EIT Food is Europe’s leading food innovation initiative, working to make the food system more sustainable, healthy and trusted

The EIT Food core tasks

We focus on four different areas to change the food system:

Innovation

We are fostering collaboration across the entire food system to develop innovative technologies, products and services and to build a shared vision for the future of food, transforming it for the better.

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Education

We are attracting, developing and empowering talent to lead the transformation of the food system into an innovative sector that produces healthy and sustainable food, and is trusted by society.

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Entrepreneurship

Startups play a fundamental role in transforming the food system. We support innovative impactful agrifood entrepreneurs and startups to deliver new food innovations and businesses in Europe.

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Public engagement

We believe that we are all responsible for, and connected to, the food that we eat so we all need to work together to improve it.

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Latest news

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Our EIT Food booth at Hapje Tapje 2019

21 August 2019

Every year, the culinary event Hapje Tapje takes place in the centre of Leuven. The 31st edition of the annual event attracted more than 60 000 people! We were present here....

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163 applications received in the 1st call for Food4Health Expressions of Interest

20 August 2019

The first Food4Health call was open from 29 May to 26 June.

Upcoming Events

03 October 2019

EIT Food Fun&Fan

Spain

04 October 2019

II EIT Food Innovation Forum

Spain