The FOOJI Vision
The Hebrew University seeks to leverage its proven expertise in agricultural, nutritional, and environmental sciences, in public health, in life sciences, in economics, in systems management and urban innovation, in entrepreneurship, tech transfer and more to create innovative solutions for what we eat, how it is grown and processed, and how it affects the planet.
The FOOJI Center for Sustainable Food Systems will work with academia and NGOs to promote sustainable development in keeping with UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Center will bring together researchers from diverse academic disciplines, as well as professionals from local and global industries, NGOs and governmental institutions to meet the challenge of feeding the growing population with minimum damage to the environment.
FOOJI Center Goals
The Center will focus in the areas of research and technology, training, and outreach.
1. Research and technology: development of new knowledge, technology and products to promote novel food systems. The first phase of this activity is focused on food- and biotechnologies. In the short term, the Center aims to facilitate research on food processing and products; in the long term we aim to establish innovative food systems that will deal efficiently with food production. A planned cutting-edge food lab will serve as a hub for academic and industrial research.
2. Talent building: Training future leaders and experts for academia, industry, and the public and third sectors.
3. Outreach and partnership: establishing an alliance with local and global food industry, NGOs and policy makers in order to boost research and discovery for healthy food production and to advance best practices in sustainable food systems on a global scale.