Education

We want to provide UFA Members with the knowledge, tools, and resources needed to support growing their upcycled food businesses. On this page, you'll find expert interviews, webinar recordings, how-to guides, and more! Use the topic/category filter below to get more granular on the topics of interest to you.

UFA Staff will continue to update this page with new and relevant educational tools. 

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Lightning Talk: David Wishnick, Co-Founder, Nutraberry. Micronizing Agricultural Byproducts: Unlocking Nutrition and Circular Value. Slides...

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Keynote speaker: Steven Grall, PE. The OG of Upcycling — and Why Integration Is the Next Frontier. Slides for this...

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Lightning Talk: Joy Nnadiegbulam, Ph.D. Student, University College Dublin, Ireland. Co-creating new upcycled foods with Irish consumers. (No...

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Keynote Speaker: Maria Dermiki, Lecturer, Atlantic Technological University, Ireland. It looks like a regular soup, but does it taste like one?...

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Lightning Talk: Malgorzata Krzywonos, Professor (full), Wrocław University of Economics and Business, Poland. Upcycled Food in Poland: Aligning...

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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ítala Marx, Principal Investigator, University of Córdoba, Spain. Upcycling the Future - Olive Pomace as a...

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European section co-host: Dr. Simona Grasso, Ad Astra Fellow & Assistant Professor, School of Agriculture and Food Science - University College,...

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Keynote Speaker: Jessica Aschemann-Witzel, Professor and Centre Director, MAPP, Aarhus University, Denmark. What draws consumers to upcycled food?...

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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Grygorczyk, Research Scientist, Sensory and Consumer Services, Vineland Research, Canada. The untapped functionality...

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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Andrew Tait, Ph.D., Founder Tait Labs, Affiliate Associate Professor, Concordia University, Canada. Food Waste Is Medicine -...

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Keynote Speaker: Xiumin Chen, Professor, Jiangsu University, China. From Byproduct to Functional Ingredient: Coffee Leaves in Beverages and...

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Lightning Talk: Emily Steliotes, Food Informatics Researcher & Entrepreneur, IC-FOODS & The Job Feed, Canada. Sustainable Food Informatics:...

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