Lentil cultivation in a producers’ association - EIP-AGRI Rhizo-Linse project - 23/05/2022 From cultivation to market – lentils from the Swabian Alb Complicated cultivation, fluctuating yields and complex cleaning: Leisa – as lentils are called in Swabian – are demanding. So to produce lentils economically, 130 farmers in the Swabian Alb have joined forces and set up the organic producers’ association Alb-Leisa. Their lentil harvests are processed and marketed by a company called Lauteracher Alb-Feld-Früchte.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/cultivation-market-lentils-swabian-alb
Event - 30/09/2022 Start-Up BW Summit 2022 Stuttgart, Registration deadline: 23/05/2022, Messe https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/start-bw-summit-2022
Mini-factories for producing bioplastics - 05/05/2022 Bacteria produce bioplastics: resource-saving and very environmentally friendly Using living cells as mini-factories to produce plastic from nothing more than water, sunlight and carbon dioxide; plastic that is also 100 percent degradable – it sounds far-fetched but it actually works: researchers at the University of Tübingen have genetically engineered cyanobacteria so that they fill their cells to the brim with polyhydroxybutyrate. The researchers are now turning the idea into reality with the development of pilot plants.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/bacteria-produce-bioplastics-resource-saving-and-very-environmentally-friendly
Event - 11/05/2022 ARDIA-Net Final Conference Milan (Italy) and online, Kongress/Symposium https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/ardia-net-final-conference
Funding The German Sustainability Award – Design Competition, Funded by: Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis e.V., Submission deadline: 20/06/2022 https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/databases/funding/german-sustainability-award-design
Funding The German Sustainability Award Competition, Funded by: Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis e.V., Submission deadline: 30/06/2022 https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/databases/funding/german-sustainability-award
Lentil cleaning - EIP-AGRI Rhizo-Linse project - 26/04/2022 Lentil cleaning in the Altdorf mill The Altdorf mill, just under 7 km south of the city of Böblingen, has operated lentil cleaning facilities since 2019, the year that the Sessler mill in Renningen, 20 km further north, ceased all operations including lentil cleaning. After receiving a number of enquiries from farmers and local mills, brothers Karl and Jörg Ruthardt took a chance and launched a lentil cleaning operation in addition to their mill and farm shop business.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/lentil-cleaning-altdorf-mill
ProteinDistillery GmbH - 20/04/2022 Using microorganisms to create a source of sustainable protein Yeast has been part of the human diet for thousands of years. ProteinDistillery GmbH now wants to revolutionise the environmentally friendly protein suppliers market by introducing brewer's yeast and secure the protein supply of the future.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/using-microorganisms-create-source-sustainable-protein
pre-start-up company Wheyfinery - 13/04/2022 Acid whey as a valuable raw material for platform chemicals and more There is not much you can do with acid whey, which is why several million litres of it are disposed of every year. This is both costly and not sustainable. However, researchers at Tübingen University have shown: acid whey can be used to produce precursors for biofuels, fine chemicals and antimicrobial livestock feed additives. They have set up the pre-start-up company Wheyfinery in an endeavour to make their scalable biorefinery concept…https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/acid-whey-valuable-raw-material-platform-chemicals-and-more
Funding Green Talents Competition, Funded by: BMBF, Submission deadline: 24/05/2022 https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/databases/funding/green-talents
Event - 28/04/2022 Israel – Baden-Württemberg Innovation Summit 2022 Mannheim, Kongress/Symposium https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/israel-baden-wuerttemberg-innovation-summit-2022
Event - 13/04/2022 Promoting Value Chain Resilience in the Danube Region – The Danube Alliance Approach x Value Chain Generator (VCG) Online, Informationsveranstaltung https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/promoting-value-chain-resilience-danube-region-danube-alliance-approach-x-value-chain-generator-vcg
Press release - 06/04/2022 High-tech bridge built with flax The University of Stuttgart is contributing to innovations for climate protection as part of the EU project "Smart Circular Bridge". An old material is being rediscovered: flax has been with us for thousands of years in the form of clothing, sacks, and robust ship's ropes. Now the plant fibres are experiencing a renaissance and could become the building material of the future. https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/high-tech-bruecke-mit-flachs-gebaut
Filament winding technology for sustainable construction - 06/04/2022 Robotic building with natural fibres One of the greatest challenges in the construction industry is the transition to more environmentally friendly and resource-saving buildings. Researchers at the University of Stuttgart are combining state-of-the-art robotic filament winding technologies with ancient local crops to produce stable and sustainable lightweight structures from flax fibres.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/robotic-building-natural-fibres
Press release - 06/04/2022 Giant grass miscanthus: Bioethanol source with negative CO2 balance European collaborative project led by the University of Hohenheim shows: Combining bioethanol production with carbon storage can effectively reduce CO2.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/giant-grass-miscanthus-bioethanol-source-negative-co2-balance
Funding Future game changers in science & technology Competition, Funded by: Merck KGaA, Submission deadline: 31/05/2022 https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/databases/funding/future-game-changers-science-technology
Funding The ferroelectric nematics application Challenge Competition, Funded by: Merck KGaA, Submission deadline: 31/05/2022 https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/databases/funding/ferroelectric-nematics-application-challenge
Event - 12/07/2022 - 14/07/2022 Curious2022 – Future Insight Conference Darmstadt and Online, Kongress/Symposium https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/curious2022-future-insight-conference
Press release - 18/03/2022 Less fossil oil in CO2-reducing plastics The "carbonauten minus CO2 factory 1" will start production of 4,000 t of CO2-reducing plastic granules annually at favorable prices in summer 2022.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/weniger-erdoel-co2-senkenden-kunststoffen
Lentil cultivation and cleaning on the farm - EIP-AGRI Rhizo-Linse project - 16/03/2022 Lentils return to the Heckengäu region Lentils are among the oldest crop plants in Central European agriculture and were once a popular food in ancient Egypt, Persia and Mesopotamia. The legume was widespread in Germany until the mid-20th century, but has since disappeared completely from farmers’ fields. Over the past decade, lentils have reappeared as a crop grown locally and are cultivated in harmony with nature.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/lentils-return-heckengaeu-region
Alternative foodstuff ? - 09/03/2022 Hemp: regional superfood and valuable source of protein If there were a competition for the ‘crop of the future’, hemp would certainly be at the top. But not because of the intoxicating effect of some hemp varieties. Cannabis has the potential to help supply protein in the quantities required by a growing world population – in a sustainable way. The TASTINO project brings together researchers from academia and industry to work on ways to make the regional superfood available as a vegan alternative.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/hemp-regional-superfood-and-valuable-source-protein
Press release - 02/03/2022 Biorefinery project KoalAplan is extracting raw materials from wastewater The Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector is funding the KoalAplan project, which extends the functional scope of a wastewater treatment plant. The project, based in the Stuttgart district of Büsnau, aims at recovering raw materials from wastewater and is therefore making a positive contribution to climate neutrality, as the products obtained replace fossil raw materials and energy-intensive processes.https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/biorefinery-project-koalaplan-extracting-raw-materials-wastewater
Press release - 02/03/2022 Pilot project RoKKa uses wastewater to produce fertiliser and raw materials The Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector is funding the new research project RoKKa which is used to prove the viability of recovering raw materials from wastewater. This adds a crucial function to the scope of a conventional sewage treatment plant. Together with the operators of the sewage treatment plants in Erbach and Neu-Ulm, the project partners demonstrate the positive contribution towards climate protection…https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/pm/die-klaeranlage-der-zukunft-heisst-bioraffinerie
Event - 18/05/2022 - 19/05/2022 Bioeconomy Conference – the European summit 2022 Halle (Saale), Kongress/Symposium https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/bioeconomy-conference-european-summit-2022
Event - 10/05/2022 - 12/05/2022 Renewable Materials Conference 2022 Cologne and Online, Kongress/Symposium https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/events/renewable-materials-conference-2022