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Dear friends of the Global Food Summit,
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the courage to make big decisions is reflected in the ambitious EU sustainability, bio-economic and climate goals. But a decision is not yet the result. A strategy must first be worked out now on how to achieve all the things we want to achieve. For Berlin Science Week, the Global Food Summit has set itself the task of demonstrating in just three hours how complicated a roadmap to sustainability in 2030 will look.
First of all, there are the disruptive ideas that need to be evaluated. What criteria do you apply for evaluation, how can you formulate indicators for sustainability, and what methods do you want to compare? Brian Shaw from Metabolic takes a very sober view of this challenge and says that not all innovations contribute to achieving the goals. It will be important to find the right projects, calculate them and then implement them. Implementing them in turn means that the regulatory framework will also have to be reviewed.
Do regulations such as the Novel Food Ordinance, Codex Alimentarius or fertilizer legislation even allow a closed economic cycle? Professor Kai Purnhagen from Germany's only chair for food law at the University of Bayreuth expresses some concerns here. The required transformations are in no way compatible with the current legal framework. There is still a lot of legislative work to be done.
Even - or especially - in a spaceship, fixed framework conditions, i.e. rules, are very important. After all, the safety of people is at stake. Professor Reinhold Ewald, German astronaut on the MIR 1997, at the Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart, reports on research into how a closed loop can be established in space. Hygienic and safety requirements are particularly important, because the head of lettuce from the space greenhouse must not contain any germs or fungi. They could become life-threatening in the closed space capsule.
The same applies equally to the algae plants that are to recycle process water on earth in the future. Algae have a high cleaning power, they multiply their biomass ten times faster than grass grows, and they are an energy source that could replace coal in the future. Ms. Christine Kuchendorf, Research Centre Jülich, will present the "Algae Scrubber", which is currently also touring Germany on the MS Wissenschaft.
Professor Senthold Asseng, University of Florida (USA) and Director of the Florida Climate Institute, will inform us about whether wheat will be cultivated in space or in vertical farms on Earth. As a climate researcher, he has specialized in the effects of climate change on wheat cultivation. Closed cycles may be part of the solution here as well.
After water and starch, the protein sector is still missing: Johannes Mahn, Foresight Manager, Evonik Industries AG, has made an elaborate scenario study on the topic of proteins in the future. What problem do we have to solve when we think of nutrition with meat proteins? What is the influence of consumer behavior, how can new technologies be evaluated, and how can climate protection or sustainability goals be achieved?
I would be pleased if you would also challenge the final panel with Professor Justus Wesseler, Wageningen University, Professor Senthold Asseng, Dr. Michael Binder, Evonik Industries AG, and me with your questions.
November 4, 2020, 10 - 13:00. You can find the Zoom link here.
Alternatively you can visit our event page on the Berlin Science Week homepage to join the live stream on November 4, 2020 from 10 am.
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Yours sincerely  Stephan Becker-Sonnenschein
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Interview
Georg Mayerhofer Farmer in Ortenburg/Bavaria |
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Georg Mayerhofer is a farmer in Ortenburg in Bavaria. He wants to be a link between society and agriculture. He gives consumers the opportunity to acquire basic knowledge about agricultural activities and provides an insight into a modern agricultural business. For this reason he is very active in public relations, appears as a speaker and reports about his work on his blog and in social media. We asked him questions about his work and his opinion on innovations in food production.
Some of your farm is run on a circular economy. What role can agriculture play in the future to intensify the cycle of resources from the cities back to the countryside?
There are different types of cycles. For me as a farmer, cycles are becoming increasingly important, and I have to recognize that we have neglected cycles in our industry for quite some time. International raw materials trade is right and important, especially for an industrialized nation like Germany. Nevertheless, it is associated with major disadvantages. It is about achieving more fairness in the comparison domestic - foreign of agricultural products and of course it is also about negative environmental impacts when agricultural goods are exported or imported. This means that there are great opportunities in regional cycles. For example, internal nutrient cycles, feed cycles and even regional energy cycles are conceivable. And, of course, a cycle between town and country is also conceivable. Therefore I see good chances to intensify these connections to the people in the city, to explain agriculture and to show where our food comes from and how it is produced.
Read the interview here.
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Commentary: The acceptance of alternative protein
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Picture: „Deutscher Tierschutzbund e.V.
We ask stakeholders from industry, associations and politics: "What do you think the corona pandemic has and has had on the development and customer acceptance of alternative proteins and what is your attitude towards it?
Today Verena Jungbluth editor-in-chief and head of the devision Veganismus at the German Animal Welfare Association. She says: As we live today, we cannot do it further and pleads for a social contract regarding the way we will shape agriculture in the future. Particularly, if it concerns animals. Alternative proteins play a major role here.
Read the commentary here.
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Upcoming Events
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innovate! takes place on 29 October
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The program "food collegen" starts in November
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Coming soon: the event innovate! will take place on October 29, 2020 and will focus on exciting projects and visionary start-ups for a whole day. Click here for the program: innovate-os.de/programm/
We will be there together with Niklas Hielscher from Forschungszentrum Jülich and will host a round table on 29 October 2020 from 12:30 to 13:00 on the topic: "From the scientific idea to the product? Developing side streams from the agricultural and food industry as a circular business idea". We will talk about the work of the Accelerator BioBoosteRR, which brings bio-based innovations from science and the surrounding area into application, and about the structural change initiative Modellregion BioökonomieREVIER Rheinland. Here you can find further information on the Round Table: innovate-os.de/workshops/
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The Nutrition Cluster in Kulmbach supports Bavarian food start-ups and direct marketers in product development, among other things. With the "food collegen" event on November 26, 2020, the cluster offers ten companies the opportunity to work with various experts on the taste of their products. The aim is to advise the participants and enable individual suggestions for improvement of their products. In addition, experts will provide practical information on important steps in product development, from consumer research to sensory tests. Here you can find further information about the event: cluster-bayern-ernaehrung.de/leistungen/aktuelles
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The Global Food Summit at the Berlin Science Week
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Food Changers, are you in? Let's discover how the bio-economy can change the way we produce food in 2030. Take a look at innovative scenarios at our online event during the Berlin Science Week on November 4, 2020 from 10 to 13.
You can find a detailed program of our event on our Homepage.
Participate in the event with the Zoom-Link .
or visit our event page on the Berlin Science Week homepage to join the live stream on November 4, 2020 from 10 am.
We look forward to your registration on Eventbrite.
Food from space, wastewater treatment by algae or wheat production in urban indoor-farms - join our online event and discover with presentations, interviews and a panel discussion with Q&As how our tomorrow can look like.
Among other things we will introduce you:
Clean water thanks to algae
Global urbanization forces us to think about water supply. The United Nations estimate that by 2030, eleven metropolises will have drinking water problems. London, Moscow and Istanbul are affected in Europe. To save drinking water we need to build a water circle in cities to reuse waste water. Algea technologies deliver solutions to clean yellow or grey water from toilettes or washing machines. Research Centre Jülich describes how algae can help to close the urban water cycle in the future - and generate green energy and other things at the same time.
Climate change and wheat cultivation in indoor farms
Can wheat be grown indoor instead of in the fields? Latest research shows yes. It can just as well be produced in urban, vertical farms or in a space lab. Prof. Senthold Asseng from the University of Florida (USA) and Director of the Florida Climate Institute will give an overview on the various solutions of wheat production in changing climates with a special attention to the developments of indoor farming of wheat and whether this might have a future.
Regulations of the present are stallers to innovation
Without laws, rules and regulations, nothing works in Germany and certainly not in the EU. Around 1400 regulations are issued by the EU every year. But innovations need creative freedom to grow. The natural enemy of innovation and implementation is an overflowing body of rules and regulations. Prof. Kai Purnhagen, food law expert from the University of Bayreuth, analyses how future technologies challenge existing laws and regulations. To implement sustainable urban food production methods we need a quicker approach on how to adapt rules to match the state of the art.
Panel discussion
Close to 80% of food is used up, thrown away or digested in cities. How can a circular economy strengthen links between cities and the countryside. Will a circular economy with disruptive innovations become profitabel and socially accepted? Members of the panel are: Prof. Senthold Asseng, University of Florida, Dr. Michael Binder, Evonik Industries AG, Prof. Justus Wesseler, University of Wageningen, German Farmers Association (tbc.) , Stephan Becker-Sonnenschein, Global Food Summit.
Our partner Innovate – AgTech innovations!
Our partner Innovate, the platform for young start-ups from the AG-TECH scene in Niedersachsen introduces itself. Will young farmers embrace innovation and link up to cities?
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Our speakers at the Science Week
Professor Senthold Asseng
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Institution: University of Florida, USA
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Topic Climate change and wheat cultivation in indoor farms
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Position: Director of the Florida Climate Institute
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Dr. Michael Binder
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Institution: Evonik Industries AG
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Panel Discussion: Innovation, speed, circular – What it needs to successfully transform the system? |
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Position: Vice President Sustainable Development
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Johannes Mahn
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Institution: Evonik Industries AG
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Topic Changing the Protein Landscape 2030
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Position: Foresight Manager
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Professor Reinhold Ewald
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Institution: University of Stuttgart
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Topic Space station – circular food
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Position: Professor for astronautics and space stations
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Professor Justus Wesseler
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Institution: University of Wageningen
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Panel Discussion: Innovation, speed, circular – What it needs to successfully transform the system
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Position: Professor and Chair Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group
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Dr. Christina Kuchendorf
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Institution: Research Center Jülich GmbH
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Topic Clean water thanks to algae
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Position: Researcher at IBG-2: Plant Sciences
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Professor Kai Purnhagen
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Institution: University of Bayreuth
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Topic Circular Food – New Food needs new regulation
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Position: Professor of Food Law, Co-Director of the Research Centre for German and European Food Law
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Brian James Shaw
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Institution: Metabolic Amsterdam
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Topic How to measure sustainability in food innovation – Comparing methods
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Position: Agrifood Team Lead
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Felix Willert
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Institution: innovate!
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Topic Presenting best-practice examples from the event
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Position: Project Lead
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