Adding value in the organic pig production by improving quality of pig life, pork, and environment

Anne Grete Kongsted , Martin Hvarregaard Thorsøe , Lisbeth Mogensen , Lene Juul Pedersen , Margrethe Therkildsen , Jacinta D. Bus , Emma Hvidtfeldt Jensen , Line Dinesen Jensen , Rikke Thomsen , Mikkel P. Hesselager , Emil Fonager , Hans Henrik Thomsen , Kirsten Rasmussen & Mathilde Pauline Coutant

The goal of QUALIPORK is to strengthen the competitiveness of Danish organic pork in national and global markets by promoting multidimensional quality from 'farm to fork'. The project aims to achieve this by exploring, developing, and demonstrating an alternative to the current organic slaughter pig production. A central focus is to offer pigs stimulus-rich free-range environments and seasonal foraging crops. This is expected to promote animal welfare (quality of pig life), reduce the climate footprint, and optimize feed supply and nutrient cycling in the field (quality of the environment).

The quality of the pork is improved through on-field slaughter and meat maturation (quality of pork). Barriers and opportunities for communicating these quality parameters are identified in both national and global value chains. The project acknowledges the practical difficulties of keeping slaughter pigs free-range and therefore develops specialized free-range equipment and a decision support tool to make operations more efficient.Description

01/04-2025 → 31/03-2029

CellFood Hub

Jette F Young , Liisa Lähteenmäki , Stig Purup , Esben Skipper Sørensen , Clarissa Schwab , Steen Brock , Stella Spanou , Jesper Emborg & Mogens Sandø Lund

CellFood Hub aims to disrupt the conventional concept of a food commodity. Cellular food is placed between biotechnology and food and is as such not an established line of research nor an established commercial path – yet. It is in all aspects very much still in its infancy without any large Danish cultured food companies to adhere to or collaborate with. It not only requires new production technologies, production chains, sourcing and infrastructure but also legitimation, transparency, understanding, acceptance and liking from a consumer and citizenship perspective.Description

01/08-2022 → 31/12-2026

CellFood SafeCM: Safety Evaluation of Cultivated Meat Allergens

Martin Krøyer Rasmussen , Mohamed Fathi Abdallah & Edzard Spillner

01/04-2026 → 01/04-2027

Fostering European cellular Agriculture for Sustainable Transition Solutions

Jette F Young , Martin Krøyer Rasmussen , Margrethe Therkildsen & Barbara Vad Andersen

There is a unique opportunity for an effective re-organisation of the food system to establish resilient value chains in the EU. Gathering a large set of independent food system actors, FEASTS will provide an unprecedented, unbiased and robust knowledge base for the assessment of the sustainability aspects of the Cultivated Meat/Cultivated Sea Food sector by actively promoting multistakeholder engagement and co-creation activities grounded on transparent dialogue and open science practices. Fostering European cellular Agriculture for Sustainable Transition Solutions.Description

01/01-2024 → 31/12-2026