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Solution Name: Cabrales Project
Target Challenge: Producing a solution for the organic waste valorization.
Digitalization of the cheese whey collection process to enable its progressive valorization through protein recovery.
Solution Description
Agrolinera develops automated collection systems that enable the collection of the cheese whey from small individual artisans. This system introduces traceability, measures the whey parameters and keeps it under controlled conditions until it accumulates enough volume to make its logistics efficient. In this way the whey can be efficiently valorized in a centralized treatment point.
This project will deploy a system prototype in Tielve, home a small community of about 10 artisan cheesemakers under the Cabrales PDO.
Agrolinera will train the users during the adoption, coordinate the whey logistics to a treatment point and research the modifications needed in the process and the equipment to achieve the maximum value from this waste.
Agrolinera will use this pilot to measure the social and environmental benefits of this system in the community and the National Park it is based on. In this way we expect to expand its adoption to other traditional dairy communities located in environmentally sensitive areas.
Communication Channels of the solution
Website: www.agrolinera.com/cabrales
Social Media: LinkedIn
Programme Results
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About the organisation
Name of the organisation: AGROLINERA ASTUR SL
Country of origin: Spain
Organisation website: www.agrolinera.com
Team representative: Verónica Menéndez Rodríguez CEO
Verónica holds a degree in Business Administration and Management, a Master’s in Environmental Management and a Master’s in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania (USA). Currently the CEO of Agrolinera, she has founded and managed companies in China and Spain in the fields of supply chain and international trade.
Team representative: Juan Gutiérrez Canseco CTO
Juan is an economist and holds an MBA in finance from the Wharton School (USA). Currently the CTO of Agrolinera has founded and managed companies in China and Spain in the fields of supply chain, renewable energy and international trade. He is the developer of Agrolinera patents.
