Farm to Fork

The School of Technology research team introduced the "Farm to Fork Technology" project, at a recent trade show in Germany.

The Radio frequency Identification (RFID), Farm to Fork system was exhibited to the visitors. The system allows tracking of food products from the farm to the customer, and allows customers to see where their food came from using their smart phone or an in-store terminal.

A research team from the School of technology led by Prof Bob Newman, and including Prof Rob Moreton, Piero Filippin, Marek Hornak and Lynsey Whitfield, along with our partners in the Farm to Fork project, including Prof Mira Trebar of the University of Ljubjana, Slovenia and Prof Iñigo Cuiñas of the University of Vigo, Spain. The project had a stand at the Anuga FoodTec 2012 in Cologne, Europe's largest food technology trade show and made two presentations at the show's 'speaker's corner'.

The purpose was to present The RFID-Farm to Fork project, an EC CIP project, submitted and managed by the School of Technology, with 9 partners across 5 countries, totalling €3.6M of research over 2.5 years.

Prof Newman said "it was encouraging to see the highly positive feedback that came from members of the food business attending the show. It's very good to know that after two years of hard work by all the partners doing this research, that it will have confirmed its potential to have a real impact on the every day lives of European food consumers".

For further information, please contact: Bob Newman on 01902 321480.