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SPI of the month: Sustainable milk production in dairy cooperatives

26. August 2024

How can co-operative milk production become more sustainable? The Spanish SPI, led by Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España, is reflecting on this question, focusing, above all, on the decarbonisation of the cooperative dairy sector. One of the most relevant...

Introducing… FiBL Germany

8. August 2024

The Research Institute for Organic Farming Germany (FiBL Germany) is located in Frankfurt am Main. Founded in 2000, it is one of six FiBL institutions in Europe (Switzerland, Austria, France, Hungary and FiBL Europe in Brussels). FiBL Germany offers scientific...

Cross-country visit to Romania

18. June 2024

Connecting food sector stakeholders from across Europe to maximise the real-life impact of our research is at the heart of our work. In this spirit, eight cross-country visits take place throughout the project. HCC, task lead on capacity building for researchers,...

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Alternative distribution platforms for locally produced food

TamarGrowLocal is a local initiative that uses the software platform offered by The Open Food Network to connect consumers and producers. TamarGrowLocal (https://tamargrowlocal.org/) acts as a ...

Domestic value chain for protein crops for food

This case study seeks to identify the success factors of a Danish value chain providing food legumes grown in Denmark. Legumes for human consumption play a minor role in Danish agriculture. Likewise, legumes play a relatively small role in Danish diets. There ...

Farmer-Miller-Baker network

Farmer-Miller-Baker network is a database and map that helps the various players in the bread product line get to know each other better, and share their experiences and needs. It supports the value chain from organic grain and flour ...

SolBun Cooperative

The SolBun Cooperative is a start-up cooperative that was set up at the end of 2020 and is made up of 5 small producers (> 5ha per farm) – vegetables and dairy. In the past 3 years, the cooperative went through a maturing ...

Sustainable milk production in dairy cooperatives

Through the analysis of the experiences of various dairy cooperatives, the aim is to provide knowledge on a number of aspects related to sustainable cooperative milk production: reduction of the carbon footprint of cow's milk, good animal feeding practices, ...

The Local Gastronomic Points scheme (LGPs)

The Local Gastronomic Points scheme (LGPs) is a business model based on adding value to products from agricultural households by establishing small-scale, family-type public food establishments. The concept was developed by an NGO and was first implemented in the ...

The transition to organic farming

The transition to organic farming, in order to explore barriers and potential levers to help more farms convert to organic farming. Details to follow

The transition to water-friendly farming practices

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Transition to more biodiversity-friendly food systems

The transition to more biodiversity-friendly food systems seeks to add value to dark green measures (such as those implemented by farmers as part of agri-environment schemes) by combining them with a label, thus making the higher environmental performance of ...

Water Protection Bread

Water Protection Bread is an initiative that incentivises farmers to use less fertiliser in their wheat production, which ultimately contributes to groundwater protection by reducing the risk of nitrates entering drinking water wells. ...

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