Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley

Bayer and Valley partner ADM extend their regenerative agriculture collaboration in Europe 🌱👩🌾🇪🇺 🔍 Last year ADM and Bayer embarked on a feasibility study to evaluate the impact of regenerative agriculture practices in curbing carbon emissions, increasing biodiversity and improving soil health across approximately 9,000 hectares of farmland. 📉The project showed that carbon emissions from those hectares relying on at least one regenerative agricultural practice were 15% lower than those of conventional farms and that reductions could be up to 40% for farmers comprehensively adopting regenerative agriculture practices. 👏 The programme will now be expanded into a broader range of crops such as corn, wheat and barley, and geographically across Eastern Europe. Farmers will be provided with financial and technical support to implement qualifying regenerative agriculture practices. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eBRQF5GD #Sustainableagriculture #regenerativeagriculture #collaboration

🎤 Valley partner Cultivated Biosciences talks about 'How to Get Funded in 2024' on the Investment Climate Podcast 💰 CEO & Co-founder Tomas Turner chatted with Alex Shandrovsky about the fundraising process and the strategy they used to raise over $6 million to create creamy emulsions from yeast-grown fats as a B2B ingredient for dairy-free alternatives. ☕️🎧 Grab a coffee and find out what he said here: https://lnkd.in/eicXi888 #Switzerland #foodinnovation #climatetech #podcast #foodtechinvestment vegconomist - the vegan business magazine

🚀 Bühler hosts 80 innovative startups as part of the Masschallenge programme 👏 We love it when Valley partners team up! 🤩 Last week, Bühler Group welcomed 80 start-ups from 37+ countries to their CUBIC innovation campus at part of the MassChallenge Switzerland 2024 accelerator programme. Here's a tiny taster of some of the cool innovations featured in the pitches: 👩🌾 Combining AI with chemistry to reduce the environmental impact of animal farming 🤖 Robots that harvest and de-leaf plants in high-tech greenhouses 🥤 Bio-based materials to substitute plastic in packaging 🔍 Risk analytics for biodiversity Find out more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eUvUQJFG #switzerlandstartups #acceloratorstartup #sustainablebusinesses #newstartup #sustainability #foodandagriculture Ian Roberts Matthew Lashmar Elodie Waquet

So what did we get up to at our final After Hours event before the summer break? 👇 This time, the Valley explored innovations in primary food production as we were welcomed by our co-hosts, Valley partners Agroscope and the Etat de Fribourg - Staat Freiburg, at Grangeneuve, Fribourg's inspiring agricultural centre of excellence. 🔍 In the distance, we could see the construction site that will become Agroscope's new research campus in 2026. Fabian Wahl gave us a sneak peek of what's in store and shared their plans for a living lab canteen focused on behavioural science. 💡 Pascal Toffel took us on a fascinating journey through the food pyramid 🏛 Jerry Krattiger presented the Canton's key initiatives and focus on FoodTech and explained the interplay with federal, cantonal and municipal policies. Half of the group then took a tour of the centre's high tech experimental milking cow farm, while other colleagues took a deep dive into the technology on site. The event drew to a close with some networking over a delicious Fourchette Verte and Terroir Fribourg apero 😋 Thanks to Fabian Wahl, Jerry Krattiger, Pascal Toffel and Thomas Rime for giving us a taster of your world and to all the ecosystem players who joined us! 🙏 #Switzerland #Fribourg #Research #PublicPolicy #Innovation Eliana Zamprogna Marie-France Tschudin Christoph Hartmann Natacha Nagornova Katarzyna Winek, MBA Marie-France Watson, CED, DES Maëlle Bydlon

Every year, Switzerland produces 2.8 million tonnes of food waste - but actors across the value chain are actively seeking new solutions to tackle this issue👇 Last Friday, 150+ colleagues from Switzerland's food waste reduction community came together at United Against Waste Schweiz's Fokus Food Save 2024. 🤩 The event featured contributions from many Valley partners and friends, while also shining a spotlight on some new Swiss innovators: 💡 Christine Schäfer from GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute explained why changes in consumer behaviour needs to be driven on both an individual and systemic level. 🎯 Dominik Flammer reminded us that to achieve our goals, we need to consciously focus our food reduction efforts. 🚀 Startups GoNiña, Circunis, ProKeSo Import GmbH, FOODOO Foods inspired us with their innovations. 🎤 In the breakout sessions, Prof. Dr. Mirjam Hauser, Stefanie Maeder, Catherine Cunin and Kurt Wick explored what's driving consumer decisions, the huge potential of side streams and the challenges around new product development. We look forward to hearing more about joint projects as partners across our ecosystem continue to team up to accelerate our progress in this important area 🚀 #foodwaste #foodsave #Switzerland #sdg123 #community #collaboration Markus Hurschler

Our latest Friends of the Valley newsletter has landed 🇨🇭💌👇 In this edition.... 🎤 the Valley's CEO Christina Senn-Jakobsen shares how we can team up to move the needle on the Sustainable Development Goals. 🥤we explore some of the key insights and learnings from our recent State of Play event on sustainable packaging 💡we hear how Sophie Hanessian Ⓥ🌱 from Vege'tables Sàrl joined forces with fellow Valley partners Planted and New Roots AG 🎥 we share the recap video from the Valley's fourth General Assembly 📅 we invite you to join us at our next Impact Forum events 📰 ...and we catch you up on the latest ecosystem news, including exciting stories from YASAI , GreenState AG, Ecorobotix, Givaudan - Taste & Wellbeing, ADM and Steasy®. Want to take a look? Sign up here to receive your copy: https://lnkd.in/eQzdCfi4 #foodinnovation #Switzerland #whyswitzerland #newsletter

Meet the 10 Swiss FoodTech startups looking for investment to scale 💰🚀 Want to get to know them a bit better? The Valley's Q2 Quarterly Deal Flow for investors hit inboxes yesterday. Sign up here to receive a copy of the latest edition: https://lnkd.in/ekcvP_Ad 📩 Are you a Valley partner looking for funding? Get in touch with Katarzyna Winek, MBA or sign up here to get featured in our next edition: https://lnkd.in/ez3ATY3z #Switzerland #foodinnovation #funding #investment

Warm lunches, made easy - from bachelor thesis to product launch! 🚀👇 Back when they were students, Claudio Ruiz, Reto Muhl and Johannes Hofer brought a packed lunch to campus every day. But waiting in the queue for the microwave ended up eating up half of their lunch break... 😐 So they created Steasy®, a mobile mini steamer with a built-in battery 💡 Their innovation makes it easy to... ⏱ gently steam pre-cooked food on the go in just 15 minutes.  😋 preserve the flavour and nutrients of dishes 📱use an app to start steaming before we’ve even left our morning meetings This month, the team delivered products to their first customers as part of a launch event in Winterthur 🥳 Now Steasy is available to be ordered online for immediate delivery. Congrats to the whole team on this huge milestone! 👏👏👏 Find out more here: https://steasy.ch #startup #switzerland #innovation Lena Eberhardt

What happens when tradition meets food innovation? 👩🌾💡💥 Last week, the Valley's CEO, Christina Senn-Jakobsen, joined a host of thought leaders, innovators, and industry experts to find out at GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute's 4th International Food Innovation Conference. Here are three of our favourite moments... 👵 Nick Buettner, VP of Blue Zones, reminding us that only 20% of our longevity is determined by genetics. A huge 80% is shaped by our habits - and that's why we need to make healthy choices unavoidable. 🥩 Illtud Llyr Dunsford, farmer turned researcher and CEO of CELLULAR AGRICULTURE LTD, exploring the advantages of cultured meat - from reduced land use and water consumption to improved animal welfare - while acknowledging the hurdles we still have to jump like technology, cell feed, steel availability and funding. 🥓 Patrick Buehr from Rügenwalder Mühle Carl Müller GmbH & Co. KG sharing his fascinating story of a meat company gone green - and how today 60% of their "charcuterie" is plant-based. In a nutshell? 👉 Innovation isn't the enemy of tradition. The two concepts can and must exist together and help us create new food cultures that drive products that enable better planetary and human health and make it easier for citizens to make new choices.💡 #GDInstitute #foodinno24 #FoodInnovation #FoodCulture #FutureOfFood

Looking to squeeze in some networking before your holidays or book in something exciting to come back to? We've got you covered 👇 28 June | Fokus Food Save | Bern 🤝 Meet and mingle with food save colleagues from government, science and industry 1 July | SFNV IMPACT FORUM: Sustainable Farming | Online 👩🌾 Explore how we can accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture 2 July | Valley After Hours, co-hosted by État de Fribourg & Agroscope ⭐️ Our last chance to reconnect face-to-face before the summer holidays! ⭐️ 9 September | Valley After Hours, co-hosted by Givaudan | Kemptthal 💡 Catch up with fellow Valley partners and get inspired for Q3 20 September | Meet the Valley | Online 👋 Meet the Valley team and get to know the Swiss food ecosystem. 23 September | SFNV IMPACT FORUM | Precision nutrition | Online 🧬 Unpack how we can harness the huge potential of precision nutrition solutions 21 October | SFNV IMPACT FORUM | Sustainable packaging | Online 🥤 Building on our State of Play event, discover how we can scale the most promising approaches. 11 November | SFNV IMPACT FORUM | Sustainable protein | Online 💡 Get inspired by the latest developments in this exciting space. Find out more and secure your spots here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5TXsQyq #Events #Foodtech #Switzerland United Against Waste Schweiz Givaudan - Taste & Wellbeing Etat de Fribourg - Staat Freiburg Agroscope