OmSAU: We are at the growth point!
On February 19, a regular meeting of the Omsk State Agrarian University (Omsky Biocluster member) teachers with students of an educational institution took place. The Omsk State Agrarian University teachers held a lesson at the 'Growth Point' of the Voskresenskaya School (Kalachinsky municipal district). 
Since the beginning of the year, the Veterinary Expert Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) has received 20 samples of raw cow's milk for testing for the presence of antibacterial substances as part of the control and surveillance activities.
The authorities of the Tver region plan to create a R&D center for research, production and processing of bast crops. The federal budget funds will be directed to the development of flax growing, a strategic area of the regional agroindustry, according to the Tver region government website.
The Expert Veterinary Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) received 22 soil samples for the state task testing (the identification of industrial pollution of soils).
The market for organic products in Europe in 2018 grew by almost 8% and reached more than € 40.7 billion, the number of producers of organic products in Europe amounted to almost 420,000 manufacturers, including more than 330,000 in the European Union. Retail sales in Europe reached € 40.7 billion (€ 37.4 billion in the EU).
February 1-14, the Expert Veterinary Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) received 392 samples as part of the production control.
On January 25, the first lesson of the Winter Project Training took place in the new year, the organizer of which are the team of residents of the OmSAU business incubator (Omsky Biocluster member) together with the Omsky Biocluster StartUpAcademia. Educational topics of this event are the measures of the SMEs support and sales&pricing.