Bolton Food, one of the main players in the canned seafood sector with its brands Rio Mare and Palmera, continues its consolidation through strategic and valuable partnerships with Italian universities. The company confirms its commitment to research in the field of health, nutrition and resource enhancement. The goal is to make a concrete contribution to developing the skills of university students, enhancing their abilities and talent, supporting research in the field of health and nutrition. For several years, Bolton Food has been committed to promoting a model of sustainable development through valuable partnerships, thus contributing to the future of future generations.
As part of the PhD course in "Food Systems Sciences", held by the University of Milan, Bolton Food co-finances a PhD scholarship for research activities in the field of "Study of treatments aimed at reducing the degradation process of fresh tuna". The research team is composed of professors, researchers and students with interdisciplinary skills. The research costs are shared between Bolton Food and the University for the activities planned within the Onfoods project.
In January, Bolton Food will also be involved in teaching the "Introduction to the Sustainability of Food Productions" within the Degree Course in "Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Foods" with a seminar activity.
Since last July, Bolton Food also supports the new International Master's Degree course in "Sustainable Food Systems" promoted by the Department of Agriculture of the University of Naples Federico II, in collaboration with various leading companies in the food sector. The course represents an important opportunity to concretely support education on sustainability issues for the agri-food industry, expanding the scope of the educational commitment and enriching the academic path with new content and perspectives. At the end of their studies, students will have the skills to embark on a career as a sustainability manager for this specific sector, a figure particularly in demand by the market and which companies have a strong need for.
"We at Bolton Food are strongly committed to promoting sustainability values and are aware of the importance of reaching out to new generations. We have set ourselves the goal of making our commitment concrete and have chosen to form partnerships with the best universities globally to offer young people important training opportunities within a new model of cooperation between public and private and also thanks to funding for research and innovation made available by the EU", comments Alberto Dolci, Global Strategic Health & Science Program Manager at Bolton Food.
"The mission of the Department of Food Sciences for Nutrition and the Environment of the University of Milan is to promote training and develop research to ensure safe, innovative and quality food, using sustainable technologies throughout the supply chain. The primary objective is to preserve and improve environments, systems, products and to provide a holistic approach to these issues, with the ultimate aim of safeguarding and improving human health and quality of life. The recent collaboration with Bolton Food, an international leader in the food sector, aimed at enhancing highly qualified research and training activities, aimed at developing sustainable and innovative strategies in the fishery sector with a "food system" approach. This vision has materialized through the creation of an academic-industrial working group that also includes a young PhD student in Food Systems Sciences supported by Bolton Food", says Paolo Cortesi, Director of the Department of Food Sciences for Nutrition and the Environment.
"The partnership with companies of the caliber of Bolton Food is of fundamental importance for the implementation of this new and important challenge that the Department of Agriculture of the University of Naples Federico II has recently undertaken. The new Master's Degree in Sustainable Food Systems represents a key element of the educational component of our Department of Excellence project funded by the Ministry of University and Research for the five-year period 2023-2027. The sustainability experts of the food systems that we will train will have the opportunity to benefit from training activities made in collaboration with companies that will make the educational path professionalizing, exposing students to concrete case studies of sustainability of food industries", declares Danilo Ercolini, Director of the Department of Agriculture of the University of Naples Federico II.