We believe that this planet deserves a better future. We believe that everyone living on it should have access to enough, clean, healthy, and nutritious food produced in a sustainable and ethical way. We believe there are smart ways in [...]
China is considered as the superpowers of global food production, having undergone instrumental changes over the past 50 years in the food safety regulatory system. The economic importance of the Chinese food sector globally and domestically has put food safety [...]
How can one monitor food fraud incidents around the world in almost real time? Can large-scale data analysis reveal patters related to the way that people modify food products, ingredients or packaging for economic gain? Is it possible to predict [...]
What if all European research could be made available to everyone, for free? How about making all scientific outcomes that EU taxpayers fund a common, shared resource that may fuel innovation from the public and private sector? Is it possible [...]
Let me state the obvious: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”. I have read all about it in business books, with my favorite one being Delivering Happiness (describing the Zappos case). It is all about the set of values that drive [...]
Things are changing so fast in the food sector. Food safety has emerged as a critical topic that is high in the agenda of consumers, governments and the food industry alike. It took a series of food safety scandals and [...]
Here is what’s on top of my reading list at the minute. It’s a booklet all about the way you can be crystal clear on the added value you bring to your clients. It’s Intercom’s Sales Handbook , a collection [...]
The world’s largest global agricultural innovation network. Bringing together the scientific power of 15 independent, non-profit research organizations. Amassing an annual investment of more than US$900 million devoted to global food security. Being the home of more than 11,000 scientists, [...]
May 2018. In Crete, enjoying Open Harvest once more. Small groups of people, getting lost in secret corners of Chania’s medieval town. Learning about how you tell data stories, using only 6 words. My work-group is busy developing their own [...]
On January 10th 1963, John F. Kennedy wrote in the foreword of a landmark report: “One of the major opportunities … lies in the improvement of our ability to communicate information about current research efforts and the results of past [...]
Digital agriculture projects typically put in place software and hardware systems that perceive their environment through appropriate sensor devices, process the right variety and amount of environmental and historical data, and take actions that maximize the chances of successfully achieving [...]
Last week, I was introduced to an amazing ag-tech startup that is commercialising a deceptively simple idea: small robots not big tractors. The Small Robot Company is building robots that will seed and care for each individual plant in your [...]