food

pilzdaten-austria.eu

Project lead: Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber
Österreichische Mykologische Gesellschaft, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna
Address: Rennweg 14 1030 Wien
Telephone: (+43) 1 / 4277 - 54050
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Topic: Food, Mushrooms
Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, Offline participation
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://pilzdaten-austria.eu

The project Pilzdaten-Austria.eu aims at a comprehensive documentation of the occurrence and distribution of fungi in Austria, and to present and evaluate the available data. It is an Austria-wide cooperation of numerous mycologists, citizen scientists and institutions, which collect distribution data of fungi or hold collections of fungal specimens, coordinated by the Austrian Mycological Society.The freely accessible online database Pilzdaten-Austria.eu continues the previous Bio-Office...

COwLEARNING

Project lead: Marianne Penker
Institute for Sustainable Economic Development BOKU University
Address: Feistmantelstraße 4 1180 Wien
Telephone: 01 47654-73115
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Topic: Food, Animals, Land use
Activity: observing
Participation: Closed participation
Project link: https://cowlearning.boku.ac.at/

Breaking the blame game: COwLEARNING for sustainable beef and dairy supply Our society faces grand challenges, such as mitigating climate change and adapting to its consequences, ensuring a healthy diet and maintaining cultural landscapes with high biodiversity. A sustainable agri-food industry addresses these challenges. In Austria, with its high share of meadows and pastures, cattle husbandry is particularly important. Several aspects of dairy and beef supply are perceived as...

Influencer Communication for Youth Health

Project lead: Raffael Heiss
MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®
Address: Universitaetsstrasse 15, Innsbruck, Österreich
Telephone: +43 512 2070-7432
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Topic: Food, Health, Media
Activity: identifying, rating, discussing, writing
Participation: Closed participation
Project link: https://www.hism-fwf.com/

(INCO)In this project, young people work closely with researchers to develop ideas for social media campaigns for health promotion. They share their experiences and design first concepts. Selected campaigns are tested in experimental studies, evaluated, and thoroughly discussed with the participants.What are the aims of the project?The project aims to develop new ideas for health promotion on social media together with young people. Students are not only asked for their opinions...

Phänologie - Naturkalender - Phenowatch

Project lead: Kerstin Haslehner
GeoSphere Austria
Address: Hohe Warte 38, 1190 Wien
Telephone: 01360262211
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Topic: Food, Plants, Animals, Weather, Health
Activity: photography, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.phenowatch.at
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Since 1851, we have been researching the changes in weather, climate and nature and what this means for us humans by observing plants and animals. These phenological observations help, for example, in climate research, agriculture and pollen forecasting in order to better deal with climate change.What are the aims of the project?Plants act as an integrating measuring instrument for a variety of environmental factors such as weather conditions in the past and current vegetation...

Cowwel

Project lead: Susanne Waiblinger
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Address: Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Wien
Telephone: 01250774905
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Topic: Food, Animals, Health, Culture
Activity: rating, discussing
Participation: Closed participation
Project link: https://cowlearning.boku.ac.at/cowwel/

A OneWelfare approach studying food vulnerability. The project "COwWEL" examines, together with citizen scientists from socio-economically disadvantaged groups, conditions that promote or hinder healthy and sustainable consumption behaviour in these groups, taking into account attitudes toward animals and their welfare. The goal is to develop strategies and information material to promote fairer and more sustainable food systems....

Homegrown

Project lead: Christian R. Vogl
Institut für Ökologischen Landbau Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
Address: Institut für Ökologischen Landbau, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Gregor Mendel Straße 33 1180 Wien
Telephone: +43 (0)1 47654 93312
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Participation: Closed participation
Project link: https://boku.ac.at/nas/ifoel/arbeitsgruppen/ag-wissenssysteme-und-innovationen-agwi/projekte/homegrown

“Homegrown - There is nothing like a homegarden”Project descriptionWith their variety of plant species and the experience of the gardeners, rural home gardens constitute an integral component of the cultivated landscape in the Lienz district, East Tyrol. Together with pupils of the BG/BRG Lienz school (and biology, math/physics and English teachers), scientists are investigating rural home gardens, including stocks of plant species and the use of plants. These results will be compared with...

Virus monitoring

Project lead: Linde Morawetz
AGES Institute for Seed and Planting Material, Phytosanitary Services and Apiculture - Department for Apiculture and Bee Protection
Address: Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220 Wien
Telephone: 05055 – 33120
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Topic: Food, Animals
Participation: Closed participation
Project link: https://www.ages.at/themen/umwelt/bienen/forschung/zukunft-biene/virenmonitoring/

Which are the most common bee viruses in Austria and are these viruses related to winter losses of local bee colonies? To answer these questions, 200 beekeepers from all over Austria are working as Citizen Scientists in the "virus monitoring" for three years (2018-2020). Each year in September they collect bees from five of their colonies and send them to AGES, Department of Apiculture and Bee Protection. In addition, they report the winter losses of their colonies. The samples are analysed...

Heavy Metal City-Zen

Project lead: Andrea Watzinger
Institute of Soil Research - Department of Forest- and Soil Sciences - University of Natural Ressources and Life Sciences Vienna
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Topic: Food, Plants
Activity: measuring, taking care, experimenting
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://heavymetalcityzen.com/

We invite urban community gardens, garden projects or similar garden initiatives to take part in this project and research alongside us. The goal of this project is to scientifically assess the potential risk of heavy metal contamination in crop plants in Vienna’s city gardens.BackgroundUrban gardening has become increasingly popular over the last two decades. However, gardeners are often concerned about their crops being contaminated by heavy metals.Plant access to heavy metals is...

Explorer Challenge

Project lead: Mariela Bartosch
Livin Farms
Address: 2.Haidequerstraße 1-3 Halle 42, 1110 Wien
Telephone: +43 690 10119476
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Topic: Food, Animals
Activity: taking care, observing, experimenting
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://thehiveexplorer.com/pages/vienna-school

The Austrian start-up Livin Farms develops innovative technologies for the sustainable breeding of insects. Food and other organic residues can be recycled with the help of insects and converted back into valuable proteins. In this way, cycles can be closed and food systems can be made more sustainable.Explorer ChallengeEducation is another central aspect at Livin Farms. As part of the Explorer Challenge school project Livin Farms brings sustainability, circular economy and insects to...

Market garden centres

Project lead: Martin Stadlbauer
Bio Austria Oberösterreich
Address: Theresianumgasse 11, 1040 Wien
Telephone: +43 676 842 214-212
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Topic: Food, Plants, Land use
Activity: photography, discussing, taking care, observing, experimenting
Participation: Closed participation
Project link: https://www.marktgärtnerei.info/

Innovation to strengthen the Austrian fresh vegetable supplyMarket garden centres work according to so-called bio-intensive methods. This means utilising the maximum possible natural yield potential on the land. This yield potential results from the respective location, the climatic conditions (temperature, precipitation, wind, etc.), the production methods and, to a large extent, the soil itself. Beside the type of soil and texture, the thickness of the individual...

City-Zen Boden

Project lead: Franz Zehetner
Institute of Soil Research, BOKU University
Address: Peter-Jordan-Straße 82 | 1190 Wien
Telephone: +43 1 47654-91118
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Topic: Food, Plants
Activity: measuring, taking care, experimenting
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://cityzenboden.com/

“Healthy Soil" research platform for Viennese community gardensAs a follow-up project to "Heavy Metal City-Zen", we are once again inviting Viennese community gardens, garden projects or similar garden initiatives to take part in this project and conduct research together with us. The aim of this project is to scientifically assess the potential risk of heavy metal contamination of crops in Viennese city gardens and to investigate the extent of soil contamination with microplastics.We...

ServeToPe

Project lead: Katrin Karner and Martin Schönhart
Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, BOKU University
Address: Feistmantelstraße 4, 1180 Wien
Telephone: +43 1 47654-73125
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Topic: Food, Plants, Animals, Economy, Land use, Water
Activity: photography, locating, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://servetope.boku.ac.at/

Better governance of ecosystem services at local scales in the Wienerwald region A joint research project of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) and the University of Vienna.What is ServeToPe studying and what are its goals?Society uses a variety of services that natural ecosystems provide, such as clean water, an attractive landscape for recreational purposes, food, or renewable energy sources. Many of these so-called ecosystem services...

SoilBlitz

Project lead: Sophia Götzinger
AGES - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Address: Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220 Wien
Telephone: +43(0)50555-34134
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Topic: Food, Plants, Land use, Soil
Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.ages.at/soilblitz

A snapshot of soil healthWith the SoilBlitz, Citizen Scientists independently carried out tests to determine local soil health, collect important data and become aware of the importance of healthy soils.What are the aims of the project?In a so-called ‘SoilBlitz’, five uncomplicated and fast tests were carried out to determine soil indicators such as soil texture and colour, water infiltration rate, earthworm occurrence and vegetation cover. The measurement results for these...

44 handwritten cookbooks from the Wien Museum collection

A photomontage created from several scanned pages from handwritten cookbooks. Arranged in a star shape, like an open cookbook.

Project lead: Evi Scheller
Wien Museum
Address: Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien
Telephone: 066488293852
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Topic: Food, History, Culture, Language
Activity: transcribing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://wienmuseum.crowdsourcing.wien/kochbuecher/

The cookbooks comprising more than 7,700 pages are to be transcribed, reviewed, and tagged online. The documents provide valuable insights into everyday historical practices, dietary habits, and culinary knowledge from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. What are the aims of the project? This crowdsourcing project aims to improve access to a collection held by the Wien Museum, which has so far only been partially catalogued...

HealthFerm

Project lead: Annina Meyer
Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zürich
Address: Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zürich
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Topic: Food, Health
Activity: measuring, experimenting
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://healthferm.eu/healthferm-community/citizen-science

The sourdough microbiomeAttention sourdough bakers and fermentation enthusiasts - HealthFerm is researching plant-based and fermented foods you eat and raise in your home!Fermented foods are present both in our daily diet and in various food cultures: from sourdough bread to beer, wine, pickles, sauerkraut, miso, kombucha, and much more. The art of fermentation is (again) on the rise, and many people are making their own fermented foods at home. Can fermentation help us transition to a more...

"Pilzfinder"

Project lead: Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber
"Österreichische Mykologische Gesellschaft" - Faculty of Botany - University of Vienna
Address: Rennweg 14, A-1030 Wien
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Topic: Food, Weather, Health, Mushrooms
Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating
Participation: Open participation
Family-friendly: Family-friendly
Project link: https://www.univie.ac.at/oemykges/pilzfinder-at/

"Pilzfinder" - what it's all aboutUntil a few decades ago, knowledge of wild edible and poisonous mushrooms was widespread. Especially the older population knew about the seasonal occurrence of the mushrooms. Finding mushrooms is a popular hobby for young and old, which is accompanied by great experience. In order to preserve and extend this knowledge and above all to bring it closer to the younger generation, the Mushroom Finder is now available. Due to the global warming of the last few...

ECHO

Project lead: Tanja Mimmo
Free University of Bolzano, Italy
Address: Universitätsplatz 1,39100 Bozen (BZ), Italien
Telephone: +39 0471 017161
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Topic: Food, Health, Politics, Waste, Living together, Soil
Activity: Online game, measuring, photography, counting, locating, rating, discussing, observing, experimenting, Offline participation
Participation: Open participation
Family-friendly: Family-friendly
Project link: https://echosoil.eu/

Engaging Citizens in Soil Science: the Road to Healthier SoilsThe project aims to engage citizens in protecting and restoring soils by building their skills and enhancing their knowledge on soils. Citizens will actively contribute to the project’s data collection, promote soil stewardship, and foster behavioural change across the EU. What are the aims of the project? ECHO aims to improve soil health across Europe by actively...