FOODRUS Final Event: Uncovering Innovation, Collaboration and Sustainable Solutions for Future Food Systems

The FOODRUS project partners held their last event in Brussels this week, where they explored and discussed the results, innovative solutions and joint efforts that will shape the future of food systems.

The FOODRUS project partners held their last event in Brussels this week, where they explored and discussed the results, innovative solutions and joint efforts that will shape the future of food systems.

Innovative solutions to tackle food waste and losses

The FOODRUS project addressed the challenges of food loss and waste by testing 23 circular solutions through various forms of collaborative innovation including: technological (blockchain solutions to manage food loss and waste), social (educational materials and citizen science activities to promote sustainable consumption habits), organizational ("last mile" networks to promote local consumption and donation) and fiscal (new "pay if you throw away" schemes).

During the conference, Danish, Spanish and Slovak pilots presented the most important solutions developed and tested on their territory. In addition, the FOODRUS affiliated regions presented the challenges and opportunities of involvement in the project.

Policy recommendations shaping the future of sustainable food systems

Representatives of the European Commission's Directorate General for Health and Food Safety provided the participants with detailed information about the ambitions of the "Farm to Fork" strategy and the perspective of future opportunities to continue working on the prevention of food losses and food waste.

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