What ? Gastronomy is sometimes called the art of food. It can also refer to a style of cooking from a particular region. In other words, gastronomy often refers to local food and cuisine. Sustainability is the idea that something (e.g. agriculture, fishing or even preparation of food) is done in a way that is …
On this World Environment Day, the Open Food Facts team wanted to celebrate the event! First, a few details: What is World Environment Day? ☘️ Every year since 1973, the United Nations has organised an annual event to raise public awareness of environmental issues. With climate change and the importance of limiting global warming, every …
Are technology, data and AI shaping our future? Or will they help us to build a common space and guarantee our rights? It was to immerse themselves in these fascinating subjects that the Open Food Facts Partnerships team (Manon and Charlotte) travelled to Malaga on 21 and 22 May 2024 for the 16th edition of …
Open Food Facts is an opensource project, which means it is open to as many people as possible, and that includes accessibility. Without even mentioning programming, the Open Food Facts database is a gold mine for people with visual problems. Let’s take the example of product photos, which can help to know more information about …
A “scan party” in Cayenne (French Guyana) for young people from the Local Mission ! A fantastic initiative by Vanessa Izéros, a public health nutritionist. 🔎 If you too would like to organise this type of participatory workshop around food, don’t hesitate to write to us so we can help you organise 😊: gala@openfoodfacts.org Vanessa’s feedback …
Who am I and how do I contribute to Open Food Facts? Hi everyone! I am Marius from Germany, currently living in Denmark. During the project grant 2024 and as an ambassador for the Open Food Facts project in Germany and the Nordics, I want to contribute to grow the network of volunteers as well …
Hello, I’m Valentin! I’ve been a developer at Open Food Facts 🍊 since September 2023. My job involves contributing to the development and design of multiple web and mobile projects. Why did I want to join Open Food Facts? What really drew me to Open Food Facts was the variety of projects available and the …
A few weeks ago, we met Walid François Nouh, product developer at Murfy and host of the brilliant podcast “Projets Libres”, which brilliantly highlights open source projects, deciphering their business models, how they work and how they run their communities, among other things. We’re really grateful to Walid, who offered to record 2 episodes on …
I’m Jérémy, a Freelance Machine Learning Engineer. Although I began my career in physics and engineering at major corporations in France, I felt frustrated by not being in full control of my life. Thus, I made a bold decision after completing my PhD: I left everything behind, embarked on a journey to learn Machine Learning …
Original French article here: Alimentation Générale “Since 2019, the Mieux Manger au Ciné organisation has been building a gourmet relationship between cultural venues and food throughout France. Through its platform, it offers a range of healthy products, less fatty, less salty, less sweet, but just as comforting, for cinemas and cultural venues. Initiated by the …
