Celebrating the Impactful Work in Sustainable Food Systems!
SUSFOOD has been a driving force for 10 years, with 5.5 under H2020, aligning R&I strategies, fostering collaboration, and shaping the future of food sustainability. Learn more about our journey and achievements in our special e-book. Dive into our network, initiatives, and milestones as we celebrate a decade of dedication.
Download it now! susfood-db-era.net/main/sites/default/files/2023-09/SUSFOOD e-Book.pdf
Poultrynsect event: Final Symposium
Curious to know what the applications of insect larvae are in broiler farming? We will discuss about insects, meat quality, consumer opinion and the environmental impact of poultry farming together with European experts. You will be able to find this and other information in the final event of the Poultrynsect project which will be held on Friday, 27th October in Rome.
Read all about it in the brochure.
2021 Joint Call Newsletter
We are happy to present the joint newsletter of FOSC and SUSFOOD2. In this edition we present the 5 projects funded under the 2021 joint call for proposals. Read more: From Mediterranean agri-food heritage systems and innovative use of seaweed proteins, Read about the 5 projects announced under the joint call on "Innovative solutions for resilient, climate-smart and sustainable food systems"
Enjoy the reading! https://susfood-db-era.net/main/content/newsletter
InProVe final project meeting
We would like to invite you on December 3rd from 9 to 12 CET for a presentation of the final results of the project. More information: https://susfood-db-era.net/main/node/29532
Reinventing bio-packaging
A BioMarine/IDE BioMarine/ IDE Trois Rivières event dedicated to bio packaging and bio materials. On 17th and 18th November 2021: https://susfood-db-era.net/main/sites/default/files/2021-11/BioMarine%2…
Joint Call Project ALL-IN
ALL-IN organise on the 23 november 2021 a meeting with Moroccan and Algerian partners for French speaking stakeholders, with as topic ” Solutions innovantes pour l’utilisation des légumineuses dans un scénario de changement climatique”. More information can be found here: https://susfood-db-era.net/main/sites/default/files/2021-11/volantino_%…
ERA-NET SUSFOOD2 co-funded call project videos
SUSFOOD2 co-funded projects will give live pitch presentations of their results during the final seminar and stakeholder workshop end of October. To get an overview of the work achieved we invite you to watch the short videos that each project has prepared: https://susfood-db-era.net/main/projects-presentation
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and BlueBio networking event
Networking event "Market pathways for sustainable algae products" took place online on the 23rd of September 10 AM to 1 PM CEST.
The European programmes SUSFOOD2 and BlueBio brought together research and industry to discuss the future of sustainable algae products and in particular market issues such as regulation, pilot-scale infrastructure, techno-economic feasibility and sustainability.
Presentations and recordings of the video can be found here: https://susfood-db-era.net/main/node/29512
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and BlueBio
Stakeholders workshop - 27 October
Are you interested in food processing, new raw materials, resource efficiency and consumer behaviour? Join our Stakeholder workshop and get informed about the progress made by the SUSFOOD2 co-funded projects and explore the next steps. More information
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and BlueBio networking event
Is your company trying to bring algae products to the market? Or are you an algae researcher interested in more interaction with industry?
In this workshop, we will bring research and industry together to discuss the future of sustainable algae products and especially about market issues like regulation, pilot-scale infrastructure, techno-economic feasibility and sustainability. Are you interested to participate?
Please register: https://bluebioeconomy.eu/susfood-registration/
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and FOSC
31 proposals successfully submitted for the Joint Call “Innovative solutions for resilient, climate-smart and sustainable food systems”
The Joint Call of the ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 & FOSC closed on August 16th. Overall, 31 proposals for transnational projects were successfully submitted.
The submitted proposals include collaboration of more than 195 research partners and have focused on the following call topics:
Topic 1: Innovations to improve food systems sustainability, with a focus on increasing resource efficiency and reducing waste (23 proposals)
Topic 2: Food Systems adaptation and resilience to system shocks (8 proposals)
The proposals will now be assessed for eligibility by the Call Office and the national funding bodies. Afterwards, they will be evaluated by international peer-reviewers following the criteria and procedure stated in the Call Announcement and Evaluation Guidelines. Based on the experts’ evaluation, the final selection decision by the Call Board will be announced earliest in December 2021.
The network consists of 14 funding bodies from 13 countries/regions, committing around 7.85 Million EUR for transnational research.
Access to the submission tool and all relevant Call Documents:
https://www.submission-susfood-era.net/sf2-fosc-jointcall
Funbrew workshop: How an underutilized by-product becomes a food ingredient
30th of June 2021 at 11:30 a.m. CEST
Workshop organized under the “FUNBREW” transnational project (Biotransformation of brewers´ spent grain: increased functionality for novel food applications) part of the ERA-Net SUSFOOD2 with funding provided by national sources [FORMAS, Sweden; MMM, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland; MIUR, Ministero Italiano dell’Università e della Ricerca] and co-funding by the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. More information.
Invitation to BIOCARB-4-FOOD Final Conference
We cordially invite you to our BIOCARB‐4‐FOOD Final Conference on 28 June 2021 from 10 – 12 CEST,
where you will get an insight into the goals and main outcomes of this project and the challenges we
foresee in the future. More information.
Webinar on Food system approach on June 17, 2021 at 14:00 (CEST)
SUSFOOD2/FOSC joint call for research projects organised a webinar dedicated to the subject of a systems approach. This webinar included a short presentation of some tips to thinking about defining research questions in the context of a bigger picture of a “system”. Short vignettes of looking at a “system” from multiple perspectives will be shared and there will be plenty of time for questions and discussion.
Joint Call 2021 Webinar on systems approach
A webinar for interested applicants on June 2, 2021 at 1:20p.m. (CEST)
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and FOSC Joint Call 2021 “Innovative solutions for resilient, climate-smart and sustainable food systems” is organising a webinar for interested applicants on June 2, 2021 at 1:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (CEST).
Joint Call 2021 Webinar for applicants
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) of the Call webinar
Call Announcement JOINT CALL 2021 on “Food Systems”
The 14 partners of the Joint Call Board from the ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 (SUStainable FOOD production and consumption) and FOSC (Food Systems and Climate) are pleased to announce the launch of the Joint Call for Proposals on Innovative solutions for resilient, climate-smart and sustainable food systems.
Pre-Announcement JOINT CALL 2021 on “Food Systems”
The ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 (SUStainable FOOD production and consumption) and FOSC (Food Systems and Climate) build a network with 13 funding bodies from 12 countries to launch a Joint Call for Proposals on Innovative solutions for resilient, climate-smart and sustainable food systems.
Photo competition
The FUNBREW project won the photo competition and created a web-based video of their project together with the company Hague.
Communication workshop
"presenting with impact"
On 15th January we invited our project coordinators and young researchers in the project, to learn to present their research or project, in a clear and convincing manner, tailored to the needs of the target groups. With the goal to help us increase the visibility and awareness for the field of SUSFOOD2
Webinar on food packaging
“New solutions for innovative and sustainable food packaging”
Webinar organised by SUSFOOD2 on Wednesday 2nd December 2020 from 10:30 until 12:30 (CET time).
Main goal: Offering knowledge and capacity building to projects partners supported by SUSFOOD2 in the field of food packaging.
On the initiative of MyPack EU project.
SUSFOOD Newsletter N°6
The 6th SUSFOOD2 Newsletter is out! We are introducing our, 2nd strategic scene report, sharing some exciting research news from our cofunded projects. https://mailchi.mp/015d11bc8772/newsletter
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and CORE Organic Cofund
Joint call “Towards sustainable and organic food systems”
In the Joint Call Step 2, all 29 invited consortia have submitted full-proposals that were assessed for eligibility by the Call Board members and evaluated by international peer-reviewers. Based on the international expert evaluation Step 2, on 18-19 June 2020, the Call Board members selected for funding 12 research projects.
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and CORE Organic Cofund
29 full-proposals for joint call “Towards sustainable and organic food systems”
The Joint Call of the ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 & CORE Organic Cofund full-proposal fase closed on 27 March 2020
A total number of 29 full-proposals were submitted in the Joint Call of ERA-NET SUSFOOD2 and Core Organic Cofunds.
The submitted full-proposals include collaboration of more than 150 researchers and have focused on the following call topics:
Topic 1: Resource-efficient, circular and zero-waste food systems (17 proposals)
Topic 2: Diversity in food from field to plate (5 proposals)
Topic 3: Mild food processing (6 pre-proposals)
Topic 4: Sustainable and smart packaging (1 pre-proposal)
The proposals are assessed for eligibility by the Call Board members and evaluated by international peer-reviewers following the criteria and procedure stated in the Call Announcement and Evaluation guidelines. Based on the expert evaluation, final selection decision by the Call Board will be announced in June 2020.
The network consists of 21 funding bodies from 18 countries/regions, committing around 9.5million EUR for transnational research.
Access to the submission tool and all relevant Call Documents can be found following this link:
https://www.submission-susfood-era.net/sf-co-jointcall
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and CORE Organic Cofund
The SUSFOOD and CORE Organic Joint Call “Towards sustainable and organic food systems” is open for full-proposals Submission
A total number of 60 pre-proposals were submitted in the Joint Call of ERA-NET SUSFOOD2 and CORE Organic Cofunds.
From these, 43 eligible proposals were evaluated by international peer-review following the criteria and procedure stated in the Call Announcement and Evaluation guidelines.
Based on this expert evaluation, the Call Board decided to invite 29 project consortia to submit a full-proposal.
Deadline for online submission is 27th of March 2020 (15:00 CET).
Access to the submission platform and all relevant Call Documents can be found following this link
https://www.submission-susfood-era.net/sf-co-jointcall
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and CORE Organic Cofund
60 pre-proposals for joint call “Towards sustainable and organic food systems”
The Joint Call of the ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 & CORE Organic Cofund closed on 4 November 2019 and received a number of 60 pre-proposals!
The submitted pre-proposals include a collaboration of more than 300 researchers and have focused on the following call topics:
Topic 1: Resource-efficient, circular and zero-waste food systems (41 pre-proposals)
Topic 2: Diversity in food from field to plate (11 pre-proposals)
Topic 3: Mild food processing (7 pre-proposals)
Topic 4: Sustainable and smart packaging (1 pre-proposal)
The joint network consists of 21 funding bodies from 18 countries/regions committing 9.585.000 € for transnational research.
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and CORE Organic Cofund
Joint Call 2019: Announcement “Towards sustainable and organic food systems”
The submission tool is available following this link: www.submission-susfood-era.net/sf-co-jointcall
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and CORE Organic Cofund
A webinar will be provided for interested applicants 20 September 2019 at 11 a.m. (CET).
Please follow this link: https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/call_webinar_2019/
Room password: food
There will be a ~30 min presentation and time for your questions. The presentation will cover:
- Introduction to the Call (thematic background, topics)
- Important conditions and requirements (participating countries, timeline, eligibility)
- How to submit a proposal with the SUSFOOD submission tool
- Evaluation of proposals
In case you have questions that you would like us to adress in the webinar, please send them to the Call Office (n.hassan@fz-juelich.de or Lucie.Andeltova@ble.de)
The webinar will be recorded and provided afterwards, together withs assembled Q&A.
If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before: Test your connection: https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 and CORE Organic - First Joint Call Board Meeting
The first and successful joint Call Board meeting of the ERA-NETs SUSFOOD2 (Sustainable Food Production and Consumption) and CORE Organic Cofund (Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems) was held on 2-3 April 2019 in Brussels.
Joint SUSFOOD2 - Core Organic exploratory workshop
A joint workshop of the two Cofund ERA-Nets SUSFOOD2 (Sustainable Food Production and Consumption) and CORE Organic Cofund (Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems) was organised in Brussels beginning of June 2018. The aim of the meeting was to identify common topics in the research area of sustainable and organic agriculture and food systems.
Download the summarising report
Kick-off seminar of latest SUSFOOD2 projects (Call 3)
On 25.10.2018, the SUSFOOD2 ERA-net has held the kick-off seminar of the 12 research projects funded via the Cofunded Call. This seminar took place in Stockholm, Sweden. It included next to the presentation of the projects, some keynote speaches and interactive sessions.
More information, such as the programm and registration link to this semi-public event can be found here.
FINAL seminar FREEZEWAVE project - November 5th 2018 in Nantes (FR)
The FREEZEWAVE project, funded under the SUSFOOD PF7 ERA-NET, concerns the freezing of foods under the assistance of low energy microwaves (2450 MHz). Freezing assisted by low energy microwave permits to obtain a higher number of nucleation sites and in the end a higher frozen food quality with less freeze damage. In the case of conventional freezing process, fast freezing is usually recommended, resulting in a reduction of the ice crystals but also an increase in energy demand (low ambient temperature & high air velocity to enhance the rate of heat transfer). FREEZEWAVE proposes to optimise the freezing rate while exposing foods to a small amount of emitted microwave energy in order to obtain high quality frozen food. More info on the final seminar in France: download info - registration: www.freezewave.eu.
ERA-LEARN policy brief on project impact assessment in bio-economy
ERA-LEARN 2020 has written a policy brief based on an impact assessment where several projects of SUSFOOD (FP7) were involved. The result of this impact assessment can be downloaded from: https://www.era-learn.eu/publications/other-publications/policy-brief-p… The document is the third annual Policy Brief of ERA-LEARN 2020 and is analysing the impact of P2Ps and P2P-supported projects. The report focuses on the results of a pilot exercise that was addressed to three bio-economy networks (SUSFOOD, ERA-IB-2 and CORE ORGANIC II) and their supported projects. The brief draws on the results of an on-line survey addressed to project beneficiaries of the three networks and on the findings of the interviews with network members and project beneficiaries The discussion of the results is complemented where relevant with some of the findings of the survey conducted for the ERAC Ad-hoc Working Group on Partnerships in 2018 in order to identify challenges to implementation of P2P-supported projects.
SUSFOOD strategic scene 2018
The SUSFOOD2 partners had a look at the current landscape SUSFOOD2 works in. This resulting report describes the current background of research and innovation programming in the field of sustainable food production and consumption in Europe. It complements the SUSFOOD Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and serves as a tool for its implementation. It summarizes the SRA and the objectives of SUSFOOD2, and gives an overview on the main trends and drivers in the field of SUSFOOD. It also lists other relevant initiatives and takes a look on the first achievements of SUSFOOD funded projects.
Attachment: SUSFOOD STRATEGIC SCENE review report 2018-final.pdf
SUSFOOD Newsletter N°2
The 2nd SUSFOOD2 Newsletter is out! Read about the newly funded projects 2017 Cofunded call, results from the FP7 funded projects and much more: https://mailchi.mp/015d11bc8772/newsletter
SUSFOOD2 invited speaker BIOFACH Congress - CORE ORGANIC session
On February 15th 2018 at BIOFACH Congress, CORE ORGANIC has organised a session titled "European research meets organic food processing at eye level".
The host, ERA-NET CORE Organic, is a consortium of public funding bodies from more than 20 EU countries that has been funding research on organic food processing over ten years. They invite representatives from food manufacturing, trade organizations and research to present and discuss (i) challenges of the organic food sector, and (ii) how transnational research could contribute to the solutions. One of the invited speakers to this event is Nikola Schulz, Coordinator of SUSFOOD2 ERA-Net.
- More info: http://www.biofach.de
- Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- Venue: BIOFACH Congress, Nürnberg Germany, Room Prag, NCC Ost
12 projects selected for funding in the 3. SUSFOOD2 Call
After a 2-step procedure, including a peer-review evaluation, the SUSFOOD2 consortium selected 12 projects for funding on 13 December 2017. The selected projects succeeded among 95 pre-proposal applications and will run for 3 years from spring 2018 onwards.
The projects relate to the following topics:
- Topic 1: Innovation in food processing technologies and products: 6 projects (BIOCARB-4-FOOD, InProVe, FUNBREW, MEFPROC, DISCOVERY, ProSeaFood)
- Topic 2: Providing added value, increased resource efficiency and reduction of waste in sustainable food systems: 4 projects (AVARE, SPAREC, ImPrOVE, SUSPUFA)
- Topic 3: Understanding consumer behavior and food choices: 2 projects (SUSCHOICE, PLATEFORMS)
11 SUSFOOD projects present @ EFFoST Conference 14/11: 11h-13h CET
The 31st EFFoST International Conference with the topic Food Science and Technology Challenges for the 21st Century - Research to Progress Society in Sitges Spain is hosting a SUSFOOD session. In this session on the first conference day (14/11), 11 projects funded under the FP7 ERA-Net SUSFOOD (2010-2014) will present their work. Join us in Sitges on the 14th of November in the SUSFOOD session from 11-13h. Click here to find more info on the 11 projects presenting their results.
Cofunded Call 2017 - 30 projects invited for full-proposal
30 projects invited for full-proposal +++ configuration options The SUSFOOD2 Cofunded call received in total 95 pre-proposals for the topics: Innovation in food processing technologies and products Added value, increased resource efficiency and reduction of waste in sustainable food systems Understanding consumer behavior and food choices Harmonisation of the methods and metrics for integrated assessment of sustainability of food products and food patterns After eligibility check and evaluation by 28 international experts, 30 proposals are invited to the second stage to submit their full-proposal until 8 September 2017.
How to save water and costs in food processing: Final workshop BioSuck project
The food processing industry consumes huge amounts of water for several purposes and simultaneously produces corresponding amounts of wastewater. These amounts will increase because the global food demand is expected to rise by 70 percent by 2050. New and innovative solutions are needed to redesign this sector to make it secure, resilient and competitive in the future!
The project BioSuck, which is funded under the FP7 ERA-Net SUSFOOD, aimed at establishing a decision support system (DSS) that accelerates a redesign of the food processing industry. The DSS analyzes the current situation in the food processing industry based on characteristic parameters and as output several recommendations are given in order to save water and costs. The user will get an answer whether a vacuum waste collection system is a potential feasible option and whether collected wastes can be used for bioenergy production.
More info on the project can be found here and via www.biosuck.eu
Are consumers and the supply chain ready for suboptimal foods in order to reduce food waste?
Find out more on this at the Final seminar of the SUSFOOD1 Project COSUS on June 16th 2017 at Nofima, Norway.
The COSUS project about "Consumers in a sustainable food supply chain: understanding barriers and facilitators for acceptance of suboptimal foods" is funded through the ERA-net SUSFOOD and started in June 2014. The goal of the project was to explore whether consumers and the supply chain can accept and embrace suboptimal foods, in order to reduce food waste. Suboptimal foods are foods that at first glance are not appealing due to their shape, colour or best-before date, but that are still perfectly fine to eat. The 3-year project has involved 7 institutes from 5 countries: Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. At this final seminar they presented the results from the entire project.
Welcome to the first Newsletter of the ERA-Net Cofund SUSFOOD2
Welcome to the first Newsletter of the ERA-Net Cofund SUSFOOD2!
Have a look and meet the network, find out about first results of the cofunded call and much more...
Enjoy reading!
Webinar SUSFOOD2 call: presentation and FAQs
A webinar for interested applicants was held on February 16th by the Call office with more than 170 participants.
We would like to provide the following information and material:
- the slides used for the presentation during the webinar (link to pdf)
- a recording of the webinar https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p5hsni1s6d1
- collection of Question and Answers (link to pdf)
All attendees who joined the webinar are also kindly invited to give us a short Feedback (anonymous) http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Feedback_SUSFOOD2_Webinar
SUSFOOD2 ERA-Net Cofund
After positive evaluation, the European Commission has invited the SUSFOOD2 consortium to start a 2nd project phase of five years, this time as an ERA-Net Cofund.
The 25 consortium partners from 15 countries (plus international partner New Zealand and associated partners) will continue its work in supporting and strenghtening research in the field of SUStainable FOOD production and consumption. The new network starts on January 2017 and will run until 31 December 2021.
The goal of SUSFOOD is to maintain the scientific cooperation between EU member and associated states in order to maximise the contribution of research to the development of food systems aiming at more sustainability from production to consumption. Therefore, the SUSFOOD-partners agree to preserve the network of the consortium and continue with joint activities without EU funding.
Further information: see SUSFOOD pages