Vegetable Food Industry, Satakunta Region, Finland

Challenges:

Vegetable farms, food processing industry and circular bioeconomy companies operate in the Satakunta region, Finland, but the value chains require optimisation. Knowledge is needed on resolving risks such as pests and pathogens in residue streams and on new possibilities for converting processing streams into fertiliser products and soil improvers.

Solutions:

The Living Lab will work to develop a biotechnical solution for either the vegetable food production process or the post-treatment process to manage the defined challenges of the residue streams. The Living Lab will involve actors from across the vegetable value chain, such as vegetable farms, food processing industry, producers of bio-based recycled fertilisers and biogas plant together with the Biopaja Lighthouse, a hub for testing, development and implementation of biomass processing and fertiliser production.

Lighthouse:

Luke Natural Resources Institute Finland
Biopaja is Luke’s experimental facility in Jokioinen. In Biopaja, various solutions can be tested to study and demonstrate the nutrient and organic matter recycling of different biomasses. Luke works with and serves stakeholders in developing and adopting recycled fertilisers, renewable energy and other value-added products.

Outcomes:

Co-creating innovations in the side stream processing chain to reduce the risk of biological contamination (pests and pathogens) in vegetable residue streams to produce safe and tailored fertiliser products and soil improvers to improve soil health.

Replicability:

Results will be applicable to respective vegetable value and food chains with similar challenges in EU and beyond.
Living Lab Coordinator: Pyhäjärvi Institute
Field visit to Rapi experimental farm

Regional Working Group (RWG)

Overview:

The Finnish RWG operates in the active farming regions of Satakunta and Varsinais-Suomi. Grain, oilseed and vegetable farming, as well as poultry and pig farming, sit alongside fertiliser, biogas and animal feed industries, creating many opportunities to enhance the reuse of nutrients. As soils in this area are losing carbon, the group is focusing on returning organic materials from the food industry to the soil. Universities, public bodies, farmers’ organisations and businesses work together to support Finland’s Bioeconomy Strategy 2022–2035 and make soil management climate-friendly by 2035.

Coordinator:

LUKE Natural Resources Institute Finland logo

Partners:

Results

DeliSoil Project Factsheet (Finnish)

Finland flagThe DeliSoil project aims to demonstrate improved operations to produce recycled soil improvers and bring safe, regulated, sustainable fertiliser products to market and promote their use.

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DeliSoil Practice Abstract – Finland FFA

Finland flag Farmers and industries that produce agricultural or food processing waste have the potential to convert waste streams into high-quality bio-based fertilizers (BBFs) using a variety of technologies. This guideline helps identify the most suitable waste streams, allowing stakeholders to choose the most efficient technologies for their specific materials.

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DeliSoil Practice Abstract – Finland Luke

Finland flag Farmers and industries that produce agricultural or food processing waste have the potential to convert waste streams into high-quality bio-based fertilizers (BBFs) using a variety of technologies. This guideline helps identify the most suitable waste streams, allowing stakeholders to choose the most efficient technologies for their specific materials.

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3.3 MB

Regional Working Group Info Sheet (Finnish)

DeliSoil Living Labs – Regional Working Group Info Sheet for Finland. Finland flag

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