Course: Bioeconomy: How Renewable Resources Can Help the Future of Our Planet

The bioeconomy offers an opportunity to move away from using fossil fuels. In this video, Dr Joe Ross from the Biorenewables Development Centre explores the raw materials we use to …

Most of us know what seaweed is, but how can photosynthetic organisms like algae help us move away from our reliance on fossil fuels? This video explores some of the …

We all know that oranges are good to eat, but have you ever given any thought to the peel that you discard after eating one? There’s often a lot of …

In this video, Emma Needham from BioVale introduces the third week of the course. This week, we’ll be looking at high value-chemicals from plants and microbes, meeting some bioeconomy entrepreneurs …

Although anaerobic digestion is used at a large scale to manage our waste, the microbial communities at the heart of the process are not well understood. Professor James Chong explains …

DNA sequencing can be used to look at the behaviour of microbial communities and help us to understand what the preferences of each of the organisms is under the circumstances …

Anaerobic digestion or AD is a long-established and important technology that helps us manage our waste. AD uses microbes to break down waste organic matter without oxygen being present. We …

What do we mean when we talk about food waste ‘valorisation’ and how can food wastes be converted into business opportunities? In this video, Dr Joe Bennett from the Biorenewables …

There are a number of anaerobic digestion plants currently operating in Yorkshire, many of which are powered by waste. A community AD facility is planned in Malton as part of …

In this video, Emma Needham from BioVale introduces the second week of the course. We’ll be looking at how we can make the most of biological wastes to provide the …

The human population is predicted to reach almost 10 billion by 2050. Feeding the growing population in a sustainable way is a challenge that we will continue to face in …

Over seventeen million people currently work in the European bioeconomy, but it has the potential to be much larger than this. How can we turn bioeconomy potential into reality? What …

Agricultural technology or agritech refers to innovations, which can be products or services, that improve agricultural processes. In this video you can see three examples of agritech in action: a …

BioYorkshire is a globally ambitious programme led by the University of York with Askham Bryan College and Fera Science. BioYorkshire aims to transform the UK’s bioeconomy through world class research …

BioVale is a membership organisation with over 600 members with a shared interest in a greener economy. Dr Elspeth Bartlet, Head of BioVale, explains why a bioeconomy cluster is needed …