Deep Dives
Find thought leadership, expert insights and in-depth stories exploring the trends, challenges and innovations shaping the future of food. From sustainability and entrepreneurship to consumer behaviour and emerging technologies, our blog offers a deeper look into the topics driving transformation across the agrifood sector.
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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 out more about the projects that are…
Can I trust the food industry to provide healthy and sustainable food?
February 05, 2020
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As consumers, we rely on the food industry to provide us with the foods we want and need. Is the food industry doing a good job at this? We ask consumers whether they trust the industry to do the right thing.
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As applications open for EIT Food’s Seedbed 2020 Programme, Kerri Crossey shares some of the key challenges and innovation areas that Seedbed wants to support this year, along with pointers on what makes a good team
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In a food system where produce travels across national borders to supermarkets and hypermarkets, many eaters are losing their connection with food—they don’t often know where it comes from or who grew, harvested, or processed the products…
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Testing the market: Why validating your business idea is one of the most valuable steps in your business journey
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Improving the food system requires innovative solutions that have real impact. However, achieving impact is challenging because the best ideas and talent often struggle to reach the open market and achieve impact at scale. At EIT Food, we…
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Do you have a winning idea for how to improve food safety? Amid concern over shrinking food safety resources in some EU member states, the European Commission recently announced a call for proposed research and innovation platforms. The…
Recycling: Overcoming the global production and destruction of plastic
November 11, 2019
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In 2015, 322 million tonnes of plastic were produced worldwide, but only 30 percent of plastic waste in the European Union was ever collected for recycling. The rest was either sent to landfill (31 percent) or incinerated (39 percent).…
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Roundup Edition - To conclude his Chef On Tour series for EIT Food, Josh gives us the highlights of his travels across Europe meeting inspiring agrifood entrepreneurs.