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Applications for EIT Food’s Open Innovation Call 2023 are now open!
EIT Food is working with a consortium of global partners as a co-host of the Food Systems Pavilion at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) to discuss the opportunities that sustainable food systems provide in the fight against climate change.
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We guide and accelerate food innovation to transform the food system. We focus on inclusive systems innovation, which enables all people and places to participate and benefit.
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We are attracting, developing and empowering bright minds 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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Startups play a fundamental role in transforming the food system. EIT Food supports innovative impactful agrifood entrepreneurs and startups to deliver new food innovations and businesses across Europe.
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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. Our activities are designed to engage with people so that they can become agents of change in the food…
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Venus
Each year up to 20% of the mushroom production (2.2 million tons) is discarded because it does not meet the specifications set by retailers. This part of the ' leftover' cultivation includes small/deformed mushrooms, misshapen caps, and discarded parts such as stems and caps, which have a high nutritional value, thus should NOT be accepted as waste. Venus is developing technologies to valorize mushroom discards into valuable ingredients for food, nutraceuticals, and cosmetics.
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