🌍 FOLOU at the RETASTE #Conference 2025!

From 24–27 Sept, FOLOU partners UNIBO, CIRCE, PROMAN & @ctbeta.cat joined RETASTE in Athens to share insights on #foodloss drivers, consumer behaviour, EU policy, and our Food Loss Sustainability Tool.

🔗 Read more: www.folou.eu/folou-at-the...

#FLWSisters

🚜On this International Day of Awareness of Food Loss & Waste, FOLOU draws attention to losses at the primary production stage, which threaten food security & natural resources.

🌐We also share our case study stories & learning platform, with practical insights from the field: www.folou.eu

#IDAFLW

📢 FOLOU partner UNIBO hosts a regional event in #Italy on #foodloss in early agriculture 🌱

🗓️ 29 Sept, 10:00–13:30 (Italian)
📍 Florence, Accademia dei Georgofili + online

Featuring research insights & a roundtable with agri-food stakeholders.

👉 Register by 26 Sept: www.folou.eu/events/folou...

🔈FOLOU was represented by @ctbeta.cat at the Innovation Day in the agri-food sector of #Catalonia!

They took the opportunity to explain how the FOLOU project helps to measure and quantify food losses, and how to move towards a more #sustainable food chain.

See more below ⬇️

🦪 #Mussel farming in Italy

Hector joins UNIVPM researchers to uncover not only physical losses but also how stress impacts mussels’ nutritional quality & welfare.

It’s a new way to think about #foodloss, beyond just what’s thrown away.

Read: www.folou.eu/case-study-o...

#Aquaculture #FLWsisters

🍋 FOLOU's 5th international #newsletter is out!

🍋 Check your mailbox for the latest updates on our future & past activities! You can also find the newsletter on our website: www.folou.eu/wp-content/u...

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#foodloss #FLWsisters

📍 The FOLOU consortium met in Bologna on 1–2 July for our 5th project meeting, hosted by UNIBO!

🔎 We reviewed project progress, held workshops on case studies, policy, & training courses, & advanced our work on #foodloss solutions across Europe.

👏 Thanks to all partners!

#Sustainability

🐟 What can salmon farming teach us about food loss?

Héctor Barco Cobalea explores how Norway tracks losses in #aquaculture — from smolt to sea lice — and what this reveals about #foodloss, trust & transparency in the food chain.

📖 Read: www.folou.eu/case-study-o...

#Salmon #EUFunded #FLWsisters

🥕 Reduir les pèrdues alimentàries al sector primari és clau per fer la cadena alimentària més sostenible.

🔍 El projecte #FOLOU impulsa noves tecnologies i metodologies per fer-hi front, estandarditzant criteris a nivell europeu i promovent polítiques públiques més efectives.

@foloueu.bsky.social‬

🎉 Great news from the 26th ASPA Congress!

Matteo Zarantoniello received the Best Poster Award for his research carried out within FOLOU:

🟢 “Reducing #foodlosses by developing an automated hatching system prototype for early-stage embryos of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)”

Congrats Matteo! 👏

🥕 We will contribute to developing the new ISO/TS 20008 standard, which aims to quantify #FoodLoss and #FoodWaste along the entire food supply chain.

▶️ This is a great way to share the knowledge being generated by #FOLOU!

🔗 betatechcenter.com/el-ct-beta-p...

@foloueu.bsky.social

📢 FOLOU is launching a news article series to share insights from the case studies carried out within the project — focusing on #foodloss during primary production.

🔍 Read the first article: www.folou.eu/introducing-...

💬 Questions or ideas? Feel free to join the conversation in the comments!

🌐 Catalonia is creating a Strategic Plan to tackle food loss and waste — and FOLOU is helping shape it.

With @ctbeta.cat, Espigoladors and ARC, FOLOU is bringing insights from primary production to guide action.

🔗 Read the article: www.folou.eu/catalonias-s...

#FoodLoss #FoodWaste #Catalonia

📢 Join FOLOU’s national stakeholder workshop to discuss #SustainableAgriculture, #FoodLoss prevention, #NutrientManagement, & recycling #FoodWaste into soil improvers.
Hosted by PROMAN & co-organised with HE projects NutriBudget & DeliSoil.

🗓 8July
📍 Vienna
🗣 German
🔗 www.folou.eu/events/stake...

🌱 Last week, FOLOU partners @agriculturacat.bsky.social & @ctbeta.cat represented FOLOU at the 11th Annual #ERIAFF Conference in Vic, Catalonia.

During the event, they presented FOLOU & highlighted Catalonia as a frontrunner region in the fight against #FoodLoss & Waste.

#FoodWaste #FLWSisters