On August 13 and 14, you will meet our scientists in the education zone at the Olsztyn Green Festival 2022. Workshops, shows, quizzes, competitions and interesting conversations with experts dealing with the issue of food safety and healthy eating are waiting for you.

As part of the EIT Food #InformPack project, you will be able to take part in workshops and an interactive game that will help you check how you deal with the proper segregation of food packaging. You will decipher the symbols placed by producers on packaging, look at creative methods of waste processing and design your own shopping bags. You will be able to share with us your opinion on the ways in which you would like to receive information on a rational approach to purchasing, management and disposal of food packaging. Your opinion is very important, because it will help scientists and food producers to develop „tailor-made” educational campaigns supporting the development of pro-ecological awareness.

The EITFood #FoodScienceClass zone also includes activities developed with scientists that will be of interest to all consumers attending the festival. First, we will play with some chemistry. We will learn what starch is and examine its presence in food products, as well as make molecular pearls ourselves. Next, we will take a closer look at nutrition and food, and learn how to properly store food products in the refrigerator – so that they are safe and useful for consumption as long as possible. We have prepared attractive gifts for engagement in our shows and experiments. The #FoodScienceClass project aims to interest the youngest in a scientific career, to show them that food research can be an interesting, developing and satisfying career path. It is also an excellent platform for sharing the knowledge gained from the project on sustainable consumer practices with family and peers.

The EITFood #Farming Simulator project has prepared a lot of festival attractions for you, including the opportunity to play the role of a farmer and try your hands at precision farming, a chance to win gifts in a competition on sustainable food production methods, and take a commemorative photo in… a tractor. The main attraction of this zone will be Farming Simulator – a simulation game created by the Swiss company Giants Software. It is one of the most advanced and popular simulators in the world that allows players to learn all the secrets of farming, including precision farming. „Precision Farming”, a free add-on to the Farming Simulator game, popularizes precision farming solutions that enable farming based on the collection and processing of various data, obtained, among others, from thanks to satellite technology.