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A sustainable, safe, healthy and yet enjoyable diet - is that possible? Andrea Büttner, professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and food chemist, thinks so. At the invitation of the Volkshochschule Delmenhorst, among others, she explained how...
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Food in the area of tension between technological progress and technology rejection among consumers.
How does progress influence our food culture, the perception of preparation or the enjoyment of a sophisticatedly prepared meal? It is easy for us to forget about consumers when we get excited about new innovations in the food industry. Many consumers are often skeptical or even dismissive of innovative technologies in the food industry.
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An interview with Dr. Volker Lange, Fraunhofer IML
Dr. Volker Lange from Fraunhofer IML explains the need for food chain management.
Documentation of the Fraunhofer fireside chat "Food Chain Management" on January 22/23, 2008 in Berlin
In 2007, the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME and the Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics prepared the study "Positioning of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in Food Chain Management". As part of this study, a workshop was held in Berlin on January 22 and 23, 2008, at which representatives of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft discussed with high-ranking experts from industry, ministries and authorities. The aim of the event was to answer the question: "How can we positively influence food chain management in Germany?
To this end, the opinions of the participants were to be actively incorporated into the work of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, so that ultimately, together with industry, the authorities, the associations and the FhG to shape the FCM in Germany.
Food Chain Management - Framework Program Microsystems "Berlin fireside chats on microsystems technology". Project Management Agency VDIVDE-IT on behalf of the BMBF
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH (VDI/VDE-IT) and selected partners are producing individual components or episodes of a painting of the future on the subject of microsystems technology (MST). In the process as innovation guides or - if you'll pardon the expression - innovation truffle pigs for MST. innovation truffle pigs for technology lines with an affinity for MST and visionary applications...
Fraunhofer Agriculture and Food Industry Alliance