Proterra Foundation's 2013 conference to be held in Netherlands

The ProTerra Foundation, the not for profit organisation set up to support the European food and feed industries in sourcing sustainably produced, non-genetically modified grains, cereals and derivatives and in particular, soy will be staging its second international conference in Rotterdam on 14 May 2013.

‘Advancing Sustainability Together – the Future for Food and Feed’ is The ProTerra Foundation’s second conference, having staged its first event to around 200 delegates in London in 2012.

The one day conference will be held in Rotterdam in recognition of the Netherlands’ strong leadership role in food sustainability in Europe as well as the importance of Rotterdam in the European food trade. Rotterdam is one of the biggest access points for soy into Europe.

The ProTerra Foundation has engaged speakers from across the European food and agricultural industry, as well as supplier countries including Brazil and from the Danube River Basin.

Early confirmed speakers include the Executive Director of RTRS; representatives from FNLI, the Dutch Federation of Food Producers; Cefetra, Triodos Bank, Danube Soy, Co-op Switzerland and REWE.

Established in 2012 in the Netherlands, The ProTerra Foundation is backed by industry stakeholders from both Europe and South America and is custodian of the highly successful ProTerra Certification Standard against which Non-GMO soy producers and supply chain suppliers have been certifying millions of tonnes of soy for more than six years.

ProTerra certification requires a strict Non-GMO limit of less than 0.1% adventitious GM contamination, strong traceability, PCR testing at ‘critical’ control points, as well as protection of the rights of workers and indigenous people and preservation of the Amazon and other high conservation value areas (HCVAs).

For more information on attending The ProTerra Conference 2013, as well as sponsorship packages, visit www.proterrafoundation.com