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OverviewRelated Links
- Food and Health Network - Food Chain Sustainability Cluster - aimed at contributing to new methods of analysing food processing waste and the development of novel, economically feasible methods of upgrading waste to increase its value
- Food Chain Sustainability Special Interest Group - our ambition is to provide a one-stop shop for information on sustainability in the food chain.
- British BioAlcohols Group - BBG aims to exploit agri-food-chain biomass such as wheat or oilseed rape straw for the production of second generation bioalcohols. Using waste or co-product materials maximises bioalcohol production whilst minimising competition with the food industry.
It provides research in support of the new low carbon fuel industry and seeks to help make the UK a leader in low-carbon transport. The BBG is a multidisciplinary collaboration between scientists from the University of East Anglia, IFR and John Innes Centre. The group works closely with the Norwich Research Park-based company, Renewables East, which fosters commercial development of low-carbon technologies.
The group has experts in enzyme and microbial technologies, biochemistry, fermentation, bio-materials, plant genomics and breeding, biofuel technologies and life cycle analysis required for second generation biofuel development.
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HOOCH - A 4-year research programme, funded by the Defra Renewable Materials LINK programme & HGCA, aims to develop, evaluate and support the commercial exploitation of tailored approaches for converting different sources of agri-food-chain waste lignocellulose into so-called second-generation bioalcohols for the automotive industry.
Total Food 2009 - (22nd – 24th April 2009) was the third in a series of biennial international conferences which focus on the sustainable exploitation of agri-food co-products and related biomass, thereby helping to minimise waste. This three day event provided a forum to highlight recent developments and to facilitate knowledge transfer between representatives of the agri-food industries, scientists, legal experts on food-related legislation and waste management, and consumer organisations.
Abstracts and powerpoint presentations (where available) can be found on-line.
- Total Food 2006 - Abstracts from both the oral and poster programmes of Total 2006 held in The Hague, The Netherlands (7th – 9th November 2006). This meeting was also held in conjunction with the 2006 Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST).
- Total Food 2004 – Proceedings of this four day meeting held in Norwich (25th – 28th April 2004).
Other Sustainability Links
- Association for Organics Recycling
http://www.organics-recycling.org.uk - Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network
https://ktn.innovateuk.org/web/biosciencesktn - DEFRA (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK)
http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/environment/economy/waste/ - Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network
https://ktn.innovateuk.org/web/sustainabilityktn - Envirowise
http://envirowise.wrap.org.uk/ - WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme)
http://www.wrap.org.uk
Other links
- Campden BRI - Campden BRI is a collaborative partner that specialises in providing scientific and technical services to the food and drinks supply chain.
- EEDA - East of England Development Agency
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