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NEWFEED

Turn food industry by-products into secondary feedstuffs via circular-economy schemes

The overall objective of NEWFEED project is to develop and adopt alternative animal feeds, setting up a circular economy approach in livestock production by turning food by-products into high value secondary feedstuff for animal feed. It also aims to increase the Mediterranean livestock sustainability by valorising local food industry by-products to reduced environmental impact and costs. 

Three value chains at the Mediterranean area will be validated to create new business opportunities based on a multi-actor approach in their conception, configuration, and its sustainability assessment:

• The 1st case study is assessing the use of grape stem from wineries as a second-generation feedstuff to produce a new feed ingredient for ruminants (dairy sheep and cattle). This case study is led by AZTI and tested in Spain.
• The 2nd case study is assessing the use of orange peel from orange juice industry to produce an improved feed ingredient for ruminants (dairy sheep). This case study is led by NTUA and tested in Greece.
• The 3rd case study is assessing the use of olive cake from olive oil industry to produce an improved feed ingredient for poultry (broiler chicken). This case study is led by HUSD and tested in Egypt.