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The Biotech4Food regional video series ends today 🎬 — this time focusing on the Western part of France (Normandie, Pays de la Loire, Bretagne), highlighting the importance of regional collaboration 🤝 and the strengths of these regions in the agrifood industry 🌱.

Alexis Mehaignerie, CEO of Abyss Ingredients, explains the value of collaborative projects for the company and the variety of partners they usually work with — from academia and RTOs to SMEs. Innovating alongside others is always beneficial 💡.

LEPOUDERE ANNE, Head of R&D Applications at BCF Life Sciences, highlights the strengths of the three regions in developing innovative projects. Western France offers a rich and diverse agrifood ecosystem that fosters local collaboration and boosts competitiveness 📈.

This video clearly shows why companies should embrace collaboration — and how strong Bretagne, Pays de la Loire, and Normandie are in the French agri-food landscape 🌍.

This series continues to spotlight the unique strengths of each participating region, highlighting how local stakeholders are applying biotechnology to build more innovative, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systemsthis. In this fourth video, we highligh this time Galicia (Spain), highlighting the region’s innovation in biotechnology and agrifood, led by ANFACO-CYTMA.

In this episode, the Axencia Galega de Innovación (Xunta de Galicia), the Biotechnology Galician Cluster- BIOGA and the company Hifas Innovation Hub, together with ANFACO-CYTMA, present the region’s robust biotech ecosystem and its commitment to innovation in the food sector.

📍 Galicia stands out as a reference region in the European bioeconomy landscape.

🔗 Watch the full video and discover how the region contributes to sustainable agri-food innovation.

This series continues to spotlight the unique strengths of each participating region, highlighting how local stakeholders are applying biotechnology to build more innovative, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systemsthis. In this fourth video, we highligh this time Wallonia (Belgium), highlighting the region’s innovation in biotechnology and agrifood, led by Wagralim.

🌱 Agri-food biotechnology is on the rise in Wallonia!

With a growing innovation ecosystem, cutting-edge research, and strong industry-research collaboration, Wallonia is building a solid foundation for the future of sustainable food systems.🧬💡

Through the Biotech4Food project, companies like THT, ARTECHNO sa, and Superbiotics are accelerating their innovation efforts — supported by Wagralim and 26 partners across Europe.

➡️ Discover how Wallonia is becoming a key player in agri-food biotech!

This series continues to spotlight the unique strengths of each participating region, highlighting how local stakeholders are applying biotechnology to build more innovative, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systemsthis. In this fourth video, we highligh this time Region of Central Macedonia, Greece, highlighting the region’s innovation in biotechnology and agrifood, led by ATECluster Thessaloniki Greece.

🗣️ MARIA GOULAPTSI, Head of the Directorate for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support at the Region of Central Macedonia, outlines the region’s priorities and introduces "The Central Macedonia Programme", co-funded by the 🇪🇺 European Commission and its connection to the Biotech4Food project.

🔄Theodoros Tsamourtzis, MBA, MSc, Managing Director of ATECluster, describes the region’s involvement in Biotech4Food and the I4CE platform. He highlights the collaboration between regional stakeholders and the participation of biotech and agrifood companies in Central Macedonia.

🏭The video also features three regional companies contributing to the project:

🔬 Thomas Koupantsis, Head of QA & R&D at Provil S.A. SA, shares the company’s approach to product development and innovation in the food sector.

🌱Nikolaos Paschos, QA Manager at Ε.Β.Υ.Π. Ε.Ε. / EVYP LLP Ltd., speaks about their work with plant-based ingredients and their role in the regional biotech ecosystem.

🥛voula kotsapoikidou, QA Coordinator at Koukakis Farm S.A.,  on quality, tradition, and new plant-based fermented products.

This series continues to spotlight the unique strengths of each participating region, highlighting how local stakeholders are applying biotechnology to build more innovative, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systemsthis. In this fourth video, we highligh this time the South-East of France, featuring Innov'Alliance - Pôle de compétitivité de la Naturalité et des filières du végétal!

In this new episode, we dive into the biotech and agrifood innovation landscape across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Sud (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur) regions, where companies, clusters, and public institutions are working together to advance nature-based and sustainable technologies.

🌿 Claire Mermet, Chief Operations Officer at Innov’Alliance, introduces the cluster and its role in connecting actors across food, cosmetics, and agriculture to accelerate biotech innovation and promote a circular bioeconomy.

🍄‍🟫 Louis FANGET ☀️, Founder and CEO of COCONT, presents his startup’s mission to use fermentation to deliver natural, plant-based alternatives for the food industry, and reflects on the innovation ecosystem supporting SMEs in the region.

🧪 At SADEF Pôle Nutrition, Alain Etievant (Research Director) and Aurélie CENDRES (Scientific Projects Manager) share the company's growing farm-to-fork strategy, and their role as agrifood and biotech R&D experts.

🏛️ benedicte martin, Co-President of the Regional Innovation Strategy "Nature-based technologies and innovation" for the Sud Region, discusses policies and support measures aimed at boosting green and biotech innovation.

This series continues to spotlight the unique strengths of each participating region, highlighting how local stakeholders are applying biotechnology to build more innovative, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systemsthis. In this third video, we highlight Navarra’s thriving biotech and agrifood ecosystem, where public and private partners collaborate to drive sustainable innovation.

🌱 Sandra Aguirre Sainz from NAGRIFOOD - CLUSTER AGROALIMENTARIO DE NAVARRA explains how the cluster fosters local biotech innovation and strengthens Navarra’s circular bioeconomy.

🔬 CNTA’s Inés Echeverria Goni presents the project goals and CNTA’s role supporting biotech companies, with a look inside their labs and pilot facilities.

🏭 SME Ingredalia S.L., specializing in circular economy and foodtech with plant-based by-products, shares insights on their business and challenges in Navarra.

🏛️ 🇪🇺 Sergio Pérez García 🌏, Director of Foreign Action at the Government of Navarra (Gobierno de Navarra), discusses regional policies and initiatives to boost the regional biotech sector.

This series continues to spotlight the unique strengths of each participating region, highlighting how local stakeholders are applying biotechnology to build more innovative, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systemsthis. This time, featuring Flanders' FOOD, together with Calidris Bio, Avecom and the Flemish Government!

In Flanders,biotechnological innovation is driving the future of food — from alternative proteins production to smart valorisation of side streams. With strong collaboration between knowledge institutions, industry and government, Flanders is building a vibrant ecosystem where biotech meets food.🚀

Understanding market trends to innovate in the food industry. Food biotechnologies are playing a key role in the transformation of the agri-food sector, offering innovative solutions to sustainability, nutrition and production challenges. But what are the current and future trends that will shape this market in Belgium and Europe?

What are the growth drivers? What disruptive innovations should we be on the lookout for? Who are the new players and opportunities? Find out in this webinar!

As part of Biotech4Food, Wagralim, along with experts, analyzed major trends, breakthrough innovations and opportunities.

Through this series, we’ll spotlight each region involved in the project, showcasing the local partners, their contributions, and how biotechnology is being leveraged to drive innovation and create value in sustainable food systems.

This first video features Agrifood Clust-ER and highlights the work of Bugslab, an Agrifood Clust-ER partner company specializing in insect based solutions for food and other innovative applications. 🐛🏭

What is the role of consumer trust in the development and utilisation of biotechnology in the agrifood sector?

Consumers play a central role in the development of biotechnological solutions for the agri-food and bio-based sectors as they ultimately consume the products - or, when it comes to farmers, and agriculture-related biotech solutions, they will be the end users of these products.

Biotechnology, as a whole, but also especially within the agri-food sector, has a significant potential for solving current problems. Developing novel proteins, producing highly resilient crops, safeguarding the production of crops and food, producing our food in a more sustainable way – all these developments can be achieved thanks to biotechnology.

We worked with another EU project, B-Trust, dedicated to facilitating collective awareness of biotechnological solutions. Within this project, they held co-creation sessions with consumers and other actors to gain insights into the role co-creation in building trust in biotechnology. The following upskilling session is dedicated to the presentation of their results.