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18.07.2024

FOLOU at the LCA Food 2024 conference

FOLOU hosts a session on "Harmonized methods for Food Loss and Waste LCA" at the international LCA FOOD 2024 conference This special session at {...}

02.07.2024

Blockchain technology implementation in mussel aquaculture

A working group in the area of data reliability and security at Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM) is working on the design and {...}

20.06.2024

DACC and BETA TC, representing the FOLOU project, attended the international conference ‘Towards Halving Food Waste in Europe’

On 18 and 19 June 2024 representatives of the BETA Technological Centre and the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda have attended {...}

17.06.2024

The kick-off of the identification, recruitment and engagement of FOLOU’s Twinning Regions

As the initial outcomes of the FOLOU project begin to materialise, partners involved in exploitation and outreach activities have started {...}

17.06.2024

Conference on Food Loss prevention organised by DACC with the collaboration of Fundació Espigoladors

Presentation of the FOLOU project as one of the main active projects on preventing FL in the primary production In May, representatives of the {...}

17.06.2024

Regulatory development of Catalonian Law 3/2020: One step further in the fight against Food Loss and Waste

Catalonia has a long history of working towards the prevention of Food Loss and Waste (FLW), implementing a multifaceted approach that reflects its {...}

Technical articles

13.06.2024

A bountiful harvest begins with careful cultivation

A notable quantity of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production is lost during the primary production phase due to various factors, including fungal {...}

05.06.2024

Webinar Series Session 3: “Tackling the Challenge of Quantifying Food Losses Across All Fronts – Local, Regional and National Perspectives”

The third and final session of the FOLOU webinar series, titled "Tackling the Challenge of Quantifying Food Losses Across All Fronts – Local, {...}

14.05.2024

Revolutionizing Trout Aquaculture: Innovations Towards Sustainable Production and Enhanced Efficiency

The fisheries and aquaculture sectors have been increasingly recognized for their essential contribution to global food production and {...}

30.04.2024

Survey to help FOLOU and the University of Reading develop relevant education and training materials!

In line with the EU Green Deal and the Farm to Fork strategy, FOLOU and its partner, the University of Reading, are conducting a survey to develop {...}

17.04.2024

Webinar Series Session 2: “Navigating Reliable Diagnoses for Measuring Food Losses in the Primary Sector of the Supply Chain”

The second session, titled "Navigating Reliable Diagnoses for Measuring Food Losses in the Primary Sector of the Supply Chain", of the FOLOU webinar {...}

18.03.2024

Webinar Series Kickoff: “Defining Food Loss in the European Union Framework – Challenges and Significance”

The first session, titled "Defining Food Loss in the European Union Framework - Challenges and Significance", of the FOLOU webinar series took place {...}

12.03.2024

Harnessing Vision-Based Metrics for Quantifying Food Loss in Cauliflower Fields

With a growing global population, ensuring that food is efficiently utilized becomes a top priority to meeting the nutritional needs of people {...}

06.03.2024

FOLOU was present at the FOOD 2030 Networks Conference!

At the FOOD 2030 NETWORKS Conference in Brussels, BETA technological centre, PROMAN, Espigoladors, IMPACT, and ACR+ gathered to explore {...}

01.03.2024

Understanding Food Loss in Catalonia and Spain: A Comprehensive Overview of Academic Studies and Statistics

Food loss and waste have become critical global issues. Each year, a huge amount of food is lost throughout the whole food supply chain. This, {...}

12.02.2024

Food loss at the primary production: proximal and remote sensing techniques at work

A dedicated team at the Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM) focuses on the agronomic perspective and defines food loss (FL) as the {...}

29.01.2024

FOLOU Project Thrives in Università Politecnica delle Marche’s General Meeting

Last week, the collaborative efforts of the FOLOU project partners (funded by the EU) culminated in a two-day general meeting hosted at {...}

15.12.2023

Counting apples and apple quality with drones and AI. Will this apple be tasty? Just ask our drone…

"What gets measured gets managed." (Peter Drucker) Food waste is the food that is either thrown away or not eaten. This food waste is a problem {...}

12.12.2023

“Reduce consumer food waste to protect the climate”

On Friday 08/12, the European Commission organised a side event at the Conference of Parties #cop28 in Dubai on the topic of food loss and {...}

30.11.2023

The new methodologies to assess the impact of food losses are ready!

One of the main objectives of the FOLOU project is to provide new tools and methods to measure and estimate the magnitude of food losses at the {...}

23.11.2023

Join now the WASTELESS Community of Practice on Food Loss and Waste!

Press release: October 2023     by Luminita Ciolacu and Sofia Reis ISEKI-Food Association The WASTELESS project {...}

07.11.2023

What are food losses and how to measure them?

One of the main objectives of the project is to identify food flows that are discarded within the agri-food chain, which are currently not included {...}

19.10.2023

Catalan partners of the FOLOU project attended to an innovation and research in FLW prevention conference in Reus, Catalonia

This October, representatives of the BETA Technological Centre, the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda, the Waste Agency of {...}

02.10.2023

Fundació Espigoladors at RETASTE Conference

Fundació Espigoladors, as leaders of the WP4, had the pleasure to participate in the Retaste, "Rethink food resources, losses, and waste" 2023 in {...}

29.09.2023

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Food Waste.

Today is the International Day of Awareness of #FoodLoss and #FoodWaste! Calculating the impact of #FoodLoss in the primary {...}

18.08.2023

Food Loss: What to measure and how to measure it

The FOLOU project aims at delivering a robust methodology to quantify food losses in the primary production stage. A first step of the methodology {...}

18.08.2023

Diagnosis on Food Loss and Waste in Catalonia

The Catalan Government and the Waste Agency of Catalonia keep going on generating knowledge about Food Loss and Waste Prevention. This year, The {...}

18.08.2023

Catalonia is still a frontrunning region in Food Loss and Food Waste prevention

The Catalan Government and the Waste Agency of Catalonia are working hard to develop two pioneer measures: a Decree on Food Loss and Wastage {...}

18.08.2023

European Commission proposes targets to accelerate food waste reduction in the EU by 2030

The Commission proposes that, by 2030, Member States reduce food waste by 10%, in processing and manufacturing, and by 30% (per capita), jointly at {...}

18.08.2023

WASTELESS and FOLOU: Sister Projects Revolutionizing Food Waste Management

WASTELESS and FOLOU projects (funded under the HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01) are two groundbreaking projects that share the common goal of tackling {...}

18.08.2023

First steps towards a new methodology to assess the environmental impact of food loss

Under the coordination of the BETA Technology Centre, the FOLOU consortium is currently working to develop a comprehensive conceptual framework to {...}

18.08.2023

First steps of the future National and European Food Losses Registry

One of the objectives of the FOLOU project consortium is the creation of the first homogenised and consensual framework for the future National and {...}

18.08.2023

First steps towards an engagement strategy and revising the current Food Loss legal framework

The FOLOU consortium collected information and produced draft reports on the Food Loss related legal framework in the EU, the region of Catalonia {...}