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A new training course on wild food production and marketing is now open and free. It is structured in several modules which different aspects of the wild food sector, such as sustainable production, market trends and legislative initiatives. It is mainly addressed to students, but also open to everybody interested in these …

This platform aims to offer data on stakeholders of the wild food value chains and facilitate the contact and collaboration among them, as well as increase the visibility of the companies working on this fascinating sector. The platform includes stakeholders mainly from truffles, acorns, pine nuts and aromatic plants sector. However, it …

The brochures on the main wild food products of the project are now available (see the deliverable D3.5. Brochures on wild food products): truffles, acorns, myrtles and pine nuts. All the relevant information about these extraordinary products that can be found in the Mediterranean forests

The final conference of the WildFood project will be held on May 16 and 17 at the CTFC headquarters in Solsona. The conference is addressed to all people involved in the Wild Food Products value chains (truffles, pine nuts, acorns and aromatic plants) and policy-makers. We will be sharing results, lessons learnt …

An oral poster session was included in the second workshop with stakeholders held in Tunis on March 14, 2023. Poster presented:

A new workshop and Living Lab sessions with stakeholders of the aromatic plants sector has been held in Tunis on March 14, 2023. More information

Training videos will be available soon. Keep posted! Training programs will be addressed to the actors of the wild food value-chains, with especial attention to SMEs, smallholders, small food processing companies, entrepreneurs, especially young ones. The training program will focus mainly on the socio-economic aspects that can help the connection between the …

New #WildFood Project meeting with our partners to discuss on next activities aimed at contributing to the improvement of #wildfood value chains quality, safety and sustainability

Online Living Lab session with Spanish truffle producers

We have made a workshop about the importance of irrigation and nutrients in black truffle growing. It has also taken place a round table, together with the assembly of Catalonian Truffle Producers Association. Thank you everyone who has joined the session!

This review aims to delve into the understanding of this link between NWFPs and sustainable tourism through territorial marketing and to discuss the different perspectives that address this field, including the methodologies used for the studies, as well as to identify the main research topics tackled in the literature, territorial marketing models …

Practice innovations on Wild Food Products Prediction systems for the annual supply of acorn and flour as raw material for human food products (ISA); Establishing mycological parks to assess and control mushrooms collection and guarantee a sustainable mycological use with appropiate mushrooms collection, while integrating social function in this activity (CTFC); Quantifying …

Within this study five groups of challenges in the MAP sector are identified, related mainly to certification and labelling, life quality and wellbeing, market development, research development, and transforming and processing. Wildfood publication: Taghouti, I.; Cristobal, R.; Brenko, A.; Stara, K.; Markos, N.; Chapelet, B.; Hamrouni, L.; Burši´c, D.; Bonet, J.-A. The …

Here is the agenda of our Mid-Term conference and Policy Forum to be held in Italy Agenda Midterm conference Online event 26 May Online event 27 May

Policy Forum: Disclosing the potential of Wildfood around the Mediterranean to promote sustainable, competitive, and secure supply chains: Key actions and policy recommendations The WILDFOOD Policy Forum, taking place on 27th May 2022, will discuss the actionneeded to ensure more competitive, secure and sustainable value chains of wild foods.This event will be …

On March 21, Wildfood project was presented in the VII Mediterranean Forest Week within the session: Improving the value-chain of Mediterranean Wild Food Products (WFP): special insight into how certification, branding and labelling can upgrade the economic value of edible non-wood forest products. The session was structured in three parts: First, a …

27 November 2021 New challenges of the truffle supply chain: climate change and the informal market The structure of the national truffle supply chain: from production to marketing of fresh and processed truffles. 28 November 2021 New challenges of the truffle supply chain: climate change and the informal market Alba white truffle: …

WildFood Portuguese partner, ISA, is organising the first workshop with stakeholders in Portugal with the aim of deepening in the Wild Food Products value chains, the innovation for the quality, sustainability and safety, and the innovating marketing strategies. Here is the programme of the workshop which will be held on October 21:

Under the WildFood project, a new workshop will be held in Catalonia on 23rd October addressed to truffles value chain actors