From grasslands to green bio-based products — forging a robust farm-centred bioeconomy in Europe 👩‍🌾♻️🇪🇺 #EUfunded @CBE_JU @biconsortium @HorizonEU

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How can we harness the power of Europe's grasslands to build a robust circular #bioeconomy? 🌱 By putting farmers at the heart of innovative, sustainable solutions like green biorefineries. 🎬 Watch our official project film to find out more ⤵️ youtu.be/Xm5hDDWUz04?si=oIeJ… @CBE_JU
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For #WorldAlgaeDay, we're highlighting how @ACRRES are cultivating microalgae using nutrient-rich juices from biorefined grass, turning side streams into opportunities for bio-based innovation 👨🏼‍🔬🌿🔬 Learn more 👉 ruralbiorefarmeries.eu/insid… @CBE_JU @biconsortium @EUgreenresearch
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Earlier this month, we invited stakeholders from across Europe for a 2-day workshop and demo day in Denmark, organised by our partners from SEGES Innovation and @AarhusUni Read our latest blog article to find out what participants got up to 👉 ruralbiorefarmeries.eu/rural…
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Quote of the day 💬 by Liz Gavin, Managing Director and Founder of @NuaFund Extracted from our interview series featuring the expert voices of Rural BioReFarmeries 👉 ruralbiorefarmeries.eu/in-co… 🇪🇺 We're #EUfunded by @CBE_JU @biconsortium @HorizonEU
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🧩 “Nobody has a monopoly on knowledge.” 🎥 Kevin O’Connor, Chair of the CBE JU Scientific Committee, explains why scaling bio-based innovation needs a multi-actor approach, bringing different expertise together to move technologies towards deployment. youtu.be/5MyzJxksZis
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Next week we’ll be at EU AgRi 2040 Conference in Brussels 🇪🇺 🧑🏼‍🌾 🌱 Prof. Piotr Oleskowicz-Popiel (@PUT_Poznan) will be there to represent @RuralBioReFarm at the exhibition platform, alongside other EU-funded initiatives advancing a circular bioeconomy. agriculture.ec.europa.eu/med…
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How does a chemist end up working with grass? 🔬👩🏼‍🔬🌱 For Rachel Lynch, Postdoctoral Researcher at University College Dublin, it all started in the lab when trying to make her organic chemistry research process as sustainable as possible. Full video 🎥 youtu.be/zrwSU4zH7wM
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🌱 Ireland’s first on-farm demonstration-scale grass biorefinery has opened in County Cork. The €3 million facility will test the CBE JU-funded Rural BioReFarmeries model under real farming conditions. Virginia Puzzolo joined Minister Martin Heydon at the opening.
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🌱 CBE JU-funded @RuralBioReFarm is scaling green biorefinery technologies from the laboratory towards industrial use. The project is testing grass and biorefinery residues for food and feed proteins, packaging, fatty acids and algae cultivation: youtube.com/watch?v=htQTZ1p3…
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Quote of the day 💬 by James Gaffey, Co-Director of @CircBio at @MTU_ie Extracted from our interview series featuring the expert voices of Rural BioReFarmeries 👉 ruralbiorefarmeries.eu/in-co… 🇪🇺 We're #EUfunded by @CBE_JU @biconsortium @HorizonEU
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How can algae thrive by drinking grass juice? And can we make packaging out of grass fibers? This is what we explored during our recent trip to The Netherlands 👩🏽‍🔬🌱 Watch the full video 🎬 youtu.be/htQTZ1p3Mq0?si=32y8… @ACRRES @WUR @paperfoam @CBE_JU @EUgreenresearch @BiorefineryIE
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Two months ago today, some of our partners were in The Hague to present their research on green biorefineries, bio-based products and sustainable biomass supply chains at @EUBCE. A proud moment for the whole RBRF consortium! Check out their scientific contributions 🧵👇
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RBRF oral presentation at @EUBCE 2026: ‘Designing Efficient Supply Chains for Grass Protein Biomass: A Configurational Approach’ By Erfan Khosravani Moghadam from @AarhusUni
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RBRF poster at @EUBCE 2026: ‘Emulating a Decentralized Green Biorefinery: Liquid Fraction Storage and Biomass Type Effects on Leaf Protein Recovery’ By Mathias Frydensberg Sørensen from @AarhusUni_int
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📢 The @EU_Commission call for evidence on Joint Undertakings is open until 14 July. 🤔What can CBE JU do for Europe? Explore five key areas in our video, plus evidence from the 2025 Activity Report, stakeholder study and KPI dashboard. ⬇️Links in replies.
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Our partners are shaping the future of bio-based innovation by transforming grass into sustainable, high-value products 🌱👩🏽‍🔬🥤 Want to know how? Check out our latest article published for World Bioproduct Day 👉 ruralbiorefarmeries.eu/world… 🇪🇺 #EUfunded @CBE_JU
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🍃To mark Desertification and Drought Day 2026, CBE JU highlights how #biobased innovation can restore degraded land and strengthen rural economies. Discover how projects use #biomass to support resilient landscapes & local development: cbe.europa.eu/news/restoring…
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Learn how grass and manure can be transformed into bio-based products! 🌱 🐄 Join our webinar "The future of bio-based innovation: Unlocking value from agricultural biomass" on 23 June 👉 tally.so/r/aQaelX Co-hosted with @ManuREfinery 💚 🇪🇺 #EUfunded by @CBE_JU
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