Over the past several months, our community has been hard at work together, generating ideas, discussing them, giving our opinions through polls – all on the subject of the future of our mobile app. The aim: how can the app help Open Food Facts have a bigger reach & impact in promoting food transparency around …
We are excited to unveil the latest version of the Open Food Facts app, version 4.9.0, available today on Android, and in the next few days on iPhone, iPad, and Windows 11! This release is a testament to the commitment and relentless hard work of the permanent team as well as our volunteer community. A …
by Sumit Kashyap (article written on Hashnode.dev) Are you curious about the Google Summer of Code program? Wondering what it’s like to be a contributor to an open-source organization? In this blog post, I’ll be sharing my personal GSoC’22 journey with OpenFoodFacts and answering some basic questions to help you better understand my experience. What …
Recently, Sarah E. Nájera Espinosa (Nutrition & Climate researcher and PhD Candidate at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) contacted with Open Food Facts to use the database for her research. More precisely, Sarah and her team are conducting a survey on the availability of novel plant-based food products sold in the UK. …
Open Food Facts’ contributor John shares his experience of working on this collaborative project for the first time ! ☄️ I’ve been working with computers for over 40 years and I’ve always enjoyed getting stuck into the code, despite now being called a “software architect”. For a number of years I’ve been wanting to find …
Since the late 2000s, a consensus has emerged on the need for environmental labelling of agricultural products. In 2013, the first version of Agribalyse was jointly unveiled by the ADEME (The French Agency for Ecological Transition) and the INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment). Agribalyse ? What is it ? …
Last week, on 16 February 2023, Pierre Slamich (co-founder) and Manon Corneille (Head of International Development) went to The Hague in the Netherlands to attend the conference “Towards a harmonised Ecolabel for food in the EU“. Organised by Wageningen University & Research, the aim of the conference was to bring together the key stakeholders, working …
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 …
What drives the project? Food packaging is part of French people’s daily lives, providing many services but also generating numerous environmental impacts, which companies and consumers are more and more aware of. Thus, 29% of French citizens consider that waste management is one of the most worrying environmental issues (source: Déchets chiffres-clés L’essentiel 2021 …
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 …
