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Research 14 October 2022

New article: "A System for Autonomous Seaweed Farm Inspection with an Underwater Robot"

New article: "A System for Autonomous Seaweed Farm Inspection with an Underwater Robot" Blue Mats Fredrik Gröndahl is one of the authors of a new article on how underwater robots can be used in large-scale cultivation of macroalgae, and the challenges that need to be solved. The rapidly growing algae farming industry on the Swedish west coast has good opportunities to...
Events News 7 October 2022

Watch Blå Mat's seminar from the Almedalen week.

Watch Blue Food's seminar from Almedalen Week At the Baltic Sea Days during this summer's Almedalen Week, Blue Food participated in a seminar on sustainable blue food from the Baltic Sea and on land. Here you can watch the seminar afterwards. From Blue Food participated Fredrik Gröndahl, KTH, Gunilla Rosenqvist, Uppsala University/Blått Centrum Gotland, Andreas Pettersson, County Administrative Board of Gotland County, Pontus Gunnarsson, SLU ...
News Newsletter 29 August 2022

New from Blue Food #6

News from Blue Food #6 In the sixth issue of the Blue Food newsletter you can read: News from Blue Food #6 Previous Blue Food newsletters
News Calls for proposals 29 August 2022

Call for satellite projects 2:2022

On Thursday, September 1, 2022, the third call for satellite projects of the Blue Food centre will open to the partners.
News Calls for proposals 29 August 2022

Six satellite projects awarded funding in Blue Food's second call for proposals

Six satellite projects awarded funding in Blue Food's second call Six applications were submitted in Blue Food's second call for satellite projects. After supplementary information, Blue Food's management team decided to award all of them. In the Blue Mat's second satellite call, two applications for funding for research projects and four applications for travel grants to attend conferences are approved. In total, 366,846...
Events News 25 August 2022

Malmöfestivalen: Visitors brave the rain for blue food

Malmöfestivalen: Visitors defied the rain for Blå mat After a hot and sunny festival week, the skies opened up over Gustav Adolfs torg just in time for Blå mat's first event, August 19, 2022. As luck would have it, the construction of the stage led the water to the very spot where the electronics were placed, which meant that all activities had to be ...
Events News 22 August 2022

Meet Blå mat at Frihamnsdagarna in Gothenburg.

Meet Blå mat at Frihamnsdagarna in Gothenburg At the end of this week - week 34 - Frihamnsdagarna is taking place in Gothenburg. Blå mat will be represented in several events. You can rest assured that it will be all about seafood! Frihamnsdagarna is described as Gothenburg's equivalent of the Almedalen and Järva weeks. For three days - Thursday...
Events News 17 August 2022

Malmöfestivalen: Blue food x Karin Lei

Malmöfestivalen: Blå mat x Karin Lei On Friday, August 19, you can meet Blå mat and food creator Karin Lei at Malmöfestivalen. Together we will be responsible for the closing event on the Gatuscenen stage at Gustav Adolfs torg. During Blå mat's festival pass you can also learn why algae is the food of the future, what can be eaten and grown from...
Events News 27 June 2022

Blue food at the Almedalen week with the Baltic Sea Days.

Blue food at Almedalen Week with Östersjödagarna Wednesday, July 6, Blue food participates in the Almedalen seminar "Blue food - what conditions exist for sustainable blue food from the Baltic Sea and on land?". The organizer is Östersjödagarna and from Blå mat will Fredrik Gröndahl, Gunilla Rosenqvist, Pontus Gunnarsson and Andreas Pettersson. In addition, Axfood's sustainability manager Åsa Domeij and Sofia Strandberg, sustainability strategist...
Events 1 June 2022

Blue food on Fish Day

Blue Food on Fish Day On May 21, Fish Day was celebrated in Ronehamn, Gotland. Blå mat was there to answer visitors' questions about everything from sustainable aquaculture to fishing and fish as food. Fish Day on Gotland is an annual event. Due to the pandemic, it has not been possible to carry out the last two...