F&A Next: Day 0

Open House Diaries F&A Next

What did they participate in?

• A special edition of Innovation Insights on the expectations of F&A Next and financing the food transition. Did you know that participants found a mix of instruments is needed for speeding up the food transition? You can find the sneak peak of the results of the online dialogue on funding here on Foodleap. But… the dialogue for funding continues until 25 May as, please join here.
  Guest speakers are looking for specific opportunities; like Rik Pantjes from investNL. Scale ups working on upstream, for example co-productions with farmers and iconic product developers. Or are investing in educating the general public about food habits, like Amos Attali of Myownhealth who participates in the VIPS Pilot because he wants to take on this challenge. Sharing risks and building experience faster, are motives of Daan Vetter from SchoutenFood who believes in investing in multi-partnerships, being inclusive. 
• In the challenge on ‘how to reuse residual streams from horticulture’, Dewi Hartkamp from Sign stated that a lot of additional food can be made from residual streams, preventing the import of a lot of streams from abroad. The winner of the 50,000 euros for implementation is Grassa! Unlocking the full potential of grass.
• Open Community Meetings with exciting programmes at Unilever of the Upcycling Community and on Personalised Nutrition.
• Visualising the journey of shaping the future together makes the food transition more understandable to a large audience. Graphic Designer Jessie van Hattum painted the Foodvalley Glass House.
• Captains Dinner was attended by our CEO Marjolein Brasz and Jolijn de Zwart van Kessel Innovation lead Circular Agrifood. Marjolein made a call on the HOW and NOW of the food transition. As a Practice Leader we move things forward by looking at what happens and what not in practice. With concrete examples of how collective action contributes to new healthy sectors. Like the BeanDeal for the protein sector.

Upcoming tomorrow at our Open House

• Workshop Live Fermentation 10-11AM: discover in practice what fermentation offers for plant-based protein products, healthy food and ways of upcycling!
• Food Transition Game 2-2.45PM: It is a journey through networks, communities and initiatives working to make impact. It helps you find solutions, opportunities to shorten time-to-market, redefine your business and meet great people.