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Campden BRI to host novel crops seminar

Food security is based both upon sustainable production practices and crop diversity, Campden BRI notes, and novel crops, which once comprised a minimal part of crop production in the UK and Europe, are now being considered an important part of food production. Crops such as sorghum, millet and teff are rapidly becoming part of mainstream […]

Food security is based both upon sustainable production practices and crop diversity, Campden BRI notes, and novel crops, which once comprised a minimal part of crop production in the UK and Europe, are now being considered an important part of food production. Crops such as sorghum, millet and teff are rapidly becoming part of mainstream crop production, it says, and are now forming part of modern crop cultivation practices, for their suitability to current agricultural systems, health properties and the potential for new products.

A seminar at Campden BRI to be held on 1 October, will consider the major issues surrounding novel crops and pseudocereals:

 Whether novel crops have the potential for health benefits for the consumer

 Whether novel cereals can form part of a food security strategy

 The impact on the industry and consumer demands

 Production factors, such as the potential for fungal contamination

 Food safety aspects

 Processing issues and new potential of novel crops