The Future Food Institute (FFI) was founded in Bologna in 2014 and is a global community of actors responsible for feeding and improving the world, expressing its positive impact through empowering local economic and cultural growth, creating job opportunities and making the world a healthier place. Conceived by the You Can Group, FFI is a non-profit organization that seeks to study, research and analyze new trends around the world while implementing and testing new solutions to help food system organizations plan and create a sustainable future for the betterment of people and the planet.
One of the key pillars of the Institute is innovative education, notably expressed through the highly acclaimed Food Innovation Program, a 12-month Master’s program, created in partnership with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and the Institute for the Future in California. This international program offers intense theory and practice-based education using creative learning and design thinking methodologies, offering food innovators and entrepreneurs an invaluable experience that allows them to achieve their professional goals and enhance personal growth through. The Program provides the fundamental exploration and identification of critical technologies for shaping agriculture, food distribution, retail and consumption as well as the dissemination and development of radical innovations in the food industry . Following the global success of the Food Innovation Program, Future Food Institute has expanded to create Future Farm, an agricultural Program that empowers a new generation of farmers to prototype innovative farming solutions, as well as the Future Food Accelerator,
FI Summer School Mediterraneo will take place at the University of Messina (Università degli Studi di Messina, UNIME), a public university located in Messina, Italy. Founded in 1548 by Pope Leone III, it became the model for hundreds of Jesuit colleges. The university is organized in 12 departments, three technological platforms with a strong competences in Food and Environmental Science, Territorial, Food and Health Security and PanLab, a complex of laboratories to control the food supply chain, offering innovative services to companies, as well as representing a benchmark for research and training within this field. PanLab has a specific competence in the supply chain monitoring systems.
The quality within the agri-food sector comes from the proper management of procedures. The added value provided by PanLab’s organisational model guarantees the strict compliance with National and International laws, within absolutely competitive timeframes and procedures. The checks concern the entire food farming range (meat, fish, milk and dairy products, eggs, oil, wine and vegetables); the main lines of action include inspections on production, quality, traceability and certification (international ones included).
PanLab is the ideal solution to develop educational and motivational experiences for students, operators and officials. In addition to high-profile academic courses, there is also the possibility to organize activities aimed at engaging private companies. All this is possible also thanks to the reception facilities owned by the University of Messina, such as the beautiful Villa Pace.
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