Second International Conference on Organic Food Quality and Health Research

On behalf of the Food Quality and Health Association (FQH, The Netherlands), Warsaw University of Life Sciences (Poland) and ISOFAR (The International Society of Organic Agriculture Research ) we thank all participants and sponsors for taking part in our Second International Conference on Organic Food Quality and Health Research in Warsaw.

The Conference focused on the sustainable systems of agriculture and their impact on food quality and human health, in the following areas:

• The future of sustainable agriculture
• Quality of food from organic and related systems
• New methods for food quality determination
• Systemic view on food and health

Dr. Johannes Kahl, conference chair (on behalf of conference organizers)

Programme

• PERSPECTIVES OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY IN 2050
  Noémi Nemes, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Natural Resources Management and Environment Department Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
• NUTRITION AND HEALTH - CHALLENGES AND GAPS IN RESARCH METHODOLOGY
  Ben van Ommen, TNO, Zeist, The Netherlands
• FOOD QUALITY, VERSATILITY, NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS
  Wolfgang Kneifel, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
• INFLUENCE OF PROCESSING ON FOOD QUALITY WITH FOCUS ON ORGANIC FOOD
  Flavio Paoletti, Instituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione (INRAN), Rome, Italy
• INFLUENCE OF FARMING SYSTEMS ON PLANT FOOD QUALITY
  Kirsten Brandt, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
• RESEARCHING LINKS BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY ORGANIC SYSTEMS
  Niels Halberg, International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS), Foulum, Denmark
• FOOD SUPPLEMENTS AND EFFECT ON HUMAN HEALTH
  Barbara Pietruszka, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
• ORGANIC FOOD AUTHENTICATION - POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS
  Saskia van Ruth, Wageningen University (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands
• TOO SLOW MOTION OF NEW SCIENTIFIC RESULTS DEMANDS MORE EFFORTS TO DEFINE FOOD QUALITIES WITH NOVEL METHODOLOGIES
  Gerold Rahmann, J.v. Thünen-Institute of Organic Farming, Trenthorst, Germany

Key speakers introducing general, session or workshop topics.