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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.
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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Leading international organisations join forces to put food on the table at COP27
Circular Food Systems
We are encouraging the shift from linear to circular, sustainable food systems, in which resources are reused, nutrients recycled, by-products reduced and what remains is reutilised.
Transitioning to a circular economy
Our current linear model of ‘make, use, and dispose’ is inefficient, wasteful and unsustainable. We need to move from this to a circular food system where we use resources more efficiently and re-use side and waste streams. At EIT Food, we are working with entrepreneurs and food system stakeholders to drive innovation forward and scale sustainable, circular food solutions.
Report on controlled environment agriculture
September 28, 2022
report
In this report – published by EIT Food North-West and in collaboration with Innovate UK KTN - we explore the barriers and opportunities for controlled environment agriculture in urban, semi-rural and rural areas in North-West Europe.
Pathways to Impact for PhDs, 2022
November 14, 2022
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A Global Food Venture Programme, EIT Food’s flagship Doctoral Programme for entrepreneurial PhD students across Europe.
A Day In a Life
2020 > 2022
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The agri-food industry has a variety of exciting jobs on offer throughout the food value chain. This video series aims to inspire young audiences to consider a career within the agri-food sector.
Podcast #94
The Future of Food: Skills for the future
After a busy summer, The Food Fight Podcast is back! In June 2022, EIT Food held the Future of Food conference in Brussels. In today’s…
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Inspire: Post-Harvest School
November 02, 2022
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Sustainable food systems: the role of regenerative farming practices
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Taking the first steps towards higher education and careers in the agrifood sector.
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The city of Ostend, together with the support of EIT Food, harnesses the power of circular product innovation through a social lens.
Transitioning to a circular economy
A circular food system could phase out the concept of food waste as we know it, contributing to a more sustainable world... but what are the key challenges and solutions?
EIT Open Day Italy
November 24, 2022
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Benvenuti! This will be the 1st edition of the EIT Open Day organised as part of INNOVEIT WEEKS 2022 that will take place in Italy to push innovation in the agrifood sector of the country.
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Understand how food goes from farm to fork: explore food security, supply chains, food production and agriculture.
II. EIT Food Journalism Award Ceremony in Portugal
October 16, 2022
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Save the date! After a successful first edition with lots of participants, on October 16th we will celebrate the ceremony to announce the finalists and winners of the second edition of the Portuguese Journalism Awards in Innovation and…
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Water is a crucial part of our food system, but with challenges such as over-consumption, pollution and climate change, what more needs to be done to reduce water consumption, prevent irreversible damage to the environment, and decrease…
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