From challenges to solutions
Facing today’s societal and environmental challenges related to food and nutrition means urgently changing our habits and behaviors. While scientific institutions like EPFL have the education and research expertise, as well as the will to foster innovation, it still exists a gap between science and industry. The IFNC aims to bring together these two worlds, in compliance with EPFL’s three main missions: education, research and innovation.
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Future Food Initiative
Are you a young scientist interested in food and nutrition? The Future Food Fellowship is a EPFL and ETH Zurich postdoc program with projects targeting future food issues, such as nutrition, food production, packaging and health.
Swiss Food and Nutrition Valley
The Swiss Canton of Vaud, EPFL, EHL Group and Nestlé have joined forces to develop and promote a food and nutrition innovation ecosystem. The initiative was launched on 23 January 2020 at the World Economic Forum in Davos under “Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley”.
Real-time food monitoring for better waste management
Niloufar Sharif, a researcher in food science and technology, recently joined EPFL’s Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology. She is working on a three-year research project that aims to develop intelligent packaging technologies. The solutions will address two of the biggest challenges in food and nutrition: food waste and food safety.
