Foodtech Living Labs Platform

Use our Interactive Map at the bottom of this page to explore living labs across Europe. Find labs working on similar challenges or in nearby regions, and start collaborating.

The Foodtech Living Labs Platform powered by FOODPathS serves as a central hub of collaboration and innovation for Europe’s foodtech sector. It comes as a result of the mapping and reviewing of living labs across Europe, identifying succesful models that can be scaled and adapted elsewhere.

It is designed to connect national and regional Food Systems Living Labs (FS-Labs) from across Europe, facilitating the exchange of knowledge, insights, and successful practices.

What are Food Systems Living Labs?

At the core of our platform are FS-Labs—collaborative environments where research meets practice. These labs are driven by research and innovation (R&I) approaches, in where diverse public and private stakeholders (food manufacturers, farmers, retailers, technology providers, policymakers, and more) at a national, local and regional level come together to co-create new products, services, and solutions to address diverse food system challenges such as:

Environmental and social sustainability
Circular economy practices
Nutrition and health
Food security
Digital innovation

The Foodtech Living Labs Platform

This Platform aims to:

Unite stakeholders from across the food system value chain, including food producers, retailers, policymakers, and tech providers.
Facilitate collaboration between different regions and sectors, creating a space for exchanging ideas and co-creating solutions.
Promote sustainability by focusing on innovations that support the circular economy, reduce environmental impact, improve public health and foster fair & just practices.
Foster innovation by connecting living labs and leveraging the best research and development practices across Europe.

Through this hub, living labs can:

Share Best Practices: Learn from the experiences of other labs and apply these insights to local contexts.
Scale Innovations: Promote solutions that work in one region across the broader European food system.
Collaborate Across Borders: Establish cross-border partnerships that enhance both national and regional efforts.

In alignment with the European Partnership for Sustainable Food Systems for People, Planet, & Climate (FutureFoods) this platform is designed to capitalize on national strategies and connect them with living labs from other partnerships and projects at the EU level. By fostering these connections, we ensure that stakeholders from diverse sectors have access to cutting-edge foodtech innovations and practices.

Are you part of a European living lab* in the agrifood domain and wish to join this network?

Please contact the National Food Technology Platforms :

Czech Republic : hruba@foodnet.cz
France : avoyatzakis@ania.net
Germany : gfpi-fei@bdp-online.de
Italy : clusteragrifood@gmail.com
Romania : bogdan.dragancea@gmail.com and catalin@expergo.ro
Spain : j.martinez@fiab.es
Other European country : info@foodpaths.eu

* Living Lab : a group of diverse actors active in co-creation processes

Foodtech Living Labs Platform

Scale of case

Local
Urban
Urban-rural
Region
Country
Cross-border countries
Continent
Global

Type of case

Policy
Networking
Entrepreneurship
Observatory
Innovation
Research
Education & Training

ACTIA

AGRIcoltura100

AgrisudOuest

AgroEnergie Hohenlohe

ALIBETOPÍAS

Aquimer

B4C

CLUSAGA

Cluster Agrifood Nazionale C.L.A.N

Cultural change 4 inclusion

Echt Schwarzwald

Ecotrophelia

ETP Food for Life Belgium

Flanders Food

FOOD + i

Food For Life France

FOOD FOR LIFE SPAIN

Food Science Festival

Foodtech France

Foodwest

Genopole

GESVIÑA

GO VITINNAT

Greek National Technology platform

Hubfarm

Innovalliance

Milan Food Policy

Milan Food Waste Hub

Milan Pact Awards

MiRi

Mountain and Rural Areas Protocol

Norwegian Partnership for a Healthier Diet

NSL

Observatory on Smart Agri-food

Pôle Mer Mediterranée

Pôle Vitagora

Portugal FOODS hub

Produit en Bretagne

PTEPA

PTV

Qualiment

Qualitropic

RADIX

Research association of the German Food Industry

Saveurs de Normandie

SRIP HRANA

Sud de France

Sustainable food procurement Denmark

Sustainable food procurement Vienna

TKI Top Sector Agrifood

Valorial

VITARTIS

ACTIA

Technical coordination association for the food industry

ACTIA

Technical coordination association for the food industry

France

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking