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Events Research News 24 November 2023

Half time seminar for Blue Food PhD student

Half time seminar for Blue Food PhD student On Thursday, November 30, a half time seminar will be organized for Blue Food PhD student Elena Costa Prado. Her project revolves around the question of how we can get Swedish consumers to eat more - and more varied - sustainable seafood and in the background is the question of how we feed a growing and ageing population with more healthy and...
Events Research News 23 November 2023

The Access Forum 2024 - Blue Food organizes theme on aquaculture

The Access Forum 2024 - Blue food organizes theme on aquaculture In June 2024, the Access Forum 2024 conference will be held in Sweden. The platform Access - The Academic Collaboration Chile Sweden - is as the name suggests a meeting place with the ambition to strengthen academic relations between Sweden and Chile. In 2022, the first Access Forum was organized in...
Research News 20 November 2023

New article: "Environmental and biodiversity performance of a novel single cell protein for rainbow trout feed"

New article: "Environmental and biodiversity performance of a novel single cell protein for rainbow trout feed" A new article with Blue Food PhD student Kristina Bergman as lead author finds that fish feed produced with Paecilomyces variotii, a single cell protein that can be grown on side streams from the forestry industry, has a lower overall environmental impact than soy protein. The authors of the article also concluded...
Research News 20 November 2023

New article: "Life Cycle Assessment of a large commercial kelp farm in Shandong, China"

New article: "Life Cycle Assessment of a large commercial kelp farm in Shandong, China" A large-scale Chinese kelp farm requires less electricity and fuel than a small-scale European one, but more materials, according to a new article co-authored by Blue Food researcher Kristina Bergman, KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Key findings of the project, which was based on a life cycle analysis, were that:...
News Newsletter 20 November 2023

New from Blue Food #10

News from Blå mat #10 In the tenth issue of the Blå mat newsletter you can read about: News from Blå mat #10
Events News 13 November 2023

The longest, coldest and most northerly yearly meeting of Blue Food

Blue Food's longest, coldest and northernmost annual meeting After Fiskebäckskil on the west coast and Stockholm on the east coast, it was time for Vilhelmina in the north when Blue Food's third yearly meeting was held. Among the 50 people who made their way to southern Lapland were both a state secretary and an ambassador. They and other participants gained new knowledge,...
News 10 November 2023

New report: Sweden and seafood

New report: Sweden and seafood Blue Food has contributed to a new report - 'Sweden and seafood - today and tomorrow. Can we simultaneously increase production, consumption and sustainability?". Among the authors are Friederike Ziegler and Sara Hornborg, both at RISE and active in Blue Food's research program....
Events News 21 September 2023

Watch Blue Food's Almedalen seminar

Watch Blå Mat's Almedalen seminar During the Almedalen week, Blå Mat's Fredrik Gröndahl and Gunilla Rosenqvist participated in the seminar "How can spatial planning be improved to promote the development of the aquaculture sector?", which was organized by Östersjödagarna and Blått Centrum Gotland. The recorded seminar is now available online. How can spatial planning be improved to promote the...
News Calls for proposals September 6, 2023

Call for satellite projects 1:2024

Call for satellite projects 1:2024 The Blue Mat's seventh call for satellite projects for center formation partners is open. The projects will stimulate needs-based research and collaboration between academic partners (universities and institutes) and external partners (companies and authorities) in the Blue Mat research areas. The call is closed, two research projects and two travel grants were awarded. Blue Mat research areas Application areas and content Applications within...
Research News Calls for proposals 1 September 2023

Two satellite projects awarded funding in the fourth call of the Blue Food Programme

Two satellite projects awarded funding in Blue Food's fourth call In Blue Food's fourth call for satellite projects, one application for a research project and one application for a travel grant were awarded. Research project "From few to many: sensory and psychographic characteristics affecting diversity of seafood consumption" Academic partner: RISE Co-applicant: Orkla The aim of the project is to find out how consumers in...