FARMERS LAB - Collective Farmers' Labs for vegetable and fruits valorisation
The purpose of the FARMERS LAB project is to grow market access and build economic sustainability for farms producers of vegetables and fruits, increasing access to healthy local food and reducing the environmental impact of the food supply chain.
Starting from the idea of creation of Collective Farmers' Labs for vegetable and fruits valorisation, FARMERS LAB will deliver a new business model placing value on innovation in production processes, marketing, food packaging, logistics for the food supply chain to enhance farmers revenues and respecting the consumers trends and local social needs.
The purpose of the FARMERS LAB project is to grow market access and build economic sustainability for farms producers of vegetables and fruits, increasing access to healthy local food and reducing the environmental impact of the food supply chain.
Starting from the idea of creation of shared Farmers' Labs for vegetable and fruits valorisation, FARMERS LAB will deliver a new business model placing value on innovation in production processes, marketing, food packaging, logistics for the food supply chain to enhance farmers revenues and respecting the consumers trends and local social needs.
"UNISEF, with its staff of the EUROISA department - European Institute for Sensory Analysis, has planned, lead and carried out two analyzes on two types of processed fruit and vegetable products: fishing jam and tomato puree, both identified as a result of the survey carried out at a sample of small agricultural producers in the Province of Padua.
Hardware / Software used in the elaboration are: SMART SENSORY BOX / BIG SENSORY SOFT 1.0. Only qualified judges worked according to the following standards: ISO 8586-1: 1993, Sensory analysis - General guidance for the selection, training and monitoring of assessors - Part 1: Selected assessors and ISO 8586-2: 1994 - Part 2: Experts.
The Sensorial Brainstorming took place with the presence of n. 12 qualified sensory judges and Panel leader for the detection of perceivers. The judges had available all 3 samples then actually used in the session of sensory analysis. The results of the session of Sensorial Brainstorming were subsequently included in the Smart Sensory Box for analysis by the Judges who evaluated the samples with tablet Individuals connected via wireless. The calibration, which preceded the sensory analysis, was performed on a product sample of a stakeholder farm of the project; the participation of all judges through the export of data collected through the Smart Sensory Box, then processed in Excel for the identification of the median.
Afterwards, the validations, performed according to the rigorous method applied by EUROISA for Sensory Analysis, allowed UNISEF to obtain the results of the analysis to be used to support farmers for improving the quality of the product and its marketing."
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Farmers Lab project webpage
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Farmers Lab Facebook page
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On-line news about Farmers Lab on local newspaper
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Rural Development Stories: the Farmers' Lab Operational Group
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