RIGA FOOD 2026

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Rūta Mūrniece

Owner and manager of the bakery Ķelmēni
12.00–12.55
Discussion “Organic on Every Plate in Latvia – When Will It Become Part of Everyday Life?”
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Moderator: Lauris Zalāns, Host of the “My BIO Basket” TV series
Raivis Bahšteins, Editor-in-Chief of the “BIOLOĢISKI” magazine, Board Member of the Latvian Organic Agriculture Association (LBLA)
Rūta Mūrniece, Owner and manager of the bakery Ķelmēni
Mārtiņš Gaiķēns, Chairman of the Board of the Latvian Organic Agriculture Association (LBLA)
Inga Bite, Head of Public Relations at Rimi Latvija, owner of the organic farm Straumītes
Ēriks Dreibants, Chef and owner of the Pavāru māja restaurant
Jānis Garančs, Head of Aloja Starkelsen, organic food market expert
Latvian Association of Organic Farming
14.10–15.30
Discussion “Fermenting. Back to the roots or merely a fad? The difference between science and esoteric”
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Moderator: Rūta Beirote, content creator of “Rūta meklē garšu”, owner of the Zutiņi farm, former participant of the TV show Īstās latvju saimnieces
Ansis Zauers, nutrition scientist, nutritionist, founder of Preimmu
Rūta Mūrniece, Owner and manager of the bakery Ķelmēni
Dr. sc. ing. Asnate Ķirse-Ozoliņa, Associate Professor and Lead Researcher at the LBTU Institute of Food Sciences, nutrition scientist
Iveta Galēja, journalist and cookbook author