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Finally, we are ready and happy to announce that the last VEGGIE-MED-CHEESES meeting will be held in person on March 28 – 29, 2023 in Ioannina, Greece

On December 21th, 2022, at 10.00 am (Rome time), the Principal Investigators (PI) and the Research Team Members of the VEGGIE-MED-CHEESES Partners met via TEAMS, with the following AGENDA:
Connection and greeting
Communications from the Coordinator
Updates of results and outcomes of the last activities (WP5, WP6, WP7)
Scheduling of the final in presence meeting
Discussion and issues from the Partners
Closure of the meeting.

Cheese prototypes are ready for the last activity of the Project (WP6): Consumer Tests! Feta cheese (and Queso de Murcia in Spain and Italy) has been delivered to the Partners in Tunisia, Spain, and Italy to be tested (and tasted!) by 100 consumers in each Country.

On October 21 – 23, 2022, UCAM Team members attended the Science and Technology Week in Murcia (Spain) showing the activities and results of the VEGGIE-MED-CHEESES Project to people and companies.

On October 7 – 9, 2022, UCAM Team members attended the Torta del Casar Week (28th Edition) and 6th European Cheese Fair in Càceres (Spain), presenting the VEGGIE-MED-CHEESES Project with posters, radio interview, and…cheese prototypes!

Cheese-making proceeds, and at ΔΙΕΚ (Dairy School) in Ioannina (Greece), the manufacture of Feta cheese for the VEGGIE-MED-CHEESES Project is presented to the local community.

On May 13^th, 2022, at 10.00 am (Rome time), the Principal Investigators (PI) and the Research Team Members of the VEGGIE-MED-CHEESES Partners met via TEAMS, with the following AGENDA:

Connection and greeting

Communications from the Coordinator

Updates on WP5 (cheese-making trials and characterization of the thistle-curled cheeses) activities and results with presentations by PIs/Team members

Delivery of crude extracts (CEs) for cheese-making of samples for WP6 activities

Updates on WP7 and final meeting (2023) organization

Discussion and issues from the Partners

Closure of the meeting.

Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM), in collaboration with the European Institute of Innovation & Technology and the EIT Food Hub of the Università di Bari (UNIBA), on December 3th, 2021, at the Contamination Lab in Montedago (UNIVPM, Ancona) organized the workshop “Training and Innovation in Agrifood for Youth”. During the event, the Project Coordinator Prof. Lucia Aquilanti presented the VEGGIE-MED-CHEESES Project, as an example of international research activities for the valorization of the Agrifood sector in Mediterranean Marginal Areas.

Due to persistence of SARS-COVID-19 pandemic, on June 16th, 2021, at 2.00 pm (Rome time), the Principal Investigators (PI) and the Research Team Members of the VEGGIE-MED-CHEESES Partners met via TEAMS, with the following AGENDA:
Connection and greeting
Updates on WP2, WP3 and WP4 activities
Delivery of experimental extracts (CEs) for cheesemaking trials (WP5)
Planning of WP6 activities
Updates on WP7 (Dissemination/communication activities)
Discussion and issues from the Partners
Closure of the meeting.

Due to persistence of SARS-COVID-19 pandemic, on June 16th, 2021, at 2.00 pm (Rome time), the Principal Investigators (PI) and the Research Team Members of the VEGGIE-MED-CHEESES Partners met via TEAMS, with the following AGENDA:
Connection and greeting
Updates on WP2, WP3 and WP4 activities
Delivery of experimental extracts (CEs) for cheesemaking trials (WP5)
Planning of WP6 activities
Updates on WP7 (Dissemination/communication activities)
Discussion and issues from the Partners
Closure of the meeting.