On February 15 and 16, the University of Bologna and Flytech participated in the NovelFarm 2023, the international conference and trade show. A two-day international conference brought together experts in the fields of indoor and vertical farming, aquaponics, hydroponics, and...

Who doesn’t recognize this: you buy just too many groceries, leaving leftovers that eventually disappear in the trash. It may sound like a small issue, but all households combined provide a significant surplus of unused food. Add to that the...

Wildfires, pandemic, heat waves, floods, etc. Are these anomalies a sign that nature is taking revenge for all the damage we as humans have caused? This is a question that Donia El Himer, an employee of the Cité Maraîchère of...

According to a study done by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 45.7 % of the fruits and vegetables produced in the world go to waste. Most of this waste can be avoided by a better management...

Weeds are often demonised as wild awful plants but some of them are superfoods. For example, nettles. Even though it has skin-irritating properties, it is a superfood. Nettles contain high levels of minerals such as calcium, vitamin C and iron....

This is an invitation for any city to join the bee friendly movement that started in Ljubljana, with support of the Interreg Program financed project Urbact (www.urbact.eu). Ljubljana’s BEE PATH, a network of stakeholders, a touristic and educational path, as...

In the northwestern tip of France, nearby the Belgian border, the ‘Canal de Bourbourg’ separates two different worlds. Where on one side, people see the big oil- and chemical companies, on the other side people see an oasis of greenery....

The FoodE partner Urban Beekeeper Association of Slovenia (Društvo Urbani čebelar) raises awareness of the importance of urban beekeeping and promotes greener and healthier urban environment while allowing citizens to be in touch with bees. By collaborating with prisons in...

Re-Belle shapes the future of food. The French association, established in 2014, combines waste reduction with social justice. They consist of people who are reintegrating into society and produce quality jams of unsold fruit.  Each year, almost 45% of fruits and...

Instead of letting flower seeds go to waste unused, imaginative citizens of Oslo collect them from public beds and thus set new impulses for the conception of circular, sustainable and inclusive food systems. The late summer sun bathes the city...