Sustainable Development Academy (SDA) for international students and young researchers allowing the participants to engage critically with the... mehr
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02.07.2021

Report on Climate Protection in the Agricultural and Food System in Germany

Prof H. Grethe and Ferike Thom (HU Berlin) give recommendations for the implementation of climate protection goals in agriculture

The f4f scientists Prof Dr Harald Grethe and Ferike Thom (both Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) contributed to the report “Climate Protection in the Agricultural and Food System in Germany”, which the... mehr
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28.06.2021

From Farm to Fork - The Falling Walls Lab Factory on Bioeconomy

food4future at the alumni workshop

At the beginning of June, the annual Falling Walls Lab Factory alumni workshop took place, in which the participants of the Falling Walls Lab competition from previous years came together from all over the world. The... mehr
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05.06.2021

Cast off!

Agricultural Systems of the Future onboard the MS Wissenschaft (Motorship Science)

The swimming science center weighs anchor again this year flying the flag of Bioeconomy - with Agricultural Systems of the Future's virtual reality exhibit.   mehr
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17.05.2021

Fishing | Aquaculture | The Tropics

How relevant are they for us?

Fish plays an important food security role in many societies, but many wild fish stocks already have been overfished. Since 2013, global aquaculture production has exceeded total capture in fishing.  But becoming a... mehr