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EIT Food North-West
Our team is responsible for driving innovation in the food sector in the regions of the UK, Ireland and Iceland.
What we do
We work closely with a diverse network of partners including key industry players, agrifood startups, research centres and universities from our region. Together, and as part of the wider EIT Food Community, we are all working together to deliver an innovative and entrepreneurial food sector.
In our region, our focus areas include targteted nutrition, sustainable aquaculture and sustainable land use.
Our impact in these areas forms part of EIT Food's wider mission to transform our food system.
Join our Community!
Are you interested in joining EIT Food? We welcome networks and organisations who share our mission to provide healthy and sustainable food for all.
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Join our in-person event with TU Dublin
Join our event in partnership with TU Dublin, to explore reformulation of food products to promote healthy eating for children. Takes place on the 24th November at TU Dublin's university campus.
Collaboration with Glasgow Science Centre
We recently partnered with Glasgow Science Centre to host ‘future of food’ workshops where we reached 4,000 children and families! Our interactive workshops inspired children to learn about how food is produced and why we need to grow healthier and more sustainable food for future generations.
Explore our new partnership model
We are hosting an information session to discuss EIT Food's new partnership model to our community. You will have an opportunity to share our thoughts and opinions on this new model in the webinar on the 6th December.
Hosting agrifood SMEs in Iceland
We teamed up with Matis, Orkidea, Iceland Ocean Cluster and Rannis to connect food businesses and scale up facilities from the UK with those in Iceland, a country renowned for sustainable and innovative food production.
Startup Discovery Series
We are hosting an event series for EIT Food partners and other organisations to connect with innovative agrifood and agritech startups from across our community.
Our next event will take place on the 24th January! Details will follow shortly.
Explore our controlled environment agriculture report
Read our brand new report that explores the pros and cons of controlled environment agriculture (CEA). The report includes advice for producers that are considering adopting CEA systems for crop production.
Explore our SME report
Insights that represent the voices of thousands of agrifood SMEs in the UK, Ireland and Iceland reveal the unmet needs of SMEs and how the agrifood industry can maximise business support.
The report reveals that SMEs often lack specialised business support, due to the particular challenges of developing innovative new products and services in the relatively niche agrifood sector.
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ABP Food Group
Ace Aquatec
Agrimetrics
ANALYTICS ENGINES
Better Origin
Bright Biotech
British Nutrition Foundation (BNF)
Deep Planet
DryGro
Durrow Mills
Eagle Genomics
envoPAP
Food Futures
Food Innovation Wales
FOODMAESTRO
Hain Daniels
Helix
Icesupp
INSPRO
Kerry Group
Laxa Fishfeed
Matís
Mimica
Opticut
PEPSICO
PlayWel
Quadram Institute
Queen's University of Belfast
RootWave
SafetyNet Technologies
Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
SyMO3
Technological University Dublin
Terra NutriTECH
ThorIce
University of Cambridge
University of Reading
Waitrose
Yield Lab
ZELP
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Upcoming events
EIT Food NUTRIMILK project: Essential minerals in milk event
December 16, 2022
EIT Food North-West: Startup Discovery Series
January 24, 2023 + 7 other dates
EIT Food North-West: Startup Discovery Series
February 28, 2023 + 7 other datesMeet the EIT Food North-West team
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