by VALPRO Path | Oct 16, 2025 | NEWSROOM
On this World Food Day, it’s worth pausing over a simple question: what’s on your plate, and what does it say about the future? If plant proteins-peas, lentils, soy, rice-aren’t there yet, they soon will be. According to Future Market Insights, the plant-based protein...
by VALPRO Path | Oct 9, 2025 | NEWSROOM
When you order a salad and someone asks, “Aren’t you going to be hungry? Where is the protein?”, they are not asking a nutritional question. They are expressing a cultural belief – one that’s been present for over a century: that real protein comes from meat. It...
by VALPRO Path | Aug 20, 2025 | NEWSROOM
What if the solution to our growing food crisis is hiding in a circular economy? Each year, Europe’s food industry generates millions of tonnes of by-products, peels, pulp, spent grains, whey and oilseed cakes, that often go to waste. At the same time, the demand for...
by VALPRO Path | Aug 7, 2025 | NEWSROOM
“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.” Aldo Leopold Legumes, such as beans, lentils and chickpeas, are a small but powerful example of this principle...
by VALPRO Path | Jul 23, 2025 | NEWSROOM
VALPRO Path is driving innovation in sustainable food systems with two new scientific publications that apply AI and circular design strategies to legume production and plant-based foods. These publications explore innovative digital and circular strategies to improve...
by VALPRO Path | Jun 25, 2025 | NEWSROOM
The VALPRO Path project was showcased on June 25th, 2025, at the Teagasc Crops and Technology Open Day, held in partnership with the Irish Farmers Journal. The event brought together thousands of farmers, researchers, agri-food stakeholders and policymakers to explore...
