Foto: Julia Vogt
Six Legs to a Sustainable Future – exploring the potential of edible insects
Join Giacomo Rossi from the Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökononmie (ATB) as he takes you on a journey into a new world of food production, where insects play a vital role in sustainability and nutrition. The food technologist will explore the benefits of insect consumption, from their role in closing nutrient cycles and producing new animal-based foods, to their potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and minimizing land and water use. Discover how careful selection of insect species and rearing conditions can ensure both safety and sustainability, and how insects could help solve some of the most pressing challenges facing our global food system. Don't miss out on this buzz-worthy talk!
Futurium
Foto: Julia Vogt
About the cooperation
The research project "food4future - food of the future" deals with radical innovations for a sustainable food supply of the future. Ten partner institutions from science and industry, led by Prof. Monika Schreiner from the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), are working on the question of how future generations can be supplied with sufficient healthy food and what technologies are needed to achieve this. Based on two extreme scenarios ("no land", "no trade"), flexible indoor cultivation systems for the urban production of alternative food sources - macroalgae, salt plants, jellyfish and crickets - are being developed.
The collaborative project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the "Agricultural Systems of the Future" funding line with around 6 million euros.
Information
- Venue: exhibition
- Event language: English
- Drop-in-format
Registration
No registration needed! But please note: A ticket for the Long Night of Museums is required for admission to Futurium. Tickets will be available from 31 July onwards on the Long Night of Museums website and at the Tourist Infos of visitBerlin. On 26 August, tickets will also be available at Futurium.
Accessibility
- We are a wheelchair accessible venue.
- Seats without seating are available for wheelchair users.
- People with visual impairments are welcome. Guiding assistance for the blind will be requested if needed.
- The event is for interested people of all ages.
- Drinks and food will be available for purchase.
Futurium is for everyone! The Futurium wants to be accessible to all people.
If there are any other access needs on your part, please feel free to let us know. We will try to meet them: info@futurium.de
Here you can find all information about accessibility.
Photo & Video
Photos and videos will be taken during the event. If you do not want to be photographed, please let us know in advance.