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Cover photo: Stratup team representatives, and key people from VTT and University of Helsinki organizing this programme. EIT Food Acceleration Network (FAN) Helsinki Hub 2021 programme culminated on Demo Day 7.10.2021 and ended four months… Read more »
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Cover image: Spikes in the eyes of the algorithm. Due to the growing population and changing eating habits, 60% more food is needed by 2050 without increasing fertilizer and other input use. Climate change also… Read more »
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Every person who has tried their hands at growing food has come to face the harsh reality that, just like humans, plants get sick. In professional farming, it’s not any better. Farmers invest billions of… Read more »
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Food waste. The phrase should be enough to send a shiver down your spine, as it is a huge issue of humanities own creation. We know that if the emissions of food waste were a… Read more »
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The global challenges faced in our current day farming are soil erosion, ground water depletion and pollution by the over usage of fertilizers, deforestation, over-irrigation and land degradation. Unfavourable weather conditions also influence food production… Read more »
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I had an opportunity to go visit the office of Nordic FoodTech VC here in Helsinki and have a face to face interview with Lauri Reuter, one of the partners at Nordic FoodTech VC. Lauri… Read more »
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Our ten teams are soon ending their four months of lectures, workshops and mentoring and are ready to pitch their business ideas to the big audience. They will show you just how mature they have… Read more »
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Hooked’s story starts with our head of purpose, Bob. Bob is super popular, but not always in a good way. Did you know that we are eating so many fish that Bob and his friends… Read more »
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World is changing rapidly and the need for new innovations in many different fields is in constant demand. At the University of Helsinki, we continue the journey of tackling worldwide food-related challenges with ten new… Read more »
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Packaging waste – you see it everywhere piling up on streets, highways, parks and beaches. The main reason for this is the concept that we call ”disposable product”, in other words: waste. This problem has… Read more »