With #BEANMEAL, Green Protein Alliance wants to activate people in supermarkets and restaurants to structurally choose more legumes over meat and dairy.
#BEANMEAL activates food makers and food providers to sell more legumes year-round and get all Dutch people eating more legumes again.
Food Pharmacy supports patients in vulnerable neighborhoods in obtaining local, healthy and regenerative food, linking direct improvements in health outcomes to sustainable agricultural practices. By partnering with farmers who restore soil health and regenerate the region, we aim to create new market opportunities that reward farmers for the nutritious food they produce.
With the Uniting for Impact project, a coalition of SME leaders, NGOs and experts is delivering prototypes for the new economy in which profit is only considered profit if people, society and the planet also win.
Data plays an increasingly important role in scaling up and professionalizing nature-inclusive agriculture.
The organizations Wij.land, Herenboeren, Aardpeer, Land van Ons and Lenteland are joining forces to identify the data and information needs of these initiatives and design a unified approach and IT solution based on this.
If there’s one thing we can do directly to fight the climate crisis, it’s eat more plant-based food, and less meat, fish and dairy. The Studio Plantaardig podcast explores how we can make the switch from an animal-based to plant-based diet. What adjustments are needed? And what surprises does tomorrow’s menu have in store for us?
Public transport, social housing, tap water… All basic facilities. And now there is also MensaMensa. The basic provision for affordable, healthy and sustainable food, through a neighborhood restaurant, public cooking workshop, learning workplace, course center, meal service, caterer and children’s restaurant.
MensaMensa makes nutritious meals accessible to everyone and enhances food security and justice. People near the poverty line also learn to cook a healthy weekly menu.
IVN Natuureducatie has already greened more than 150 schoolyards and childcare sites with Food Forests and aims to have 500 sites by 2030. In a Food Grove, children learn to grow food with perennials and experience how wealth and biodiversity go hand in hand. In this way, they build a sustainable and healthy future for children and the planet. Thanks to the continued support of Stichting Goeie Grutten, IVN can reach even more schools, childcare locations and children and continue to build on this wonderful initiative.
Plant FWD is an annual informal B2B conference that brings together startups, brands, retailers, food professionals, policymakers, investors and other interested parties to work together on a ‘plant forward future’.
Various international keynote speakers provide inspiration and activation. Valuable meetings are facilitated via the networking tool ‘Conversation starter’. Innovations are shown and new products are launched at ‘The Market’. And start-ups are linked to investors, in order to facilitate access to growth capital.
We are the Re-generation is een beweging en platform dat van Nederland kampioen regeneratieve landbouw wil maken. Hoe? Door pioniers en opiniemakers te verenigen en verbeelden. Door wijsheid van wetenschappers en inheemse volken, de open blik van jongeren en de innovatiekracht van creatieven en ondernemers te verbinden.
In this way, they create attention for regenerative agriculture and inspire people to take action for a regenerative society.
The Goeie Grutten Foundation makes the pioneering stories possible.
The Food Boost Challenge is a program that entices young people to adopt healthier eating habits by letting them come up with their own solutions. The programme – which is located at the intersection of research, education and entrepreneurship – goes through four steps: research, ideation, concept development and prototyping. For some concepts, there is also a step 5: implementation.
The programme brings together young people from diverse backgrounds and educational levels.