Today’s global agriculture has a bad reputation, it is often considered a problem rather than a solution. Desertification and loss of fertile soils, over-fertilization and eutrophication of soil and water pose high risks to biodiversity conservation and the food security. Extensive pesticide use with strong environmental impacts damage insect population and cause the death of bees. Agriculture is one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
The good news is that research and industry are working on solutions – we are on the brink of a high-tech revolution in production of food, feed and biomass in the future. The goals are to achieve significantly less resource consumption at more output, which would mean to strongly increase resource efficiency. In parallel, the negative impacts on ecosystems need to be minimized – human cultivation needs to find a new harmonious way to co-exist with nature.
http://refab.info
The “Future Protein Award” will be given out by the German nova-Institute at the conference “Revolution in Food and Biomass Production (REFAB)” (www.refab.info) to the best companies presenting their products and concepts of future proteins derived from CO2, insects, algae, bacteria and cell-cultured meat at the accompanying exhibition.
Applicants for the award only have to book a booth at the exhibition (www.refab.info/exhibition) and are then automatically nominated for the award. During the two-day conference, the expected 500 participants will be able to examine the concepts, taste the new proteins and vote for their favorite candidates – in the categories best taste and best concept. At the end of the conference the votes will be counted and the winners will be presented to the international press.
Applications for the participation in the award will be accepted until end of June.
For more information on the eligibility criteria and any additional questions, please visit www.refab.info/future-protein-award/ or contact Ms Tatevik Babayan tatevik.babayan@nova-institut.de
Please contact Mr. Dominik Vogt for booking your booth: dominik.vogt@nova-institut.de
