🌱 Building resilient food systems for 2025

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The Feed - January 2025 Hello joe,     Welcome to the January edition of The Feed, bringing you the latest news, insights, and innovations from EIT Food and the wider food system.     As we step into 2025, we’re reflecting on the importance of building resilient food systems that benefit people and the planet—from embracing diversity in agrifood to advancing protein diversification and tackling food waste.   In this edition, you’ll find stories of innovators working to strengthen our food systems, opportunities to join our entrepreneurship programmes, and insights on what’s needed to build resilience across the sector.    Let’s make 2025 a year of positive impact—together.     We hope you enjoy,   The EIT Food Team

News and Insights

With EU support, early-stage startups will receive assistance to scale green solutions in the agrifood sector.  Top 5 Food Trends in 2025 Read the blog

These five European startups are stepping up to redefine how we grow, produce, and enjoy food.  Can we really feed everyone sustainably?  Explore the solutions We’re proud to share the prestigious recognition of EIT (European Institute of Innovation & Technology) for its exceptional support of Europe's most promising startups. EIT recognised as Europe's top investor in Sifted’s 2024 ranking  Learn more

Impact and Inspiration

Protein diversification for future-fit farming To scale up sustainable agriculture, we need to shift from placing the burden on farmers – to a 'triptych' model that unifies protein diversification, agroecology, and novel financing.  Discover how

Enabling employment for people with intellectual disabilities in agrifood  For many participants, this programme delivers tangible results—and fulfils a dream. Learn about the programme

When life gives you lemons, make a citrus foundation This story starts on a quiet street in the Spanish village of Palmera, the air filled with the scent of citrus plants. The journey there passes through… Continue reading

Events and opportunities

🚀LAUNCH: market-validate your business proposition  [Deadline: 21 February 2025] Are you looking to explore and test the right product-market fit for your AgriFood Tech business innovation?  Explore our Seedbed Incubator programme

⏫ACCELERATE: boost your go-to-market readiness  [Deadline: 21 February 2025]  The EIT Food Accelerator Network programme enables the most promising agrifoodtech startups to further validate their technology and advance their investment and commercial readiness. Discover the programme

📈SCALE: shape and implement your bespoke growth journey [Deadline: 21 February 2025] For aspiring agrifood scaleups looking to successfully boost their commercial capabilities.  Join RisingFoodStars

Innovation spotlight

Sustain-a-bite will change the rules of the game!  This EU project brings new plant-based foods while improving accessibility and sustainability in European diets. Discover the plant-based revolution

Planet conscious alternatives to plastic packaging MarinaTex, an EIT Food startup from the UK, creates compostable, food-safe packaging from seafood waste and algae. Read about the solution

London-based startup fights food waste with award-winning label Due to confusing and inaccurate expiration dates, 1.3 billion tonnes of food are thrown away every year. Mimica is rising to the challenge with a game-changing solution. Learn more

Listen to this

The food system accounts for 15% of global fossil fuel use, but where does that energy really go? And how can we break free from it? Tune in

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