The Belgian Center for Fruit Growing (Pcfruit), together with the Universities of Hasselt and Maastricht, is starting a study on the usefulness of fruits in the production of building materials or textiles. This is reported by the Dutch Fruit Growers Organization (NFO).
Fibers from plants such as hemp are already being used as insulating material in construction. Pcfruit wants to explore whether substances found in fruit varieties could also find new uses. For fruit growers, this can be useful when, for example, there is an additional destination for fruits that are currently being processed industrially.
This includes ferulic acid. “This acid is found in several types of fruit. For example, it can be used in the textile industry to make clothing biodegradable,” Pcfruit Managing Director Dani Bylemans told VRT radio.
In addition to Pcfruit’s collaboration with the Universities of Hasselt and Maastricht, the pilot center is collaborating with the textile innovation center Centexbel in Ghent and Compas Agro in Venlo. The province of Limburg, Flanders and the European Union are jointly allocating 4 million euros for the study. This period is three years.
Bio-based building on the rise webinar – an opportunity for farmers?
Biologically based construction is in vogue. The government wants to promote bio-based construction. This opens up opportunities for farmers involved in farming. But what exactly is a biologically based design? What do politicians want to achieve with bio-based building? What can cultivation, research and supply chains do about it? Is it possible to profit from growing fiber crops? BO Akkerbouw, Duurzaam Praktijknetwerk Akkerbouw (DPA) and Nieuwe Oogst are organizing a webinar for arable farmers about the opportunities this new development offers. This will be an extensive program with speakers from Biobased Innovations Garden, Ballast Nedam, Van De Bilt zaden and vlas, Building Balance, Rabobank, Triodos and LTO. January 24 from 19.30 to 21.00. You can register here: Biobased construction on the rise, an opportunity for farmers?
Seuseueurna anggota FNV anu damel di hortikultura rumah kaca henteu satuju kana usulan ahir pangusaha.
Numutkeun kana serikat pekerja, aya gap anu signifikan antara tawaran ahir dunungan sareng syarat upah FNV. Perwakilan dunungan ngusulkeun kanaékan gajih 3 persén ti 1 Januari 2023, sareng 2 persén ti 1 Juli 2023. Diréktur Linda Slugter ti FNV Agrarisch Groen nyatakeun yén ku usulan ieu, jumlah karyawan pasti bakal ngirangan ku 5 persén. .
Slagter nelepon kaputusan anggota FNV teu satuju kana kandel ieu. Anjeunna ogé yakin yén kasatiaan karyawan ka dununganna sering teuing diuji. "Kami kuciwa ku ieu sareng naroskeun ka dunungan pikeun nawiskeun tawaran anu langkung saé."
Santunan harga umum
FNV hoyong kanaékan biaya hirup tiasa ditingali dina gajih. Sajaba ti éta, serikat dagang proposes ngawengku santunan harga umum dina perjangjian koléktif. Slugter nyatakeun FNV ngartos yén para pekebun rumah kaca ogé sesah, tapi anjeunna ogé ningali yén beuki seueur karyawan henteu terang kumaha ngadukung kauangan ieu.
"Ieu ngarah kana dissatisfaction di gaw, sarta proposal ahir dunungan pikeun perjangjian tawar koléktif teu ngaronjatkeun kaayaan," ceuk lulugu eksekutif serikat urang. Numutkeun kana FNV, rata-rata sakitar 35,000 karyawan nuju dina hortikultura rumah kaca. Dina usum puncak, jumlah ieu langkung ageung.