SafeFood4EU

Because foods are complex products consisting of a large number of ingredients of very diverse origins, it is not surprising that their safety may be compromised, which may create the ground for adverse effects of the health of citizens. In addition, it constitutes massive challenges for the survival of our regional agriculture. In order to strengthen the sustainable decentralized “farm-to-fork” food chains, a rethinking and a mindset shift is required to improving existing food systems. Such changes shall be strongly supported by an innovative, cross-disciplinary toolbox of relevant education and training courses, offering students the opportunity for the self-creation of applied knowledge, which is the core of the SafeFood4EU project idea. While the necessary change in mindset has begun to take place in practice, it is still not fast enough to respond to the demand, and the demand creation will be strengthened by generating adequately educated experts, who will later become part of the industries and policy making, thus positively influencing the carbon neutral and decentralized agri-food production systems.