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 in a holistic way:
The EIT Food core themes
There are many different EIT Food activities helping us to build a better food system.
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Winning ideas: a sample of our Seedbed stars
Looking for inspiration to apply to the Seedbed programme? We spoke to programme manager, Kerri Crossey, about some of the brilliant ideas she’s encountered over the past year
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Two-way inspiration: why you should become a Seedbed Mentor
Becoming a mentor for the Seedbed programme - which ensures you can make a big impact in a relatively small amount of time - helps to support the industry through...
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Driving Towards a Sustainable Future of Food: Innovative solutions to sustainability challenges
The need for sustainable innovations in the agri-food industry is vital. EIT Food’s innovation projects aim to address sustainability challenges by providing solutions across the food system. Find...
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Applications open for Innovation Prizes competition!
EIT Food is looking for early stage agrifood startups from Southern and Eastern Europe to join the Innovation Prizes competition. Most innovative startups can win up to €5,000 in regional....
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Call for proposals - Consumer Engagement Labs 2020
EIT Food is looking for 6 consortia consisting of 3 organisations operating in the same country (scientific organisation, food retailer/producer and start-up) that would participate in EIT Food RIS....