The Year 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the declaration of the Mediterranean Diet as intangible cultural heritage by Unesco: it is, indeed, thanks to Professor and Scientist Ancel Keys that the Mediterranean Diet became so appreciated worldwide after its studies during the Sixties and the Seventies to turn into…
Innovacoop, together with the partners Future Food Institute and BI-REX | Big Data Innovation & Research Excellence, have recently been selected to develop the HACK4FOOD | To Feed the Future project. The initiative counts, as the only one funded in Italy after an European call, on the support of the…
The crisis of Coronavirus has blown a hole in many of the assumptions underpinning our financial systems. This stress-testing has further accelerated the already existential crises of climate and ecology. At the same time, this crisis might yet provide the opportunity for a global reset. We now need a financial…
How might we guarantee safe food for the human community and the Planet? Creating a more efficient and sustainable food system, able to make an indirect and long term impact on food security, cannot be done in a single stroke but it requires holistic value chain and food system approach,…
Food as a mean of inclusion, sustainability and togetherness, starting from the relevance of chefs: learn more in our new Conversation! 10 years ago the Mediterranean Diet was acknowledged by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, as a set of skills, knowledge, rituals, symbols and traditions that does…
By 2050, almost 70% of the world population will live in urban areas. A population that by 2050 will eat, drink, and consume more natural resources, while we are already struggling today to satisfy globally basic needs. A growing global population with deteriorating natural resources and increased urbanization means more…
Calling all Food and Foodtech startups, wannabe startups, and individuals wanting to join the industry startup community. On June 26-28th 2020, our friends of Food Techies Finland, together with What The Quack and FinestNinja, will gather people from Finland and around the world together to find the answer to some…
The way our food is eaten every day can’t help but considering the space which feeding the community starts from: the kitchen. It is not just a simple setting where cooking and serving take their stage, but has to be outlined as a vibrant ecosystem where feeders and raw materials…
June 25, 2020 marks the 25th edition of the “World Day to combat desertification and drought” established by the United Nations in 1995 (United Nations General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 49/1995) to raise public awareness on the matter of international cooperation to combat desertification and the effects of…
COVID-19 has fundamentally challenged and changed how we educate our young people. How can we use this moment to redefine our education system in a way that reconciles global ecology with personal values? As schools across the world start preparing to reopen their doors, 30 leading voices involved in transforming…