Climate change and global warming is a topic already under wide discussion and greenhouse gases play an important role in this issue. Although this is a natural phenomenon, human activities are responsible for almost...
Have you ever heard of vitamin C and its beneficial properties? Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a hydrophilic micronutrient essential for a panoply of biological functions. This vitamin is endowed with vers...
It will start today a new webinar series on Sustainable Soilless Farming, consisting of two sessions: Webinar #1 - New developments and trends in commercial aquaponics (20th May) Webinar #2 – Vertical farming: today a...
The targets set by the European Union provide that by 2030 countries should have 25% of their utilised agricultural area (UAA) under organic production . This leads to the implementation of urgent and exceptional meas...
COST Action EUROCAROTEN publishes most cited paper in Progress in Lipid Research, the top-ranked journal in the field of Nutrition and Dietetics . Carotenoids are very interesting compounds that play key roles in natu...
Food waste is an issue of global importance that results in consequences at different levels, such as food safety, environmental, economic, among others. In the European Union about 88 million tonnes of food waste is...
In fact, your needs are our priority! With sustainability as a reference and with the objective of diagnosing training, information and capacity building needs of professionals linked to the agricultural area, Food4Su...
PeakBridge , an agri-food technology venture capital business, and EIT Food , the largest agri-food innovation ecosystem of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), have launched a seed fund targeted...
Health of the gut microbiota influences the symptomatology of covid-19 The microbiota is defined as a group of microorganisms living in a given environment, encompassing bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses. The huma...
"It's time to act for the climate, the people and the planet". António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations since January 2017, has given us powerful speeches, always reminding us of the importance o...
The i-DanhaFoodLab was mentioned in the Quercus e-book as the first accelerator for companies in the agri-food sector. The i-Danha FoodLab was referred to in the Quercus e-book as the first accelerator for companies i...
Have you heard of fisetin? Fisetin is a flavonoid naturally found in strawberries, apples, persimmons, cucumbers, onions, and other plants. Recent research found that the regular consumption of fisetin is associated w...
So the saying goes. But where does this ability of apples to keep us away from doctors come from? Let's look in detail at this widely known, and so tasty, fruit! We can consume apples throughout the entire year....
Study led by Colorado State University indicates that beef cattle production can cut GHG emissions up to 50% by changing practices. Agriculture as many other activities, has in hands the great challenge of reducing th...
On April 17th, 2021 the Food4Sustainability CoLAB was one of the guests in the program Aqui Portugal from RTP1, which was present in Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal. Watch our interview and get to know in 5 minutes: who we ar...
The F4S Academy will be hosting a 1:30 hour discussion each week, starting on 15th April 2021 at 4:00 pm GMT+1 (5:00 pm CET). These webinars bring together experts from different institutions and universities around t...
