Speaking about a funders perspective of #impact at the recent #ImpactIgnite conference was a great opportunity to discuss the future of #AI in impact tracking and evaluation... what are your thoughts on its potential?

🧪Congratulations to the 2025 EIT Food Innovation prize winners: 🏆 Rising Innovator – Agreenet 🏆 Women in Innovation – Matr Foods 🏆 Global Reach – Microfy Systems 🏆 Impact – Notpla 🏆 Tech Pioneer – Orbiba Robotics 🏆 Market Excellence – Atfield Technologies 🏆 Student Innovator – Gloxad Academy

🧪Vegan cheese that is tasty AND could help mitigate up to 8,850 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year (which is the same as taking over 4,000 petrol cars off the road or powering nearly 1,800 homes). New #Impact story from EIT food. www.eitfood.eu/impact-stori...

🧪I am often asked what the #Impact #Value of #OrganicFarming is. A new study from Systemiq Ltd. has indicated that synthetic chemicals in the food system could be creating a #Health burden of $2.2tn a year. And #Ecological #Impacts of $640bn. #Food4Thought www.systemiq.earth/reports/invi...

🧪 Just released - a new success story showing how EIT Food supported #Startup EcoBean are turning spent coffee grounds into viable products that save their customers money and reduce their carbon footprint. #Impact #CircularEconomy #Startup #ReducedWaste www.eitfood.eu/impact-stori...

🧪On International Food Waste Day - A new impact case study - In just 3 yrs, Green Spot have saved 39,000 Tonnes of food waste from landfill, achieved a SROI of €1.75 for every €1 invested and are on track to reduce 730,000 tons of CO2-equilavent emissions by 2030. www.eitfood.eu/impact-stori...

🧪🚀 Exciting News! EIT Food has just launched its #Biotech Innovation Call, aimed at boosting high-potential innovations and helping them reach commercialization. 🌱💡You can apply for funding of up to €400K per project, covering up to 10 months. See www.eitfood.eu/open-calls/b...

Just to let you know that I'll be sharing my personal experiences regarding 'Shaping systems from within' (online) at 13:30 BST on 10th October as a panel member. Exploring how social value is reshaping systems, practice, and purpose. #ISVCon2025 #SocialValue #KnowledgeExchange lnkd.in/ejntBjBu

🧪Our latest #Impact case study, reducing plastic pollution and 600 Tonnes CO2eq (and much more to come) using fully biodegradable seaweed-based food packaging from the brilliant EIT Food alumni Notpla can be found here www.eitfood.eu/impact-stori.... Please check it out & share #StartUp #Innovation

Wonderful to see that the European Institute of Technology has assessed the collaborative #Supernovas programme from EIT Food, Manufacturing and Urban mobility as generating 98 Euros for every 1 Euro spent! #Impact #ROI #Equality #WomenInnovators www.linkedin.com/showcase/eit...

Apply for TeamUp2025: closing April 30th! ⏳If you have an impactful agrifood technology this is for you.🌱 6 months training, mentorship, networking and funding to create a startup plus Matchmaking🚀 €2,000 monthly per team🏆 Up to €40,000 follow-up for top teams. It’s also online. lnkd.in/epZiQJzU

🧪Have you seen the latest EIT Food #Impact Case Study, featuring Mimica yet? #ShelfLife #FoodWaste #UseByDate www.eitfood.eu/success-stor...

🧪 New report on Advanced #biotech for #sustainability available now. Key findings: advanced biotech could reduce global #emissions by 6%, the sector holds a $1 trillion economic opportunity and scaling bio-based solutions could free up land the size of India. www.ab4s.org/report

🧪$8 trillion in hidden global costs arises from unhealthy dietary patterns which are linked to Non-Communicable Diseases. State of food and agriculture 2024 report, United Nations FAO. #EITFood are attempting to mitigate some of this #Impact through new #Innovations. www.fao.org/publications...

🧪 Apply now! Fast track to market funding of up to €300k available for small companies based in Europe (EU or Horizon Europe eligible country). Learn more here www.eitfood.eu/open-calls/f...

🧪 More than 40 farmers from Serbia exploring #RegenerativeAgriculture practice last week with #EITFood. Learn more here www.eitfood.eu/projects/reg...

🧪 EIT Food supported project 'The kitchen adventure' at a food bank workshop in Poland where they helped students and their parents enact more sustainable eating habits using cooking classes. #Healthy #Sustanable #Nutrition #Change www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk0o...

We scored 8/10 as part of our 7-year-review from EIT! "Since its launch, EIT Food has become the world’s largest food #innovation community ..... making significant contributions to Europe’s food system". Read it here: eit.europa.eu/library/seve...

Who else can see the planet parade tonight? After the sun fully set we spotted Uranus (we think) and Neptune was just to the left of Venus but our little telescope couldn't find it.

🧪Window 5 of EIT Food Impact Funding Framework call is open until the 13th March. "If you’ve got an idea that will change food systems for the better, we want to fund it". You can apply via larger-scale collaborative programmes or innovative single projects. www.eitfood.eu/open-calls/i...

One of my sessions at the 'Securing EU research funding by communicating and demonstrating societal impact' workshop, hosted by the Lithuanian RDI Liaison Office LINO and organised by the organisation for Advancing and Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science AESIS Network. #KE #Collaboration.

🧪 Just spotted new research from @cgiar.org that is very relevant to @EIT Food's Mission: Reducing risk for a fair and resilient food system. Might be of interest to contacts working in #Policy, #FoodSecutity or addressing #Inequailities. on.cgiar.org/4am96jg

Just for a giggle... is this too many post-its for putting organisational #impact data and its drivers into grouped areas to identify improvement opportunities?

I think online passes may be available for my workshops on securing EU funding through demonstrating societal impact next week. If interested, please see aesisnet.com/events/euf25/ and ask @Aesis. Note: if my sessions are popular I'll see if we can share my content for @EIT Food collaborators.

🧪 Apply now! We are looking to fund #Collaboration between #FoodCompanies and #ScientificInstitutions to create #Innovative food products based on ideas #CoCreated with #Consumers. Now open for applications in Regional Innovation Scheme eligible countries. www.eitfood.eu/open-calls/r...

🧪 8000 students gained knowledge and skills by creating meals from ingredients that would have been part of the #FoodWaste #CarbonDioxideEquilavent burden in Croatia as part of @EiT Food's @FoodEducators programme. #NextGeneration #Impact #CO2Reduction #NetZero www.linkedin.com/posts/fooded...

🧪 Have you seen the 2024 UK #FoodSecurity report? Interesting point about #WaterScarcity's potential impact on wheat and rice harvests. The UK is currently 75% self sufficient, with fresh produce being the most vulnerable. www.gov.uk/government/s...

Just spotted lots of free infographics and tools on #FoodSafety, #Nutrition and #FoodWaste created by @eufic.bsky.social here www.eufic.org/en/resources. Might be useful for my contacts for #Education and #PublicEngagement purposes.

🧪 New #ProteinDiversification discussion paper now available from the EIT Food think tank. A collaboration with producers, industry, accademia, research, government and NGO sectors across Europe. www.eitfood.eu/reports/prot...

The MENAT #Regenerative #Agriculture programme, supported by EIT Food is open for applications till January 6th here goumbook.com/regenerative... #Grants #Mentorship #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Impact Food security, soil health, water scarcity and climate resilience.

It is an honour to be asked to represent good practice in #Impact focused EU #Funding on behalf of #EITFood at this workshop running 22nd-24th January in Brussels by the organisation for Advancing and Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science #AESIS. Join us? aesisnet.com/events/euf25/

I've been testing various #ImpactAssessment methods to see what gives useful benchmarking data. Want to know the Social Return On Investment estimate for #EITFood #Entrepreneurial programmes? www.eitfood.eu/reports/entr... #Innovation #Impact We will get better at assessments by learning together!

'Sustain-a-bite' new #HorizonEurope funded project! Led by Tech. Research Centre of Finland: 19 partners from 13 countries to redefine minimally processed plant-based eating. See here www.linkedin.com/posts/eit-fo... for more details. #Sustainable #Plant-based #Innovation #Collaboration #EITFood

We are supporting many great #innovations that target #FoodWasteAndLoss. Have you heard about the 'waste2plate' programme? By 2027, they aim to deliver over 1 million healthy and nutritious servings annually from valorised side streams. Read about it here www.eitfood.eu/projects/was...

Just spotted some nice #Impact planning tools free from the Impact Planning and Evaluation Network #IPEN. mailchi.mp/sciencenewze...

Register for the online #agrifood networking event on 18th December (14:30-16:00 CET) here forms.office.com/e/KjdzZaT1dw. This event is linked to development of the next version of the EIT Food inspire, #entrepreneur #education programme www.eitfood.eu/projects/ins....

Do you have a great idea? Market test your #innovations in agrifood as part of EIT Food's #Seedbed #entrepeneurship programme. Now OPEN for applications! bit.ly/3VbbXFs

Our team build activity today is definitely recommended #Collaboration

EITFood focuses on supporting gender #equality to help shape the future of the agrifood sector. If you would like to know more please see www.eitfood.eu/women

Recently I had the honour of presenting #ImpactMetrics at the #FoodLossAndWaste Mission Accelerator workshop. #Collaboration and #Co-creation towards international targets.

This gorgeous ball of fluff is 'Cookie'. A rescue kitty that will be coming to our house from the local sanctuary very soon. #CatFamily

Impact framework and food #sustainability indicator list published this week by the EU Joint Research Centre ... how to measure the economic, social and health benefits of #Innovation. publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

Happy world soil day! Why is soil health important for food production.... www.linkedin.com/posts/eit-fo...

Are you a startup who wants up to €50,000 in funding, tailored training, mentorship and investor access? Apply now for Catalyse NEB here neb.awardsplatform.com Supported by EIT climate, urban mobility, manufacturing and food KICs with New European Bauhaus.

'Cow burps: #Methane reducton opportunities from #Agriculture.' I just took part in an international discussion led by EIT Food and @envdefensefund.bsky.social with numerous orgs that could lead to new #Innovations and #co-creation. Let's work together to make a difference! #KnowledgeExchange

60 regenerative farmers, policy makers and leaders recently helped start co-creating a roadmap for Italy. Details here www.linkedin.com/posts/eit-fo...

It's a 6:30am train to London for me today. If you're on a train why not read this article by my colleage at EIT Food on the impact value of #Entrepreneurship? www.newfoodmagazine.com/article/2426...

EIT Food contributed to a recent summary of #AlternativeProtein research in Europe curated by the Good Food Institute Europe. See gfieurope.org/science/#rep.... Lots of great insights such as #Fermentation #research being the current leading investment type.

#Job #Opportunity in the EIT Food healthy ageing think and do tank. www.eitfood.eu/open-calls/r...

Just in case you don't know us. EIT Food is a not-for-profit organisation who #Fund actities, #Advocate for change and create a #Community of collaborators and innovators. Our vision is #Healthy and #Sustainable food for all. www.eitfood.eu