Food Workshop
Agrifood industry operators can rely on sorghum in all confidence.
It is a crop that meets today’s consumers’ expectations at all levels: health, traceability, and local production under environment-friendly conditions.
Sorghum is a source of plant proteins, iron, B6 vitamins, niacin, phosphorous, potassium, and others. Energising and rich in antioxidants, sorghum is also gluten-free – therefore harmless to allergic persons. Sorghum is also a good source of food fibre. Not surprisingly, the agrifood industry is increasingly interested in sorghum. Among these professionals are Monia Caramma, agrifood researcher, Dr. Zoltán Gergácz, Head of the Administrative Board of Kányai Mezőgazdasági Zrt and Simon Le Fur, co-founder of Aventure Bio (in Occitanie), both of whom will hold presentations at the conference.
Monia Carrama
From Curiosity to Innovation: Monia Caramma’s Journey
Behind every agrifood advancement are people with a vision. Italian researcher Monia Caramma has come to be a leading expert in the field thanks to her rigorous and humane approach. For over ten years, she has been focusing all her research on sorghum – a grain crop of exceptional potential for Europe’s sustainable agriculture.
What drives Monia Caramma ever further in her daily work is not only science but also genuine intellectual curiosity, a passion for functional food, and unabated tenacity.
“What motivates me, essentially, is the need to turn scientific knowledge into actual solutions for human health and agricultural sustainability”, she states. At present, Monia Caramma’s works inspire producers, companies, and researchers in their quest to build a new agrifood model, which is both healthy and sustainable. So what opportunities can sorghum offer to European agriculture? Monia Caramma opens up that road.
Dr Zoltán Gergácz
Dr. Zoltán Gergácz, Head of the Administrative Board of Kányai Mezőgazdasági Zrt., Hungary will share his expertise during the fourth European Sorghum Congress, which will take place between October 8th and 9th.
With a background of over thirty years agriculture – of which twenty in animal nutrition – Dr. Gergácz will share several key aspects:
- how to include sorghum in regenerative practices,
- why it is vital to strengthen biodiversity and soil health,
- how to activate the necessary levers in order to develop carbon credits and economic sustainability.
Simon Le fur
Under Focus: Viewpoint of Bio Buyers, at the European Sorghum Conference
In an exclusive presentation, Simon Le Fur, co-founder of Aventure Bio (in Occitanie) will share his expert vision on the place of sorghum in the purchasing strategies of committed retailers.
Co-founder of the above-mentioned bio wholesaler and an expert in product innovation, Simon Le Fur has been working with brand names since 2018, helping companies to direct their products to the bio shop shelves and the big chains.
In his presentation, titled “Buyers and Supermarkets POV”, Le Fur will talk about::
- the buyers’ key expectations in terms of product sustainability, origin, and performance;
- the place of sorghum in today’s bio market supply;
- how to integrate this crop into the shops, in the near future.
This presentation should be an interesting testimony to all of those who wish to better understand how the decisions are made in retailing and the way in which one can anticipate the trends of responsible food consumption.