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Originally published on September 1, 2020. Stand aside salt, sugar, and spice, there is a new player in town, and thy name is bacteria. Carme Plumed-Ferrer is on a mission to educate the world about… Read more »
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Originally published on August 8, 2020. Dichotomization. Try saying that out loud ten times. Dichotomization might not be a word that belongs in the everyday vocabulary of most of us. Still, it represents something that… Read more »
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Suomalaisilla pelloilla kasvaa yhä enenevässä määrin kasviproteiinipalettiamme monipuolistavaa ”vihreää kultaa”. Tarkemmin ottaen hamppua eli Cannabis sativaa, joka on yksi vanhimpia viljelykasvejamme ohran ja tattarin rinnalla. Kasvin hyötykäyttö maailmalla on laajaa, sitä käytetään esimerkiksi tekstiileihin sekä… Read more »
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Proteiiniklusterin tarkoituksena on ”vahvistaa kotimaisten kasviproteiinituotteiden kehityksen ja tuotannon kasvua”. Monille voikin tuntua erikoiselta, että Oatly, ruotsalainen pörssiyritys, on ollut mukana toiminnassa alusta asti. Oatly on kuitenkin kiinteä osa suomalaista ruokajärjestelmää – sekä normien haastajana,… Read more »
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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 »