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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 »
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In the cover photo from left to right: Timo Jauhiainen CCO, Pirja Piiponniemi Executive assistant and Ilkka Suhonen Marketing Manager. The challenge of feeding the world To meet the needs of the world’s growing… Read more »
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Plastic pollution is present everywhere and increases continuously. Its overall amount represents > 300 Mt/y. Even more dramatic is the poor recyclability of this waste, i.e. more than 90% is not recycled to date. There is therefore… Read more »
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Have you watched the documentary „Seaspiracy” on Netflix? While most people are aware of the negative consequences of meat production, this documentary shines a light on how seafood is produced, and boy, it is not… Read more »
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Cover image starting from left: COO Jarna Hyvönen, CEO Tuure Parviainen and CTO Matti Tähtinen. The demand for protein is going up as the world population grows and nutritional preferences change, yet the current solutions… Read more »