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Organise a scan party / participative workshop !

Instructions for a scan party: the objective, how to organise it, the resources at your disposal, we tell you all about it! By the way, what is a “scan party”? It’s participatory science in action! More concretely, it is the participatory collection + entry of food products data on the largest open food database in …

We go green: 2 days in Berlin for the International Green Week

The International Green Week is a must-attend event for the food, agriculture and horticulture industries. It takes place every year in Berlin, Germany, and during ten days, visitors can discover innovations, exchange with producers, taste their products or attend conferences, mostly oriented around sustainable solutions in these sectors. For Open Food Facts, which is always …

Open Food Facts is looking for a mobile developer

As part of its growth and international expansion, Open Food Facts is looking for a mobile developer, who likes to have a large-scale impact and is sensitive to the values of transparency, common good and knowledge sharing. Full remote work possible, full/part time and terms to be discussed. Open Food Facts is an open collaborative …

How I helped Open Food Facts to better recognise ingredients in my country

And how you can too ! Whether you are a long-time contributor of Open Food Facts and would like to go further with contributing in the taxonomy, or you are a to-be developer willing to contribute on your first open-source project, this article is made for you. 1-Introduction Open Food Facts is the Wikipedia of …

Presenting Open Food Facts at events: case study

2 weeks ago we participated in the Capitole du Libre, an event around free software, in the French city of Toulouse. We came back enthusiastic about this experience, and in addition to telling you about it, we will try to encourage you to do the same! 🤓 Our experience at the Capitole du Libre Testimony …

Using Open Food Facts as a Stock Tracking App in Germany

Starting as a hobby in 2013, Matthias from the south of Germany started a stock tracking app called “Prepper App“. He was bothered that he forgot lots of food that had gone bad. He wished for a stock tracking app, and found nothing suitable in the app store – so he started an app for …

Meat Alternative Challenge –
4x more products in the Netherlands!

Our special Meat Alternative Challenge is coming to an end! From the 21st of October to the 25th of November, together with Harry Go Vert, we ran a special operation to collect data on Meat Alternatives products in the Netherlands. 🇳🇱 Informing consumers about the emergence of new products Reducing one’s carbon footprint through food is …

Contribute to a citizen project carried by everyone

Open Food Facts is a non-profit organisation and as such, we very much rely on donations to support our activity. Since the start of November, we have started a key stage in our life as an association, our annual donation campaign. When you give, here are 4 things you’ll be supporting:  (1) The virtuous circle of …

Join a team of Open Food Facts volunteers

To facilitate the involvement of our contributors and allow the project to grow in a more dynamic way, we are setting up a Contributors Skill Pool, as well as teams of volunteers by theme. ✅ The aim is to match your skills and interests to the needs of the project. Whether you are already a …

What happened at the Open Food Facts Days 22

On the 1st-2nd October, we had the pleasure of hosting the annual Open Food Facts community get-together. It was a time rich in exchanges & ideas.  Here’s a quick overview of that wonderful weekend ! 💫 Day 1 First of all, it was so exciting to meet many of our community members, some that have …