News item | 06-05-2024 | 10:17
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will pay a working visit to Foodvalley in Wageningen on Wednesday morning, May 15. The Foodvalley organization guides companies involved in the transition to a sustainable food system, from ideas and ambitions to practice. Foodvalley focuses on themes such as protein transition, circular agrifood and food and health. The working visit fits in with a series of visits by Queen Máxima in the field of sustainability and circularity.
The working visit starts at No Palm Ingredients. There, Queen Máxima will receive an explanation of the technical developments that make it possible to extract oil from various bio- and residual materials. At Foodvalley there will be an introduction to what is needed to transition from the current agricultural system to a circular system in which less food and energy are wasted.
Foodvalley experts and partners outline the dilemmas and opportunities they see in the realization of circular agriculture and the associated reuse and upgrading of residual flows released during food production.
After this, Queen Máxima will be given a tour of various companies. For example, at Grassa she receives an explanation about the extraction of proteins from grass that are directly suitable for consumption. With this technique, dairy farmers can produce more sustainable milk and they also become a protein producer. She also visits the food tech scale-up Revyve, which is developing technology to produce protein and fiber ingredients from brewer’s yeast, a by-product of beer breweries. Queen Máxima will then be offered a tasting of circular delicacies.
The working visit ends with a conversation with representatives of government and companies about the experiences they have with the transition to a sustainable food system.
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