By innovating today, we are creating smarter, healthier and more sustainable food in Europe for tomorrow

FoodNL is a partnership of three Dutch triple-helix driven agrifood regions. Together we make up the largest agri & food production area in Europe: AgriFood Capital, Greenport Venlo and Regio Foodvalley. We collaborate to achieve growth and innovation in agrifood. The two main innovation themes of FoodNL are: protein transition and food & health.

Fieldlab in Protein Transition and Food & Health:

• AgriFood Capital + Greenport Venlo + Regio Foodvalley
• Largest agrifood production area in Europe
• Collaboration of business, science and public partners in agrifood
• Labour: 150.000 employees
• Export: € 15 billion (= 15% of total Dutch export)
• Challenge: transitioning from ‘business as usual’ towards a sustainable agrifood system
• FoodNL participates in international projects and partnerships, such as Interreg, Horizon, Thematic Smart Specialisation Platform Agri-food, ERIAFF, etc.

Protein transition

In transitioning towards a more sustainable production and consumption of proteins, we work together on developing new, plant-based products, sustainable animal proteins and supporting consumers to make the right choice.

Stimulating and facilitating:

• The shift towards a more sustainable animal protein production and consumption
• The development of new plant-based proteins

By:

• Facilitating startups and scale-ups
• Facilitating education
• World Food Centre (city of Ede)
• Insect programs
• Field labs
• AgroProeftuin De Peel
• Egg Valley

Food & Health

We connect science, business and public partners to create innovations that promote a healthy food environment for our growing population. Together we work towards increasing knowledge and awareness on how a healthy and sustainable food environment supports fitness and vitality.

• Creating a healthy food environment
• Increasing knowledge & awareness on healthy food
• Reducing food waste throughout the agrifood chain

Applied in:

• Daily use
• The food production chain from farm to fork
• Health care
• Education