Aberystwyth Uni £14 Million Project to Develop Microbial Foods

[Farfrae]

Apologies if this has been posted previously, but just posting for information. Aberystwyth University seem to be moving over to the 'dark side' and are going to be helping delevelop new fermented foods. More info in the link.

“Microbes are ideal for food production because they grow rapidly, do not need large amounts of land or water, and can feed on surplus and co-product streams from our existing food industries.

“The foods they produce are less susceptible to adverse weather and can be produced locally, reducing transport costs, carbon footprint and our dependence on imported food. So, this announcement has enormous potential to address global challenges and drive economic growth, resilience, and preparedness.”

https://foodindustrynetwork.com/new-14m-project-to-develop-sustainable-microbial-foods/

 

[slackjawedyokel]

Potentially big money in it.
I wonder who’s funding the venture, or perhaps the plan is to create a spinoff company and sell that for gazillions.

 

[Still Farming]

ie: no farmers needed is it????

 

[Hilly]

This is whats all the carry on is about , think of the money thats to made producing food in a factory ….they want rid of farmers …

 

[vantage]

Apologies if this has been posted previously, but just posting for information. Aberystwyth University seem to be moving over to the 'dark side' and are going to be helping delevelop new fermented foods. More info in the link.

“Microbes are ideal for food production because they grow rapidly, do not need large amounts of land or water, and can feed on surplus and co-product streams from our existing food industries.

“The foods they produce are less susceptible to adverse weather and can be produced locally, reducing transport costs, carbon footprint and our dependence on imported food. So, this announcement has enormous potential to address global challenges and drive economic growth, resilience, and preparedness.”

https://foodindustrynetwork.com/new-14m-project-to-develop-sustainable-microbial-foods/

Must be important, as they got £14m, whereas £20m was allocated for all of Wales pollution grant.

 

[Bald Rick]

Must be important, as they got £14m, whereas £20m was allocated for all of Wales pollution grant.

Probably turn out to be as useful as the Gelli Aur slurry nutrient thing of a few years ago ..........

PROSIECT SLYRI / 'PROJECT SLURRY’

Poor manure management is known to cause pollutants, however, by extracting nutrients from manures we can protect the environment and save money in labour costs. The Welsh Government has tasked Power & Water and Coleg Sir Gâr’s Gelli Aur agricultural campus to provide a solution. The project...

arc-csg.cymru

Seems that if you are an "academic" institute, WG will bung you some wonga

Memo to self: Change trading name to Fennai Academi Rhyw Teithiau or FART for short