Project Completion CEFoodCycle

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We did it!

The CEFoodCycle project has been successfully completed.

The project identified resource-saving potentials for defined product categories (such as fruit and vegetables, meat, and dairy products) through the consolidation of life cycle assessment (LCA) standards. Based on data on food production and consumption and the associated CO2 emissions, a digital service system was developed. Using artificial intelligence (AI), it connects actors within (e.g., farmers, food retailers, restaurants) and outside the food stream (e.g., social organizations, food banks, bioenergy producers) and enables them to identify optimization potentials for closing food loops in a transparent manner as well as to monitor food waste and CO2 emission reductions.

The concrete project results include:

  1. Alpine-wide consolidation of the LCA methodology for defined food product categories
  2. An Intelligent Digital LCA Service System (IDLCASS) that helps users assess decisions regarding resource and CO2 savings (FoodCycle.ai
  3. Implementation of intelligent networks for closed food loops
  4. Regionally established Circular Food Hubs that recruit, train, and support stakeholders to make the impacts of AI system–based decisions more sustainable, transparent, and measurable

The Circular Food Hub Salzburg – Bavaria supports regional companies in identifying potentials to reduce food waste and achieve CO2 reductions. Learn more at   Circular Food Hub Salzburg – Bavaria about:

  • the online tool  FoodCycle.ai
  • a successfully implemented pilot action
  • extensive information and educational materials

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