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EIT Food exists to address the most pressing challenges facing the food sector through innovation

We harness the power of collaboration, entrepreneurship, and cutting-edge science, focusing on areas where innovation can unlock systemic change to create a sustainable, resilient food system, where a healthy diet leads to healthy lives.
 

Our vision

Over the next decade, we will advocate for a bold transformation of Europe’s food system, so that future generations can eat healthy, sustainable food. Through our community, we will fundamentally redesign the way food is produced, distributed, and consumed, so that by 2030 we have viable pathways to transformation at scale, and by 2035 we see tangible change across the food value chain.

Our ambition is bold. By 2035 we aim to have:

35MtCO₂e
mitigated by advancing resilient agriculture and next-generation biotechnology
35000
farmers equipped with the skills, tools, and technologies needed for a food-secure Europe
€1billion
mobilised in private, philanthropic, and public funding for a thriving and fair food system
350
innovations brought to market that enhance supply chains, sustainability, and access to nutrient-dense food
€10billion
attracted in subsequent investment to support sustainable agrifood businesses

Our focus

Supported by the EU, we invest in projects, organisations and individuals that share our goals for a healthy and sustainable food system. Our innovation projects are delivered with a combination of industry, education and research partners to improve environmental and health outcomes by developing solutions that align with our missions and priority areas:

Healthier Lives Through Food

We will make a material difference to quality of life by enabling more consumers to have better choices through access to affordable, healthier food products and actionable information.

Food System Resilience

We’ll improve food security and safety for consumers everywhere by enabling and establishing resilient and dependable digitally enabled food supply chains.

Net Zero Food System

We will enable the transition to a net zero food system, measuring and quantifying the change through reduced CO2 equivalent emissions.

Protein Diversification

2022 > 2028
project
Think Tank convenes selected stakeholders and partners, fostering broad and inclusive participation to overcome barriers to innovation in the field of protein diversification.

Resilient Agriculture

Resilient agriculture offers one of the greatest opportunities to help Europe address human and climate health, along with the financial well-being of farmers.EIT Food has created a series of activities for farmers, agrifood businesses and…

Agrifood Biotechnology

Accelerating agrifood biotech for a more sustainable, resilient and competitive Europe
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Our Open Calls

Proof-of-Concept Co-Financing Instrument

Deadline: November 30, 2026
Open call
EIT Food's Co-Financing Instrument aids agrifood startups by de-risking pilot projects and promoting innovation and collaboration with industry leaders.

EIT Jumpstarter – Call for participants 2026

Deadline: May 17, 2026
2 days left!
Open call
The EIT Jumpstarter is pre-acceleration programme jointly organised by six EIT KICs to help researchers, innovators, students and idea holders in validating their innovative concepts and developing business skills to launch their startups.

Future Farm Lab

Deadline: July 07, 2026
Open call
This call by EIT Food seeks one organisation to enhance and scale the Future Farm Lab, an immersive digital learning platform focused on regenerative agriculture.
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Europe’s largest and most dynamic food innovation community

We create connections right across the food system that stimulate new ideas and innovations to drive change: between startups and corporates; between food entrepreneurs and investors; between consumers and industry; between research and action; between ideas and reality; between present and future.