XLabs NZ

Are you ready to explore how we can reshape our food systems to be more sustainable, innovative, and aligned with circular principles? This is more than just an event—it's a movement toward a better, more resilient future. Imagine a world where our food production nourishes not only us but the planet too. From exploring regenerative agriculture to cutting-edge food technologies, XLabs Live will bring together innovators and change makers pioneering the shift towards a more resilient and sustainable food future. This is your chance to connect with like-minded individuals, share your ideas, and learn from the best in the field. Let’s reimagine how we produce, consume, and think about food. Together, we can create a food system that’s not only sustainable but regenerative—one that gives back to our Earth more than it takes. Let's co-create a future where our food systems nourish people and our planet. We are so excited to see you all tomorrow in Nelson at The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited beautiful facility. Together, we are designing a better way forward. Silver Fern Farms Ltd Future Farmers NZ Pāmu Farms of New Zealand Zespri International New Zealand King Salmon Massey University Baygold Holdings Limited Ministry for the Environment | Manatū mō te Taiao Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA) Circularity

We’re delighted to announce that The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited alongside industry partners, Pāmu Farms of New Zealand and Silver Fern Farms Ltd Farms is bringing a team to XLabs NZ: Future of Food.    This team will ideate, prototype, and design solutions at our 2024 design sprint in Nelson to create a low-emissions circular future for agriculture with pasture proteins. “We’re excited to be part of XLabs 2024. New Zealand farmers are world leaders in pasture production, so imagine if we could further utilise that existing knowledge to create food for humans and reduce our impact on the environment at the same time.”  - Erin Maher (马依琳), Business Manager, Plant & Food Research We are excited by the potential of this team:  Sarita Males Erin Maher (马依琳) Maher  Tom Sowersby  Katrina Fletcher Paul McGill  Sian Menson (welcome back for a second year to XLabs!) “Taking advantage of our temperate climate, New Zealand farmers have become expert producers of forage crops. Not only do these crops provide rich food for producing livestock, they have untapped potential as sources of protein.” -Erin Maher, Business Manager, Plant and Food Research. Pasture proteins can deliver multiple benefits like:  +Diverse pasture systems enhance soil health and biodiversity. +They improve farming resilience against climate change. +Potential for increased productivity and reduced environmental impact. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gmb7TM66 Your commitment to helping create a smart, green future for everyone is inspiring, and that is why we can’t wait to explore innovative leadership with you — and together redesign the future of our food to be diverse, resilient and regenerative by design, from Aotearoa, New Zealand to the world. _____ Are you keen to join Plant & Food alongside other leading organisations to design the future of food to be abundant, nature-positive and regenerative by design? It's not too late to join us! Register a team from your business, industry, or region today to work on a challenge facing your business and explore innovative solutions alongside experts in a design sprint format. Join us by applying today - https://lnkd.in/gSXpv7aX XLabs: Future of Food is made possible in partnership with Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA) (NRDA) and Circularity.

Celebrating XLabs: Future of Food 2024 and some of our graduates from last year! As we approach XLabs: Future of Food 2024, we're thrilled to celebrate last year's graduates, who have significantly reduced their businesses' environmental impacts. At the end of our live design sprint, participants receive a certificate of completion to acknowledge their journey from linear to circular. It's not too late to join them—this could be you! Since 2020, we’ve had over 365 businesses join us in the program -  92% of participating companies felt excited about taking action at the end of the program 88% agreed they came away with at least one thing they/their business could change or start doing in the next 6-12 months. Our XLabs: Future of Food cohort this year will have the opportunity to learn from incredible food leaders here in Aotearoa and around the world -  shaping a new future for us all that is more abundant, nature-positive, and truly regenerative by design. Register a team from your business, industry or region today to work on challenges facing your business and explore innovative solutions alongside experts. Ask us about our last-minute rates! Join us by applying today: https://lnkd.in/gSXpv7aX Made possible in partnership with Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA) and Circularity. #circulareconomy #circulardesign #circularity #circularinnovation #aotearoanz #regenerativedesign #xlabsnz #xlabs

We’re excited to have Pic Picot of Pic's Peanut Butter Butter join XLabs: Future of Food this year as a keynote speaker at our 3-day design sprint in Nelson 20-22nd August. He will share his vision for the future of food in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and his plans to source peanuts here. We hope he might bring some of his amazing peanut butter with him for our teams! Pic will join us alongside other experts, including Louise Nash, Dr. Francesca Zampollo, David Hall, Elise Motalli ✏️ , Nicky Solomon CMInstD, Beth Mander and many more… So, it’s not too late to join us. We have two spots left! Our XLabs: Future of Food cohort this year will have the opportunity to learn more from incredible food leaders here in Aotearoa and around the world -  shaping a new future for us all that is more abundant, nature-positive, and truly regenerative by design. It’s time to make the shift from linear to circular — Register a team from your business, industry or region today to work on challenges facing your business and explore innovative solutions alongside experts. Join us by applying today: https://lnkd.in/gSXpv7aX Made possible in partnership with Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA) and Circularity.

We are thrilled to congratulate XLabs graduate Jade Hurst on the launch of Village Green - a concept she prototyped in our 2020 cohort. Village Green is a space where imaginations run wild. It is a nature-based early learning centre based in Remuera.  See more here: https://lnkd.in/g4tR9V3R Jade joined us at XLabs to explore the design challenge:  “How might circular economy principles apply to a childcare centre for the benefit of our communities and our environment?”. Her biggest insight? Nature is an invaluable teacher, so how might it be integrated into all aspects of building design, operating systems, and the curriculum? Read the case study here: https://lnkd.in/gYwTtJc7 Seeing the ideas that get developed at XLabs come to life is why we do what we do! Register a team from your business, industry or region today to work on challenges facing your business and explore innovative solutions alongside experts. This year, we have a dedicated cohort working on the future of food.  Join us by applying today - https://lnkd.in/gSXpv7aX. XLabs Future of Food is made possible in partnership — designed and delivered by Circularity in partnership with Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA) #circulareconomy #circulardesign #circularity #circularinnovation #aotearoanz #regenerativedesign #xlabsnz #xlabs https://lnkd.in/gbej92Uy

How much do you know about the circular economy? Interestingly, in Australia, it was discovered that those who were confident in their knowledge about the circular economy concept dropped from 81 per cent in 2021 to 52 per cent*. Why was this? These results strongly align with the Dunning-Kruger effect, which explains that with complex concepts, confidence often starts high before sharply decreasing as our actual knowledge increases, before a tipping point is reached, and confidence begins to return. Reinforcing the need for more accessible and practical information on circular economy and what it entails was identified as a barrier to action by 36 per cent of survey participants. So check out the video below, featuring Joe Iles and Ellen MacArthur, to learn more about the opportunities the circular economy provides. Perhaps nab one of the last few places at XLabs: Future of Food to build your capability in the circular economy and realise value in new ways for your business. XLabs NZ: Future of Food shifts the theory into practice for your business. Bring along an environmental challenge, and XLabs: Future of Food provides the tools, insights, and experts to design better solutions for people and the planet. Our circular design program includes a three-day sprint in Nelson (August 20-22, 2024), providing a unique opportunity for organisations to collaborate with Circularity, industry leaders, and like-minded businesses. Register a team from your business, industry or region today to work on challenges facing your business and explore innovative solutions alongside experts. Join us by applying today - https://lnkd.in/gSXpv7aX. XLabs Future of Food is made possible in partnership — designed and delivered by Circularity in partnership with Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA). *Circularity in Australian business 2023: perceptions, knowledge and actions Beyond recycling  November 20th, 2023 Ellen MacArthur Foundation https://lnkd.in/dJV3cvYM

There is just one week left to register for XLabs: Future of Food 2024, an award-winning circular economy program. Quickly grab the last few places to build your circular economy capability and design solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.  XLabs: Future of Food provides businesses with the opportunity to explore circular innovations for carbon removal and low-impact packaging, creating new value from food waste, climate-resilient ocean farming, and nature-positive cultural development. Our circular design program includes a three-day sprint in Nelson (August 20-22, 2024), which provides a unique opportunity for organisations to collaborate with circular economy experts, industry leaders, and like-minded businesses. Since 2020, we’ve had over 365 businesses join us in the program -  92% of participating companies felt excited about taking action at the end of the program 88% agreed they came away with at least one thing they/their business could change or start doing in the next 6-12 months. Nab the last few spots and join us by applying today - https://lnkd.in/gSXpv7aX Ask us about our last-minute rates! XLabs: The future of food is made possible in partnership with the Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA). It is designed and delivered by Circularity. #circulareconomy #circulardesign #circularity #circularinnovation #aotearoanz #regenerativedesign #xlabsnz #xlabs

Are you curious about the ideas, innovations and ambitions at XLabs: Future of Food? Dive into the past project from Silver Fern Farms Ltd , which worked towards the goal of creating a world where single-use plastics are a thing of the past and where we meet our needs with biobased alternatives. A team across Silver Fern Farms' business came to XLabs to explore alternative solutions for their single-use plastic waste using Circularity's circular by-design methods. They were able to shape a viable action plan, acknowledge other opportunities to create value from waste streams and develop an ecosystem of collaborators to make this a reality. The XLabs: Future of Food program provided Silver Fern Farms with the opportunity to create space for collaborative collisions, imaginative innovation, and tangible progress, enabling their team to design a regenerative and circular future for Aotearoa's agricultural and horticultural communities. Where will this XLabs journey take you? Join us by applying today - https://lnkd.in/gSXpv7aX Applications close on 18th July Made possible in partnership with Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA) and Circularity Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ghbSGZi #XLabs2024 #FutureOfFood #Innovation #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #FoodTech #PlantAndFoodResearch

In the lead-up to our three-day XLabs: Future of Food design sprint in Nelson on August 20—22, our participating teams start their journey with LEARN, our dedicated circular economy online program. The online self-paced program over 20-22 hours covers - - How the circular economy can create new value for your business - The circular opportunity and context for the food industry  - Identifying environmental challenges within your business - Exploring how circular design methods can be practically applied to your business to solve these challenges -Designing a solution using our circular idea canvas and implementation roadmap What you get - - 3-month enrolment to the self-directed XLabs LEARN program and community. - Access to 'Circular by Design' methodologies, toolkits and workbooks used by Circularity practitioners - Connection to the XLabs community and our coalition of the willing - Receive a Certification for Designing for the Circular Economy upon course completion. It’s not too late to join our next cohort of food leaders. Register a team from your business, industry or region today to work on challenges facing your business and explore innovative solutions alongside experts. Join us by applying today - https://lnkd.in/gSXpv7aX XLabs Future of Food is made possible in partnership — designed and delivered by Circularity in partnership with Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA) #circulareconomy #circulardesign #circularity #circularinnovation #aotearoanz #regenerativedesign #xlabsnz #xlabs

Applications to join us at XLabs: Future of Food, the award-winning circular economy program, will close on July 18th. Get in quick to grab the last few places to build your circular economy capability and design solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.  XLabs: Future of Food provides the opportunity for teams to explore circular innovations for carbon removal, low-impact packaging, creating new value from food waste, climate-resilient ocean farming, and nature-positive cultural development. Our circular design program includes a three-day sprint in Nelson (August 20-22, 2024), which provides a unique opportunity for organisations to collaborate with circular economy experts, industry leaders, and like-minded businesses. Since 2020, we’ve had over 365 businesses join us in the program - 92% of participating businesses felt excited about taking action at the end of the program 88% agreed they came away with at least one thing they/their business could change or start doing in the next 6-12 months. Nab the last few spots and join us by applying today - https://lnkd.in/gSXpv7aX For those considering joining us at XLabs: Future of Food and would like to learn more, you are welcome to join our onboarding info session this week (4th July at 11 am) and meet the other teams. Just PM us your email address and we will see you there. XLabs Future of Food is made possible in partnership — designed and delivered by Circularity in partnership with Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA) #circulareconomy #circulardesign #circularity #circularinnovation #aotearoanz #regenerativedesign #xlabsnz #xlabs