Biofortification Hub Community Meetings
The Hub will organise three large Community Meetings in 2023, 2025 and 2027.
Next Hub Community meeting:
Second Hub Community Meeting. 2-day meeting (9 and 10 Oct 2025). Aberdeen University (Scotland). Details to be announced.
Past Hub Community meeting:
First Biofortification Hub Community Meeting (29-30 November 2023) “Improving Health and Nutrition through Biofortification”, John Innes Conference Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK).
- 86 participants, with 17 talks covering a wide range of topics on biofortification, with an emphasis on showcasing opportunities, exciting UK science and industry participation / products.
- 3 invited plenary talks from members of the Biofortification Hub International Advisory Panel – E. Boy (HarvestPlus, USA), D. Van Der Straeten (Ghent University) and T. Fitzpatrick (Unige – Université de Genève)
- 4 bursaries provided to students and Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to attend the first Biofortification Hub Community Meeting (Norwich, 29-30 Nov. 2023 ) co-funded by the Biofortification Hub and our industrial partners.
- 5 projects funded by the Biofortification Hub in 2023 presented at the meeting
- Presentation and tasting of biofortified SmarterNaturally soup by L. Knight (The Smarter Food Company, Norwich)
- Presentation and tasting of biofortified bread (SuperLoaf) by L. Campbell (Modern Baker, Oxford) as well as loaves to takeaway
