[open-sustainability] Fwd: Future of food and open data: ODI research afternoon

Tue Nov 5 13:24:45 UTC 2013

I guess we need to recruit a UK ambassador for Open Food Facts. Any 
volunteers? :-)

Now that the project is very well known in French speaking countries, we 
will focus more on international development. We are also about to 
launch a new "What's in my yogurt?" initiative. The goal is to gather 
data on products from one single category, but from as many countries as 
possible, so that we can study the differences and show what can be done 
with a global (and open of course) database.

Details on the initiative are being sketched out here:
http://en.wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Project:What%27s_in_my_yogurt%3F

Thanks,

Stephane
http://openfoodfacts.org

> Thought we would also find http://en.openfoodfacts.org/ in the menu ;)
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> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Jack Townsend <jack at jacktownsend.net 
> <mailto:jack at jacktownsend.net>> wrote:
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>     Upcoming event on Food and supply chains at the Open Data Institute
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>     Recording should end up here
>     <http://theodi.org/lunchtime-lectures>.  Previous event on open
>     data and rail travel.
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>     Jack
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>     Begin forwarded message:
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>>     Show me the future of food and open data
>>     2-5pm, 28 November
>>
>>     The details and how to book are
>>     here:http://theodi.org/research-afternoons/show-me-the-future-of-food-and-open-data
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>>     Consumers are demanding to know more and more about the food they
>>     eat and where it comes from. Open data is answering some of these
>>     demands by allowing people and companies to track supply chains,
>>     make better agricultural decisions and healthier food choices.
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>>     Tesco has pledged to open up its supply chain
>>     data<https://www.tescoplc.com/talkingshop/index.asp?blogid=96>,
>>     the G8 Open Data in Agriculture
>>     Conference<https://sites.google.com/site/g8opendataconference/home>
>>     explored exciting new open data based apps for farmers; so what
>>     does the future hold for food and open data?
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>>     Dr Christopher
>>     Brewster<http://www1.aston.ac.uk/aston-business-school/staff/academic/oim/dr-christopher-brewster/>
>>     (Aston Business School) and Dr Tony
>>     Hirst<http://www.open.edu/openlearn/profiles/ajh59> (Open
>>     University) will outline their current research and share their
>>     views about what the next ten years may hold in this field.
>>     Innovative SMEs will discuss the current market climate and how
>>     that might change in the future.
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>>     Book:http://theodi.org/research-afternoons/show-me-the-future-of-food-and-open-data
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>>     <https://showmethefutureoffood.eventbrite.co.uk/>
>>     Prof Leslie Carr, Web Science Institute
>>     on behalf of Kathryn Corrick, Head of Training,theodi.org
>>     <http://theodi.org/><http://theodi.org/>
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