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🌱 The FOLOU final event is this Friday, 30 October, in Barcelona! Join us to discover key findings, exchange insights and discuss the way forward in tackling food loss in primary production. 🎟️ Don't forget to register to secure your spot: www.folou.eu/events/save-... #FoodLoss @ctbeta.cat

🌱 How can #research, #industry & #policy work together to turn food processing waste into valuable resources? Join #WASTEWISE & @foloueu.bsky.social at #GlobalBioeconomySummit2026 in #Dublin! 📅 20 Oct | 🕓 16:00–17:30 ℹ️ gbs2026.org/programme/wo... #FoodWaste @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

🌱 3 weeks to go until the FOLOU final event! Join us in Barcelona on 30 October to discuss lessons learnt and the way forward for tackling food loss in primary production. 👉 Don’t forget to register: www.folou.eu/events/save-... @ctbeta.cat #FoodLoss #FinalEvent

El 22 de setembre va tenir lloc el 1r Congrés sobre la Prevenció de les Pèrdues i el Malbaratament Alimentaris a l'IEC! #MalbaratamentAlimentari #Sostenibilitat 👉 shorturl.at/367ap @foloueu.bsky.social

📘 The FOLOU Food Loss Quantification Manual is available! The manual provides a practical framework for quantifying food losses in primary production and formed the basis for the CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) on a common methodology for FL quantification 👉 www.folou.eu/wp-content/u... @ctbeta.cat

📢 Today, we join the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste! 🌍 We’re taking this opportunity to share the preliminary agenda & registration for our final event! 📅 30 October 2026 📍 Barcelona, Spain 👉 www.folou.eu/events/save-... #FLWDay #FoodLoss @ctbeta.cat

📢 New FOLOU Course on #FoodLoss is out! 🌱 "Integrating Food Loss into Policy and Decision-Making" is now available on Ubiqua 🌍 💻 100% online 🏅 Free digital badge 📌 Self-guided learning Learn more & access the course 👉 www.folou.eu/new-folou-co... @ctbeta.cat @alicemauchline.bsky.social

📚 FOLOU deliverables are now available on EU-FarmBook! Explore the work & results developed throughout the project, covering topics from food loss assessment & prevention to stakeholder engagement and communication. 🔎 Discover the deliverables: eufarmbook.eu/en/projects/... #FoodLoss @ctbeta.cat

📢 The CWA 18410:2026 on food loss quantification in primary production has been published by CEN/CENELEC! A major milestone for FOLOU, providing a harmonised methodology to support #foodloss measurement and future policies. 🔗 Read more: www.folou.eu/a-common-met... @ctbeta.cat

📅 Save the Date: FOLOU Final Event! Join us in Barcelona on 30 October for our final event. Discover the project's key results & discuss the future of #foodloss prevention with stakeholders from across the agri-food sector. More details coming soon 👉 www.folou.eu/events/save-... @ctbeta.cat

🥭 FOLOU's 7th international #newsletter is out now! 🥭 Be sure to check your mailbox for the latest updates on FOLOU's activities! You can also find the newsletter on our website: www.folou.eu/wp-content/u... 🥭 Not subscribed yet? Sign up here: www.folou.eu/subscribe-to... @ctbeta.cat

📢 FOLOU publication! How does refrigerated transport affect Mediterranean mussels? 🦪 A new study by FOLOU partners Matteo Zarantoniello, Adriano Mancini and Ike Olivotto explores the impact of cold-chain transport on mussel health & nutritional quality. 📖 www.folou.eu/new-folou-pu... @ctbeta.cat

🚀 7th FOLOU Project Meeting 💻 Today, the FOLOU consortium met online for its 7th Project Meeting. 🎯 Partners shared updates and aligned on the final steps of the project. 👏 Thanks to all partners! We look forward to sharing our results at our final event in October! 🌱♻️ @ctbeta.cat

📢 New press release: FOLOU & WASTELESS collaboration 🤝 A look back at joint activities and cooperation between sister projects working to reduce food loss and waste in Europe. 🔗 Read the press release here: www.folou.eu/stronger-tog... #FoodLoss #FoodWaste #Sustainability #EUProjects @ctbeta.cat

🌱 Third FOLOU Course on #FoodLoss is out! 💡 Technological Innovation in Food Loss Measurement and Management is now available on Ubiqua 🌍 💻 100% online via Ubiqua 🏅 Free digital badge 📌 No prior FOLOU course required Learn how to access here 👉 www.folou.eu/folou-launch... @ctbeta.cat

📢 Draft CEN Workshop Agreement on food loss quantification is now open for public consultation. It proposes a harmonised approach to measuring food losses in primary production, improving comparability across Europe. 👉 Read & contribute (until 15 May): www.folou.eu/draft-cwa-on... @ctbeta.cat

This morning (14 April), FOLOU held its EC #policy feedback session 🤝 We shared key results, discussed policy challenges, & presented early recommendations. We also briefly highlighted our communication & dissemination work 📣 Valuable exchange to support next steps 🚀 ➡️ www.folou.eu @ctbeta.cat

🌱 Working together to prevent food loss! Last week in #Barcelona we co-organised a participatory workshop within the European project #FOLOU. ▶️ Farmers, policymakers and researchers worked together to turn ideas from the field into practical actions to reduce #FoodLoss. @foloueu.bsky.social

📢 National Stakeholder Workshop – Vienna, 9 Feb FOLOU partner PROMAN, co-organised with NutriBudget & DeliSoil, invites stakeholders to a #workshop on #foodloss & waste, with WASTELESS, ToNoWaste, & an interactive FOLOU session on preventing FL along the supply chain. ➡️ www.folou.eu/events/proma...

🍐 FOLOU's 6th international #newsletter is out! 🍐 Check your mailbox for the latest updates on our future & past activities! You can also find the newsletter on our website: www.folou.eu/wp-content/u... 🍐 Not subscribed yet? Sign up: www.folou.eu/subscribe-to... #foodloss #FLWsisters @ctbeta.cat

The 2nd FOLOU Course is now available! Join us to learn more about *measuring* #FoodLoss. ✅ 100% online via Ubiqua ✅ Free digital badge 🏅 ✅ EIT Food accreditation Start learning 👉 www.folou.eu/second-free-... @foloueu.bsky.social

🌱 Second FOLOU Course: Measuring #FoodLoss is out! 📊 ✅ 100% online via Ubiqua ✅ Free digital badge 🏅 ✅ EIT Food accreditation Access in 2 steps: 1️⃣ Log in or create a Ubiqua account 2️⃣ Register with password FOLOUC2 Start learning 👉 www.folou.eu/second-free-... #FLWSisters @ctbeta.cat

🌾CEN Workshop: Food Loss in Primary Production🔍 Next week, FOLOU launches a CEN #workshop to tackle food lost before it leaves the farm. Learn about measuring #foodloss, data methods & tech. 📅 12 Dec | 🕥 10:30–14:30 CET | 🖇️ Online Registration & info: www.folou.eu/events/launc... @ctbeta.cat

🌍 FOLOU’s 6th Consortium Meeting 🌱 On Nov 24, partners met online (hosted by PROMAN) to review progress & plan the final year of the project. Big thanks to Julia Tanzer for organizing! 👏 Together, we continue driving solutions to reduce food loss & waste. #FoodLoss&Waste #FLWsisters @ctbeta.cat

We were thrilled to host the Twinning Regions workshop in Barcelona!🌱 Partners tested #foodloss measurement tools, practised gleaning, explored drone monitoring & shared ideas to cut food losses on farms. Thanks to all partners & TWR for the great collaboration Read➡️ www.folou.eu/folou-twinni...

🌍 #WASTEWISE at a webinar organised by the @ec.europa.eu on #foodloss & #foodwaste research👇🏼 ✔️ The event gathered coordinators from 14 ongoing and recently concluded projects to discuss challenges and opportunities in the sector. ℹ️ bit.ly/49mxlzq @foloueu.bsky.social @rosettaprojecteu.bsky.social

🌱 Calling S-LCA Experts in Agrifood Systems! Join FOLOU's online workshop to review & validate a framework that measures the social impacts of food losses in primary production. 📅23 Oct 🕒15:00–16:30 CET 👉Register: www.folou.eu/events/invit... Your feedback will directly improve the framework!

🌍 FOLOU at the RETASTE #Conference 2025! From 24–27 Sept, FOLOU partners UNIBO, CIRCE, PROMAN & @ctbeta.cat joined RETASTE in Athens to share insights on #foodloss drivers, consumer behaviour, EU policy, and our Food Loss Sustainability Tool. 🔗 Read more: www.folou.eu/folou-at-the... #FLWSisters

🚜On this International Day of Awareness of Food Loss & Waste, FOLOU draws attention to losses at the primary production stage, which threaten food security & natural resources. 🌐We also share our case study stories & learning platform, with practical insights from the field: www.folou.eu #IDAFLW

📢 FOLOU partner UNIBO hosts a regional event in #Italy on #foodloss in early agriculture 🌱 🗓️ 29 Sept, 10:00–13:30 (Italian) 📍 Florence, Accademia dei Georgofili + online Featuring research insights & a roundtable with agri-food stakeholders. 👉 Register by 26 Sept: www.folou.eu/events/folou...

🔈FOLOU was represented by @ctbeta.cat at the Innovation Day in the agri-food sector of #Catalonia! They took the opportunity to explain how the FOLOU project helps to measure and quantify food losses, and how to move towards a more #sustainable food chain. See more below ⬇️

🦪 #Mussel farming in Italy Hector joins UNIVPM researchers to uncover not only physical losses but also how stress impacts mussels’ nutritional quality & welfare. It’s a new way to think about #foodloss, beyond just what’s thrown away. Read: www.folou.eu/case-study-o... #Aquaculture #FLWsisters

🍋 FOLOU's 5th international #newsletter is out! 🍋 Check your mailbox for the latest updates on our future & past activities! You can also find the newsletter on our website: www.folou.eu/wp-content/u... 🍋 Not subscribed yet? Sign up here: www.folou.eu/subscribe-to... #foodloss #FLWsisters

📍 The FOLOU consortium met in Bologna on 1–2 July for our 5th project meeting, hosted by UNIBO! 🔎 We reviewed project progress, held workshops on case studies, policy, & training courses, & advanced our work on #foodloss solutions across Europe. 👏 Thanks to all partners! #Sustainability

🐟 What can salmon farming teach us about food loss? Héctor Barco Cobalea explores how Norway tracks losses in #aquaculture — from smolt to sea lice — and what this reveals about #foodloss, trust & transparency in the food chain. 📖 Read: www.folou.eu/case-study-o... #Salmon #EUFunded #FLWsisters

🥕 Reduir les pèrdues alimentàries al sector primari és clau per fer la cadena alimentària més sostenible. 🔍 El projecte #FOLOU impulsa noves tecnologies i metodologies per fer-hi front, estandarditzant criteris a nivell europeu i promovent polítiques públiques més efectives. @foloueu.bsky.social‬

🎉 Great news from the 26th ASPA Congress! Matteo Zarantoniello received the Best Poster Award for his research carried out within FOLOU: 🟢 “Reducing #foodlosses by developing an automated hatching system prototype for early-stage embryos of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)” Congrats Matteo! 👏

🥕 We will contribute to developing the new ISO/TS 20008 standard, which aims to quantify #FoodLoss and #FoodWaste along the entire food supply chain. ▶️ This is a great way to share the knowledge being generated by #FOLOU! 🔗 betatechcenter.com/el-ct-beta-p... @foloueu.bsky.social

📢 FOLOU is launching a news article series to share insights from the case studies carried out within the project — focusing on #foodloss during primary production. 🔍 Read the first article: www.folou.eu/introducing-... 💬 Questions or ideas? Feel free to join the conversation in the comments!

🌐 Catalonia is creating a Strategic Plan to tackle food loss and waste — and FOLOU is helping shape it. With @ctbeta.cat, Espigoladors and ARC, FOLOU is bringing insights from primary production to guide action. 🔗 Read the article: www.folou.eu/catalonias-s... #FoodLoss #FoodWaste #Catalonia

📢 Join FOLOU’s national stakeholder workshop to discuss #SustainableAgriculture, #FoodLoss prevention, #NutrientManagement, & recycling #FoodWaste into soil improvers. Hosted by PROMAN & co-organised with HE projects NutriBudget & DeliSoil. 🗓 8July 📍 Vienna 🗣 German 🔗 www.folou.eu/events/stake...

🌱 Last week, FOLOU partners @agriculturacat.bsky.social & @ctbeta.cat represented FOLOU at the 11th Annual #ERIAFF Conference in Vic, Catalonia. During the event, they presented FOLOU & highlighted Catalonia as a frontrunner region in the fight against #FoodLoss & Waste. #FoodWaste #FLWSisters