"Cultivated meat" is no longer just a laboratory experiment.

nunoserra7 • Aug 17, 2021 • 2 min read

"Cultivated meat" is no longer just a laboratory experiment.

Today's consumer is becoming more aware, and environmental, health, and animal welfare concerns are increasing the demand for alternative protein products to "normal" meat. There are more and more plant-based "me...

F4S launches a new webinar cycle on food and nutrition

Sílvia Moreira • Aug 10, 2021 • 2 min read

F4S launches a new webinar cycle on food and nutrition

Food4Sustainability CoLAB is launching a new webinar cycle " You are what you eat " in September! Nacional and international speakers with a wide range of experience in food and nutrition will provide guidance on how...

Insects for human consumption? A very present future.

Sílvia Moreira • Jul 21, 2021 • 1 min read

Insects for human consumption? A very present future.

Constant changes in lifestyle, the promotion and increase of physical activity, and longer life expectancy are just some of the factors driving consumers to actively search for new (and sustainable) sources of protein...

Food4Sustainability opened its doors to the world!

nunoserra7 • Jul 14, 2021 • 2 min read

Food4Sustainability opened its doors to the world!

On July 12th, 2021, the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Professor Manuel Heitor, together with the Minister of Territorial Cohesion, Professor Ana Abrunhosa, have opened the doors of Food4Sustain...

Is the consumption of pesticides in EU decreasing?

Sílvia Moreira • Jun 22, 2021 • 1 min read

Is the consumption of pesticides in EU decreasing?

Did you know that the total EU pesticide sales volume decreased about 26 thousand tonnes in 2019, reaching its lowest level since 2011? Denmark was considered the country responsible for the major decrease, registerin...

Is the end of herbicides drawing nearer?

nunoserra7 • Jun 16, 2021 • 1 min read

Is the end of herbicides drawing nearer?

Since glyphosate commercialization began in 1974, this has become the main component of herbicides, being applied in various sectors, as agriculture, industry, and private households. However, these components are har...

Food4Sustainability was present at the "The Future Now" congress

F4S Team • May 31, 2021 • 1 min read

Food4Sustainability was present at the "The Future Now" congress

Food4Sustainability attended " The Future Now " congress and shared its strategy of regional territorial innovation. The Future Now "regional training, the future!" is an innovative congress that takes place at Instit...

AlimentAÇÃO Project presents good practices

F4S Team • May 30, 2021 • 2 min read

AlimentAÇÃO Project presents good practices

The public presentation -agricolas-familiares-sao-base-promover.html?fbclid=IwAR15YQjYcAybCe5gFB6Shd6iFwvLUjabqMtxAPrPW_A9Kue5mDwsdMiZJy0) of the results of the AlimentAÇÃO project and debate on Local Public Policies...

Why Idanha-a-Nova?

nunoserra7 • May 27, 2021 • 2 min read

Why Idanha-a-Nova?

Food4Sustainability CoLAB changes the paradigm of rural development and innovative projects in Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal The Food4Sustainability CoLAB, located in Idanha-a-Nova aims, among many other objectives, to chan...

Combining nature and technology strengthens climate adaptation

nunoserra7 • May 27, 2021 • 2 min read

Combining nature and technology strengthens climate adaptation

"The world has just concluded the hottest decade on record", according to the EU Climate Adaptation Strategy . So, there is a need to adopt smarter, community- and ecosystem-based systems to help reverse this problem,...

Change Game, the video game that promotes climate awareness

F4S Team • May 27, 2021 • 1 min read

Change Game, the video game that promotes climate awareness

EIT Climate-KIC , a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) that works to accelerate the transition to a carbon-zero and climate-resilient society, funded a video game - Change Game \- that develops climate awareness...

Cláudia Costa • May 25, 2021 • 2 min read

F4S is now part of ECBF network

Food4Sustainability has joined the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) network . e447a3e57fec4f458ca7d7b510735ef0~mv2.png/v1/fill/w 49,h 13,al c,q 85,usm 0.66 1.00 0.01,blur 2,enc avif,quality auto/637f0f e447a3e...