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What is Switzerland missing in food innovation? Collaboration. Join this event, and discover the Swiss Food & Nutrition ecosystem! Thursday 8th of July 2021, from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CEST  Powered by Accenture for the SFNV For the 10th consecutive year, Switzerland...

This year, the canton of Fribourg presented for the first time the Sustainable Economy Award, and it was given to Bloom Biorenewables.Bloom Biorenewables received the CHF 6,000 Sustainable Economy Award for developing a process to exploit the hidden value of biomass....

You may now register for the NTN Swiss Food Ecosystem Ideation Campaign by the 4th of June 2021.The Ideation Campaign on the online innovation platform is a semi-public event with a large community from different NTNs and expertise. People submitting their ideas do so...

Healthy Individuals, Resilient Communities, and Global Food Security Lausanne, Switzerland | 1-4 November 2021  Supported by the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley The 35th EFFoST International Conference: Healthy Individuals, Resilient Communities, and Global Food...

UN Food System Summit | Trilateral Independent DialogueShift to healthy and sustainable consumption patterns. Focus on consumers’ education, innovative solutions and cross-borders learning experience. Date: June 3rd 2021 From Thursday, June 3, 2021, 13:30 GMT+2 to...

Zurich-based startup SNAQ developed a patent-pending food analysis app that gives users nutritional information about their meals just by taking its picture.SNAQ is a machine learning and computer vision startup active in the medical field. It has developed a mobile...

EIT Food’s flagship Global Food Venture programme is a dedicated offering to Doctoral Students across Europe working on food system challenges. Deadline for Stage II: Apply until 5th of June 2021 We're excited to announce that Global Food Venture Programme of  EIT...

Science Stories - WFSC Short Films Premiere The WFSC Research Programs support new cross-​​disciplinary and solution-​oriented research to address food system challenges. We are excited to show results from several of these projects in the form of short films! Date:...

Swiss startup FlavorWiki helps the food and beverage industry evaluate consumer perception and preference in record time, from anywhere in the world.Zurich-based consumer insights company, FlavorWiki, is using unique sensory technology to digitize individual tastes....

A Swiss foodtech company is launching a rapid test that would allow dairy farms to identify A2 milk-producing cows.SwissDeCode is launching the DNAFoil® A2 Cow Test to answer the growing demands for A2 milk testing. The rapid kit allows farmers and companies to test...

PeakBridge and EIT Food have launched PeakBridge FoodSparks® SCSp, a new seed fund for European agrifood-tech startups.Global fund manager PeakBridge joins EIT Food, the world’s biggest Agrifood Innovation Ecosystem, in launching the FoodSparks® fund. This new fund...

Farms, Labs and Beyond: Fixing a Broken Food System Date: 29th June 2021 The past decades in food production have seen a move in one direction only: towards a growing worldwide entanglement along the nutrition value chain. But this chain is being challenged – by...

Switzerland Global Enterprise offers a week focused on food, cumulative expertise and targeted advice.Switzerland Global Enterprise is the official Swiss organization for export and investment promotion. They support Swiss SMEs in their international business and help...

As Europe's first digital native vertical brand for child food, YAMO is about to change a whole category for good.The Zug-based startup, YAMO, provides nutritious and delicious products to help children grow up healthy and strong. Their products are made of 100%...

Farmy is an online shop for regional and organic products, delivering straight from farm to home.Zurich-based company, Farmy, is an online market that delivers regional and organic products directly from farm to home. It offers over 12,500 hand-picked organic products...

The Canton of Vaud serves the food of tomorrow through personalised nutrition, functional food and robotised agriculture.The canton of Vaud has a strong agricultural tradition and this developed the agri-food sector with the creation of Nestlé in Vevey in 1905. The...

Eight foodtech startups will pitch in front of Japanese corporations and investors interested in food innovation in an upcoming webinar by VentureLab & JETRO.On March 24, the Swiss Foodtech Startup Innovation Webinar will be held by Venturelab and the Japan...

Zurich-based startup Planted produces plant-based meat in a bid to raise awareness for the protection of the planet.Startup Planted grows, harvests and produces plant-based meat using pea proteins and fibres, canola oil and water. And their products are not only...

Advancing Research and Innovation in Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment with Horizon EuropeHorizon Europe will foster Research and Innovation in one of the most critical challenges of our time: feeding and keeping healthy the growing...

Join EIT-Food's next live webinar and learn more about the Global Food Venture programme for PhDs across Europe.Book your ticket if you are a PhD student aspiring to become a successful entrepreneur in the Food & Agriculture space, and eager to turn your...

The Global Food Venture Programme fosters the entrepreneurial growth of doctoral students working on challenges in the Agrifood sector.The Global Food Venture Programme offers a six-month curriculum to address the needs of aspiring entrepreneurs and early phase...

The startup founder of Naanu, Julia Devecchi Mas, shares her experience of running the business through the pandemic.Swiss foodtech startup Naanu creates vegan and gluten-free cookies with Vitamins B12 and D, Omega 3, Calcium, Iron and Zinc. And just like many...

Swiss startup Mootral starts the transition to climate-smart agriculture to help farmers earn more money and reduce their impact on the environment.The global livestock industry emits 15% of all greenhouse gases, with cows as the largest source of methane emissions....

The EPFL campus has provided new vending machines filled with healthy, local and sustainable products to promote sustainability.Students, professors, entrepreneurs and visitors can now enjoy healthy snacks through the innovative vending machines on the EPFL campus....