On the occasion of the 12th National Food Waste Prevention Day, taking place today, February 5, METROFOOD-IT is presenting a dedicated guide to reducing food waste. This guide is aimed at businesses, policymakers, and consumers, with the goal of promoting more conscious shopping, sustainable consumption practices, more efficient resource management, reuse, and waste valorization.

At Santa Chiara Lab of the University of Siena, a new interdisciplinary pathway for innovation, technology transfer, and guidance has been launched, called FU.S.T.O. This acronym highlights the journey from Soilless Cultivation (Fuori Suolo) to the Table (Tavola) and Beyond (Oltre), integrating social and economic perspectives.

It’s not enough to do things well; it’s also essential to know how to communicate and promote them effectively. This is the perspective behind the recent decision by the European Commission to allocate €132 million to co-finance the promotion of sustainable and high-quality agri-food products from the EU, both within the internal market and globally.

A comic book specifically designed to captivate and engage young people with the themes of research and innovation in the agrifood sector.

Ensuring the Origin and Quality of Italian Rice Through Rapid, Precise, and Non-Destructive Field Analyses.  This is one of the results achieved by METROFOOD-IT infrastructure, funded by the PNRR, aiming to provide new tools for the benefit of producers and consumers.

The representatives of the PNRR METROFOOD-IT project recently gathered in Rome to review the progress of the initiative.