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Valley Insiders | For Valley partners only | Edition No.1 2024

Tackling key food system challenges. Together.

We believe that to tackle key food system challenges effectively, we need to bring knowledge and the right people together.

So what are we doing in the next few months to make this possible - and how can you get involved?


We'll also be sharing some more great tools - a facility sharing platform and funding finder - with you very soon. In the meantime, we'd love to hear your take on what else we could be doing - hit reply to share your ideas.

Christina Senn-Jakobsen
Managing Director, Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley

Dates for your diary
15.04 | Impact Forum | Food Systems 4.0: How can AI ensure food security? | Online
17.05 | SFNV General Assembly | Bern (detailed agenda to follow)
23.05 | Spanish Food Day | Online
11.06 | State of Play | Imagining the Packaging of the Future | Bern (invites to follow)
12.06 | Walking the Valley | Lausanne

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2 billion
That’s how many people the food we produce but never eat could end up feeding β€” which is more than twice the number of undernourished people globally. SFNV Managing Director Christina Senn-Jakobsen drums up tactics and solutions for key food system challenges in her latest opinion article.

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Ecosystem success stories
Agilery x Helbling
Marcin Niedzielski from Agilery and Dr. Ludovic Dovat and Dr. Jonathan Demierre from Helbling share why they've joined forces to support food brands looking to integrate innovative food and technology solutions.
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Food Brewer x Fruitful AI
Christopher Keim from Food Brewer and Patrick Albrecht from Fruitful AI tell us why they've teamed up to use their advanced computer vision tools to create an automated media screening and cell selection platform.
READ MORE


ZFV Group x Yumame, Steasy, and Food2050
ZFV Group talks about putting Yumame's delicious centre-of-plate option on their menus, helping diners to make more sustainable choices, preparing warm lunches without a kitchen - and why they're looking for new partners.Β 
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Impact digests: Sustainable protein
Earlier in March, we held our first ever Impact Forum event to bring together expert voices from Good Food Institute Europe, Sight and Life, NestlΓ©, and Yumame Foods. Click the link below to here what they said or join us for the next event in April.

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Opportunities for Valley partners

📣 Calling all sustainable packaging startups

We're inviting 8 lucky startups to present at our forthcoming
State of Play event on sustainable packaging on June 11.
APPLY HERE (Deadline: 9th April)Β 

🛒 Startups: showcase your product innovation
Would you like to feature your solutions across 240+ ALDI SUISSE stores, free of listing fees and Point-of-Sale costs? More information coming very soon!

🎟 Discounted tickets to the Hack Summit
Valley partners can benefit from a 15% discount on all types of tickets by using the code "SFNV15". Secure your ticket.

🤝 Interested in developing an alt protein R&D project?
Swiss partners can co-apply with an established Swedish SME under the EUREKA Program.
Find out more.

In case you missed it
📕 Check out this new research on diets and sustainable food systems
💦 Here's how 15 Valley partners are protecting the world's water resources
🥩 Planted launched a
first-of-its-kind fermented steak and expanded production.
🥛 Cultivated Biosciences secured $5 million to improve alternative dairy products.
β˜•οΈ Food Brewer bagged over CHF 5 million for cell-cultured cacao and coffee.
🔬 Planetary partnered with Konica Minolta to optimise microbial fermentation.
🤝 The Valley joined forces with Switzerland Global Enterprise

👩‍💼 We're also looking for an Investor Engagement Manager. Is this you?

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