Sustainable Agriculture
We are supporting European farmers in meeting sustainability requirements by co-creating climate-neutral, fair, resilient and economically viable agricultural practices.
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Recently UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a call reminding humanity of “the battle of our lives” on World Environment Day: a battle to limit environmental damage and pollution, which causes global warming and the climate…
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The agrifood industry has created many problems, but these challenges also come with many opportunities for innovation and change. The global community is working towards improving the food system, but different actors have to be involved:…
Top 3 Women Entrepreneurs in the Agrifood Space
April 09, 2019
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https://www.eitfood.eu/blog/post/the-women-innovators-transforming-the-food-systemWhen we look at the number of women entrepreneurs that receive funding in Europe, it's still less than 6-7% says Severine Balick, food and agtech VC at…
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The industrialisation of the agricultural sector has brought with it a large increase in the number of pesticides we use to protect plants and humans from various diseases. However, these same pesticides can also have a large number of…
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Feeding the World and the Role of Vertical Farming
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In 2017, the United Nations (UN) Department of Economic and Social Affairs reviewed global demographic trends and concluded a forecast of the world population to reach 9.8 billion in 2050. The outlook on an increase in population of…
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Campylobacteriosis is the most frequently reported food-borne illness in the EU.
Challenge Accepted: Mini-Makeathon Vertical Farming Recap
October 17, 2018
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On Friday October 5th, sixteen young professionals and students from several Dutch (applied) universities came together at the Design Museum in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, to think of their own food concept for vertically farmed…
Share Your Vision of Vertical Farming
September 26, 2018
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As part of the EU project, “Cultivating Engagement”, we would like to partner together with you to revision the concept of vertical farming! We would love to see and hear what you personally think of as vertical farming, and what images…
October 5th event: Mini-Makeathon
September 19, 2018
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On October 5th, students and young professionals will come together at the Design Museum in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands to develop a new food concept for vertically farmed lettuce. The Mini-Makeathon is from 9.00 to 17.00. Registration…
Help us analyse vertical farming on Twitter!
September 12, 2018
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Since May 2017, the Cultivating Engagement team have been collecting tweets about vertical farming using some software specifically designed for Twitter research (Borra & Rieder 2014). Our Twitter dataset currently comprises over…
deep dives
Recently UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a call reminding humanity of “the battle of our lives” on World Environment Day: a battle to limit environmental damage and pollution, which causes global warming and the climate…
deep dives
The agrifood industry has created many problems, but these challenges also come with many opportunities for innovation and change. The global community is working towards improving the food system, but different actors have to be involved:…
Top 3 Women Entrepreneurs in the Agrifood Space
April 09, 2019
deep dives
https://www.eitfood.eu/blog/post/the-women-innovators-transforming-the-food-systemWhen we look at the number of women entrepreneurs that receive funding in Europe, it's still less than 6-7% says Severine Balick, food and agtech VC at…
deep dives
The industrialisation of the agricultural sector has brought with it a large increase in the number of pesticides we use to protect plants and humans from various diseases. However, these same pesticides can also have a large number of…
deep dives
It is clear that we need to provide alternatives to the current meat production system. In this video, researcher Giuseppe Scionti, Founder and CEO of NovaMeat takes you on a visit to his workplace where his new food technology first came…
Feeding the World and the Role of Vertical Farming
February 28, 2019
deep dives
In 2017, the United Nations (UN) Department of Economic and Social Affairs reviewed global demographic trends and concluded a forecast of the world population to reach 9.8 billion in 2050. The outlook on an increase in population of…
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Campylobacteriosis is the most frequently reported food-borne illness in the EU.
Challenge Accepted: Mini-Makeathon Vertical Farming Recap
October 17, 2018
deep dives
On Friday October 5th, sixteen young professionals and students from several Dutch (applied) universities came together at the Design Museum in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, to think of their own food concept for vertically farmed…
Share Your Vision of Vertical Farming
September 26, 2018
deep dives
As part of the EU project, “Cultivating Engagement”, we would like to partner together with you to revision the concept of vertical farming! We would love to see and hear what you personally think of as vertical farming, and what images…
October 5th event: Mini-Makeathon
September 19, 2018
deep dives
On October 5th, students and young professionals will come together at the Design Museum in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands to develop a new food concept for vertically farmed lettuce. The Mini-Makeathon is from 9.00 to 17.00. Registration…
Help us analyse vertical farming on Twitter!
September 12, 2018
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Since May 2017, the Cultivating Engagement team have been collecting tweets about vertical farming using some software specifically designed for Twitter research (Borra & Rieder 2014). Our Twitter dataset currently comprises over…
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