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EIT Food Science Class – Youth Forum

On the 17th of January 2022 the EIT Food Science Class organised the Youth Forum – an online event that joined around 30 students participating in the project from Israel, Poland, Belgium and Finland.

Students met virtually joined by their teachers to share their main learnings and results from the project. They also exchanged on their country’s food cultures and found common ground in many of their food habits and preferences. Some students reflected on the importance of learning about and preventing food waste and others confessed that even though they did not know what to expect about the project at first, in the end „they loved it”.

The event finished with a „zero waste showcooking” by the Polish chefs Jagna Niedzielska and Tomasz Zaremba (organised by the FoodBank in Olsztyn) where students learn how to do tabouleh with zero food waste!

Food Science Class is a project under the support of EIT Food. EIT Food is the world’s largest and most dynamic food innovation community. We accelerate innovation to build a future-fit food system that produces healthy and sustainable food for all. Supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, we invest in projects, organisations and individuals that share our goals for a healthy and sustainable food system. We unlock innovation potential in businesses and universities, and create and scale agrifood startups to bring new technologies and products to market. We equip entrepreneurs and professionals with the skills needed to transform the food system and put consumers at the heart of our work, helping build trust by reconnecting them to the origins of their food.

EIT Food Science Class students share their knowledge with their peers

Photo: Archive of the Food Bank in Olsztyn

The final stage of the EIT Food Science Class project was the students’ campaign in which they informed about the most important and interesting topics they learned in the project. Food production, processing and safety, as well as trends and ideas for improving eating habits, producing a sufficient amount of qualitative food, and reducing the scale of food waste – these are the topics that students educate their peers about.

Students were asked to set a goal, define a target group, choose the final format of the materials, and decide on how they would reach their audience. During the last project classes, the youth presented and discussed their results with prof. Monika Kaczmarek, head of the Molecular Biology Core Facility, who introduced them to the topic of science communication.

Congratulations to the students for their curiosity, commitment, and effort put into the preparation of the campaign.

Primary School in Dywity

Class 8A, tutor: Ms. Karolina Ozga

PL Project „Zero Waste”

Authors: Ada, Maja, Milena, Julia

PL Food safety

Authors: Maja, Julia, Zosia, Lena

PL Instagram @foodscienceclass_

Authors: Agata, Ola, Maja, Hania

PL Food labels

Authors: Marcin, Janek, Szymon, Stefan, Antek, Błażej, Iwo

PL Diets

Authors: Tosia, Paulina, Ania, Hania, Gabrysia, Lena

PL Food processing

Authors: Ania, Emilka, Zuzia

Class 8D, tutor: Ms. Agnieszka Poniewozik

PL Healthy substitutes of sugar

Authors: Wiktor, Adrian, Michał, Daniel, Adam

PL Local cuisine

Authors: Marysia, Ewa, Milena, Nel, Liwia, Małgosia

PL Meat alternatives

Authors: Filip, Mateusz, Bartek, Maciek M., Maciek Ś.

PL Food waste

Authors: Julia, Ania, Kamil, Edyta, Marta

XII Academic High School in Olsztyn

Class 2AP, tutor: Ms. Jolanta Chotkowska

PL Healthy substitutes of popular food

Authors: Wiktor, Franek, Maciek, Łukasz, Patryk, Radek

PL Food waste

Authors: Karolina, Ola, Ania P., Ania F., Ola, Bartek

Effects of food waste

EN Diets as nutrition trends

Authors: Oliwia, Zuzia, Milena, Maja, Lena, Krystian, Magda

Diets and what they’re all about

PL Food processing

Authors: Gosia G., Gosia K., Ola D., Ola H., Maciek

Class 2BP, tutor: Ms. Małgorzata Raukuć

PL Where does milk come from?

Authors: Agata, Patrycja, Karolina, Weronika, Wiktoria, Ewelina

PL Zero waste

Authors: Marcin, Karolina, Iga, Marta, Weronika, Kornelia

PL Food trends

Authors: Kaja, Weronika, Oliwia, Marta, Zosia, Alicja

PL Shopping tricks you need to know to stop food wastage

Authors: Arek, Michał, Agnieszka, Julia, Mateusz, Natalia, Zosia

Food Science Class is a project under the support of EIT Food. EIT Food is the world’s largest and most dynamic food innovation community. We accelerate innovation to build a future-fit food system that produces healthy and sustainable food for all.

Supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, we invest in projects, organisations and individuals that share our goals for a healthy and sustainable food system. We unlock innovation potential in businesses and universities, and create and scale agrifood startups to bring new technologies and products to market. We equip entrepreneurs and professionals with the skills needed to transform the food system and put consumers at the heart of our work, helping build trust by reconnecting them to the origins of their food.

We are one of eight innovation communities established by the European Institute for Innovation & Technology (EIT), an independent EU body set up in 2008 to drive innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe.

Find out more at www.eitfood.eu or follow us via social media: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram.

EIT Food Science Class educates about responsible resource management

Two exciting days of workshops on rational food management waited for students participating in the EIT Food Science Class project. Over 100 Polish students took part in several activities that brought them closer to the issues of food waste and encouraged them to apply a zero waste attitude daily. (więcej…)

EIT Food Science Class at the Olsztyn Green Festival

Scientists from the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences invited the local community to participate in attractive experiments that familiarized them with production, processing, and food safety topics. (więcej…)

EIT Food #FoodScienceClass

The Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn is implementing the international project #FoodScienceClass, powered by EIT Food. A total number of 300 students from Israel, Poland, Belgium and Finland take part in the second edition of the project. Poland will be represented by two classes from the XII High School in Olsztyn, named after Maria and George Dietrich, and two classes from the Primary School in Dywity, named after Maria Zientara-Malewska.

Students will take part in a series of activities that will familiarize them with topics of production, processing and food safety, as well as responsible consumer attitudes. As part of the project, students will have a unique opportunity to play the role of young researchers and – under the guidance of mentors, scientists of the IARFR PAS in Olsztyn – examine the eating habits of their peers. However, EIT Food #FoodScienceClass is not just a theory! Educational workshops on rational food management and reducing food waste are planned for September, which will take place at the Social Forge of the Food Bank in Olsztyn, one of the project partners. Students will also get to know the Institute laboratories and meet with a representative of a regional food company. The culmination of educational activities will be the development and implementation of an educational campaign, as well as the exchange of experiences and materials with other partner classes. All activities are planned taking into account the current possibilities – some activities take place online, some stationary, respecting the safety rules.

The overriding goal of the EIT Food #FoodScienceClass project is to arouse students’ curiosity about food, a topic that would seem very trivial, but the WHO data leaves no illusions. In 2019, we already had over 38 million overweight or obese children in Europe, in the group under the age of 5. Together with scientists, we are trying to show that it is worth knowing more about what is on our plate, as well as making conscious dietary choices at the stage of completing the shopping cart – says Justyna Banasiak, EIT Food #FoodScienceClass coordinator on behalf of the Institute.

The #FoodScienceClass project is funded by EIT Food, which works towards a sustainable, healthy and trustworthy food system. The project partners are: TECHNION (Israel), IARFR PAS in Olsztyn, Food Bank in Olsztyn, EUFIC (Belgium), VTT (Finland) and Rikolto (Belgium).

For more information, please contact the EIT Food #FoodScienceClass coordinator on behalf of the Institute, Justyna Banasiak (j.banasiak@pan.olsztyn.pl).