If you are interested in beans, you may find the details of the forthcoming review meeting of the Innovate UK sustainable protein production project “Beans4feeds” of interest.
Beans4Feeds represents a £2.6m research investment and Limagrain UK are one of 11 partners, it is an industry led and co-funded research project with the UK’s Innovate UK. Research started on 1 January 2012 and will run for four years.
The project aims to develop air-classification technology for faba beans to improve the economic and environmental sustainability of UK food production and food security.
Thursday 28 April 2016
10.00-14.30
Review meeting of the Innovate UK sustainable protein production project “Beans4feeds”
Beans4feeds represents a £2.6m research investment and is a 9 partner industry led and co-funded research project with the UK’s Innovate UK. The research has run for over 4 years and is now in its final stage.
The project aim was to develop protein-rich (for use in salmon feed) and starch-rich (for use in feed for pigs/poultry) fractions from faba beans in order to improve the economic and environmental sustainability of UK food production and food security.
Presentations:
Salmon screening trials, economics of air classification – Viv Crampton, EWOS
Salmon PoC trial, economics of wet processing – Dan Leeming, BioMar
Pig & poultry trials – Oluyinka Olukosi, Scotland’s Rural College
Bean agronomy – Pete Iannetta, James Hutton Institute
Bean varieties – Milika Buurman, Limagrain UK Ltd
Find out more at: www.beans4feeds.net
RSVP to: Sue Bingham – Sue@pgro.org
Venue:
Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO)
The Research Station, Great North Road, Thornhaugh
Peterborough PE8 6HJ