Workshop: Contemporary approaches for agri-food companies
Companies must respond to the increasing demands of consumers for the diversity, quality and environmental compatibility of their products. This requires technical, social and organisational innovation, which must be developed and/or implemented at company level.
Closing event of the research project MarkiT
The joint project "MarkiT" will be concluded today by the public closing event "How can an animal welfare upgrade be realised?"
Presentation at the Ministry of Economics NRW
Representatives of GIQS were invited to report on the progress of the INTERREG Food Pro·tec·ts project at the end of April during a departmental meeting at the Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Innovation, Digitalisierung und Energie (MWIDE) of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).
Mid-Term-Meeting Food Pro·tec·ts at Rolduc Abbey
As part of the INTERREG V A project Food Pro·tec·ts, representatives of the lead partner GIQS met with representatives of the various project clusters on 16 and 17 January 2018 for a two-day mid-term meeting at Rolduc Abbey in Kerkrade, the Netherlands. The cluster managers presented the respective interim status in their project cluster and jointly coordinated the activities in the second half of the project.
FOOD2020 feasibility study “SMART Blended Learning” launched
GIQS member Education and Qualification Alliance (EQA) officially opened its office in Ostbevern with a kick-off workshop. In the new EQA offices, the European Training Cooperative launched a project for farmers and veterinarians on 16 October 2017.
Prize for research results from the MarkiT project
At the annual meeting of the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) in Baltimore (Maryland, USA), food chemist Céline Heinemann from the University of Bonn took second place in the poster competition. With her poster "Evaluation of methods for determining cleaning performances in pig stables", she prevailed against about 30 other American doctoral students in several rounds.
Workshop on sustainable food packaging materials
Packaging materials made from renewable raw materials are an interesting and sustainable alternative to PET bottles, aluminium beverage cans or polystyrene trays. The question of what contribution the food and packaging industry can make to avoiding packaging waste is addressed in the workshop "Packaging materials from renewable raw materials for food".
Second project phase of FOOD2020 requested
At the beginning of August, the Ems Dollard Region (EDR) applied for a second project phase for the INTERREG V A project FOOD2020 - Zukunftsoffensive Lebensmittelwirtschaft. The successful German-Dutch cooperation project is thus to be continued from mid-2018.
MarkiT project meeting at the Fleischwerk EDEKA Nord
At the MarkiT project meeting on 29 March 2017 in Lüttow-Valluhn, Fleischwerk EDEKA Nord GmbH provided the participating project farmers and partners with exciting insights into the processing of the NORDfrische Center after slaughter.