Open Food Facts showed up for the DigiEduHack with 2 local hackathons in Denmark and Canada
On November 15th, two Open Food Facts ambassadors: Marius in Denmark and Louis in Quebec, Canada organised local DigiEduHack events, each with its own flavour, community, and insights.
What is DigiEduHack?
DigiEduHack is a global initiative supported by the European Commission to encourage communities, students, and innovators to rethink digital education through hands-on hackathons. Every year, organisations around the world host local events where participants learn, collaborate, and build creative solutions to societal challenges.
For Open Food Facts, DigiEduHack was a great opportunity to:
- Introduce new people to open data,
- Imagine low code / no code tools to support food education,
- Strengthen our growing network by engaging with local Universities (Université Laval, Aarhus University), educational organisations (ReDI school, hackyourfuture), students and also ordinary citizens curious to learn about the project
Two local hackathons in Denmark and Canada
Those 2 events together have allowed more than 40 participants to discover Open Food Facts and play with our database. Participants gathered in small teams of 3-4 persons and had a few hours to come up with an innovative solution about food education!
Even though the event was open to all, most participants came from computer science or technical fields. Yet today, with the rise of low-code and no-code tools, building digital solutions is no longer reserved for developers. Our ambassadors reminded everyone that by combining AI with low code tools, anyone can bring an idea to life!
Yes, the power to take action is in your hands. 🙌
Both events shared the same spirit: the excitement to learn and lots of creativity. Some students in Canada even expressed interest in pursuing their prototypes beyond the hackathon.
DigiEduHack will announce a global winner in February, selected through a public vote.
What Participants Built
Take a look at the projects that emerged from those hackathons:
- Equi-Assiette: see demo video
- NextEat: see demo video
- BlendBeasts: see website
- NutriFlow
- OpenFoodSnake
- Mission Planet
- NOVA prediction
- NutriTrack
- NutriVia
Interested to become an ambassador and organise events too?
These two hackathons showed how powerful local action can be to grow a local network and inspire students.
Becoming an Open Food Facts ambassador means helping people discover open data, organising community events, collaborating with universities, sharing knowledge, and contributing to food transparency in your country.
If you’d like to join our international network of ambassadors, send us a message at contact@openfoodfacts.org or reach out on Slack.