Dr. Jan Dirk Wegner, head of the EcoVision Lab at ETH Zurich, was recently selected to join the World Economic Forum’s Young Scientists Community. In interview, he discusses the importance of interdisiplinary research, making connections, and open acess to source code.

Prof. Alexander Mathys leads the Sustainable Food Processing group at ETH Zurich. In interview, he talks about sustainable food innovations and his thoughts about future food.

During this year’s three-day ETH Zurich Master’s course on Food Security, students developed ideas for new tools, instruments or policy measures to stimulate a transformation to sustainable food systems.

Despite the coronavirus lockdown, the renovation and extension of Früebüel research station in Walchwil (Canton of Zug) was completed nearly on schedule. AgroVet–Strickhof, a research cooperative supported by ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and Strickhof, now has state-of-the-art research and higher education facilities at its four locations.

Soya and clover have their very own fertiliser factories in their roots, where bacteria manufacture ammonium, which is crucial for plant growth. Although this has long been common knowledge, scientists have only recently described the mechanism in detail. With biotechnology, this knowledge could now help make agriculture more sustainable.