What we do

Innovation

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.

Education

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.

Entrepreneurship

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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Flagship Bilbao events to host the best of European entrepreneurship and innovation

September 26, 2022

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INNOVEIT Bilbao and FUN&FAN will bring entrepreneurs, startups and agrifood businesses together to address some of the biggest challenges faced by innovators in Europe.

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Global livestock sector in urgent need of standardised measurement system for GHG data

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EIT Food opens entrepreneurship applications for 2023

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Supporting socially conscious innovators: introducing the New European Bauhaus Booster 2.0

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European consumers cut back on food costs to cope with shortages and rising prices

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A chance to join EIT Food’s entrepreneurship powerhouse

March 20, 2023

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The 2023 Entrepreneurship Programmes provide targeted support to European startups at all stages of the innovation journey

Women leaders are transforming the food system

March 07, 2023

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Everyone stands to benefit from a transformation to a more equitable food system. International Women’s Day is a great opportunity to celebrate women leaders driving positive change.

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Podcast #111

AI-infused recipes with a personal twist

Jochem Bossenbroek, CEO of Verdify, highlights the role that artificial intelligence can play in personalised nutrition – enabling people…

Podcast #110

Circular coffee – can we make coffee sustainable?

Coffee is close to many people’s hearts, but the coffee industry needs fixing. Deforestation, water scarcity and poverty are among the…

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Food cooperatives in the EU - lessons for Poland

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EIT FOOD RIS3 GUIDEBOOK CEE – A call to action for agrifood policymakers and doers

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Report on the ruminant livestock industry and net zero targets in the UK and Ireland

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