Enabling innovation
for a better food system.

Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley is a nationwide initiative to develop, strengthen and promote food innovation in Switzerland and beyond. We address major challenges in food, agriculture and nutrition by leveraging cutting-edge science and technology for a more sustainable future.

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Nescafé Plan 2030 will drive regenerative agriculture, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve farmers’ livelihoods.

Nescafé, Nestlé’s largest coffee brand, announced its Nescafé Plan 2030 to help make coffee farming more sustainable. The brand is working with coffee farmers to help them transition to regenerative agriculture while accelerating its decade of work under the Nescafé Plan. By 2030 the brand plans...

EHL President Carole Ackermann joins the SFNV Steering Committee

As President of the EHL Foundation and Holding and CEO & Co-Founder Diamondscull - a company that invests in tech startups - Carole will bring unique insight into the fields of innovation, investment and academia. We recently took the opportunity to sit down with her to talk about the climate...

Food waste in Switzerland: 5 questions for Claudio Beretta

Today, around one third of all food produced for human consumption is thrown away. That's about 2.8 million tons per year for the whole of Switzerland, and contributes to emissions and climate change. Claudio Beretta, scientific assistant for sustainability and food waste prevention in food...

Why an ETHZ researcher founded a startup to tackle waste in the olive oil industry

Claudio Reinhard set out to write his Master’s Thesis on soil regeneration in Tunisia. But after discovering a huge untapped opportunity in the olive oil industry, Claudio has transformed his findings into an award-winning collaborative research project and founded a startup to bring the developed...