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 Europes 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 :

* 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

  • Innovation
  • Research
  • Education & Training
  • Policy
  • Networking
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Observatory

ACTIA

AGRIcoltura100

AgrisudOuest

AgroEnergie Hohenlohe

ALIBETOPÍAS

Aquimer

B4C

CLUSAGA

Cluster Agrifood Nazionale C.L.A.N

Cultural change 4 inclusion

Echt Schwarzwald

Ecotrophelia

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

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ACTIA

Technical coordination association for the food industry

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ACTIA

Technical coordination association for the food industry

France

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
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AGRIcoltura100

Survey on the contribution of agriculture in sustainability

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AGRIcoltura100

Survey on the contribution of agriculture in sustainability

Italy

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Research

To website
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AgrisudOuest

Hub of innovation for ecology smart AgriFood Chains in France

LOGO agri sud ouest

AgrisudOuest

Hub of innovation for ecology smart AgriFood Chains in France

Route de l’Occitanie, Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website
agro energie

AgroEnergie Hohenlohe

Biogas production and eco-village

agro energie

AgroEnergie Hohenlohe

Biogas production and eco-village

Germany

Scale of case: Urban-rural

Type of case: Innovation

To website
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ALIBETOPÍAS

Living Lab & networking event

LOGO ALIBETOPIAS

ALIBETOPÍAS

Living Lab & networking event

Madrid, Spain

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
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Aquimer

Seafood and aquaculture industry cluster

aquimer logo

Aquimer

Seafood and aquaculture industry cluster

Hauts-de-France, France

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website
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B4C

Bioeconomy for change

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B4C

Bioeconomy for change

Hauts-de-France, France

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website
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CLUSAGA

Galician Food cluster

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CLUSAGA

Galician Food cluster

Edificio Feuga, Rúa de Lope Gómez de Marzoa, Santiago de Compostela, Municipality of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website
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Cluster Agrifood Nazionale C.L.A.N

Cluster

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Cluster Agrifood Nazionale C.L.A.N

Cluster

Italy

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
ToscanaNews logo

Cultural change 4 inclusion

Civil society initiative for social inclusion

ToscanaNews logo

Cultural change 4 inclusion

Civil society initiative for social inclusion

Italy

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Innovation

To website
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Echt Schwarzwald

Regional branding

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Echt Schwarzwald

Regional branding

Black Forest, Germany

Scale of case: Urban-rural

Type of case: Innovation

To website
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Ecotrophelia

The student awards of food innovation

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Ecotrophelia

The student awards of food innovation

Site Chabran, Boulevard Limbert, Avignon, France

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Education & Training

To website
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Ecotrophelia

The student awards of food innovation

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Ecotrophelia

The student awards of food innovation

Résidence Chabran, Boulevard Limbert, Avignon, France

Scale of case: Continent

Type of case: Education & Training

To website
etp blegium

ETP Food for Life Belgium

Technological platform

etp blegium

ETP Food for Life Belgium

Technological platform

Brussels, Belgium

Scale of case: Cross-border countries

Type of case: Networking

To website
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Flanders Food

Cluster

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Flanders Food

Cluster

Flanders, Belgium

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website
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FOOD + i

Regional cluster from the Ebro valley , Living lab

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FOOD + i

Regional cluster from the Ebro valley , Living lab

Polígono Industrial de Tejerías, Calle de Los Huertos, 26500 Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website
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Food For Life France

Technological platform for food innovation

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Food For Life France

Technological platform for food innovation

France

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
Food-for-life logo

FOOD FOR LIFE SPAIN

Technological Platform

Food-for-life logo

FOOD FOR LIFE SPAIN

Technological Platform

C. de Velázquez, 64, Salamanca, 28001 Madrid, Spain

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
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Food Science Festival

Event

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Food Science Festival

Event

Italy

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Education & Training

To website
LaFoodTech logo

Foodtech France

French network gathering together all the innovative entrepreneurial initiatives related to food, from farm to fork.

LaFoodTech logo

Foodtech France

French network gathering together all the innovative entrepreneurial initiatives related to food, from farm to fork.

Dijon, France

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
foodwest

Foodwest

Food industry expert

foodwest

Foodwest

Food industry expert

60100, Seinäjoki

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Innovation

To website
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Genopole

Innovation for life sciences

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Genopole

Innovation for life sciences

91000 Evry-Courcouronnes

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Innovation

To website
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GESVIÑA

A supra-autonomous operating group for sustainable viticulture

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GESVIÑA

A supra-autonomous operating group for sustainable viticulture

Basque Country, Spain

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Innovation

To website
govitinnat

GO VITINNAT

Supra-autonomous Operating Group, Living Lab

govitinnat

GO VITINNAT

Supra-autonomous Operating Group, Living Lab

Spain

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Innovation

To website
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ-ΤΠ-transp

Greek National Technology platform

Technological platform

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ-ΤΠ-transp

Greek National Technology platform

Technological platform

Greece

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
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Hubfarm

Digitalization platform

Logo-HubFarm-per-sezione-sito

Hubfarm

Digitalization platform

Italy

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
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Innovalliance

Alimentation, bien-être, naturalité

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Innovalliance

Alimentation, bien-être, naturalité

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website
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Milan Food Policy

Food Policy

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Milan Food Policy

Food Policy

Milano, Province of Perugia, Italy

Scale of case: Urban

Type of case: Policy

To website
logo milan urban

Milan Food Waste Hub

Policy project

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Milan Food Waste Hub

Policy project

Milano, Province of Perugia, Italy

Scale of case: Urban

Type of case: Innovation

To website
logo milan urban

Milan Pact Awards

Collaboration towards sustainable food systems

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Milan Pact Awards

Collaboration towards sustainable food systems

Milan, Italy

Scale of case: Global

Type of case: Innovation

To website
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MiRi

Policy project

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MiRi

Policy project

Milano, Province of Perugia, Italy

Scale of case: Urban

Type of case: Policy

To website
Logo-Springer-Link

Mountain and Rural Areas Protocol

Policy project

Logo-Springer-Link

Mountain and Rural Areas Protocol

Policy project

Italy

Scale of case: Urban-rural

Type of case: Policy

To website
logo helsedirektoratet

Norwegian Partnership for a Healthier Diet

Nutrition partnership

logo helsedirektoratet

Norwegian Partnership for a Healthier Diet

Nutrition partnership

Norway

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
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NSL

CLUSTER NUTRITION HEALTH LONGEVITY

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NSL

CLUSTER NUTRITION HEALTH LONGEVITY

Hauts-de-France, France

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website
observatori

Observatory on Smart Agri-food

Observatory on Smart Agri-Food

observatori

Observatory on Smart Agri-food

Observatory on Smart Agri-Food

Italy

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Observatory

To website
pole mer

Pôle Mer Mediterranée

Blue Economy cluster

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Pôle Mer Mediterranée

Blue Economy cluster

France

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website
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Pôle Vitagora

Cluster

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Pôle Vitagora

Cluster

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website
compete 2020 logo

Portugal FOODS hub

Cluster

compete 2020 logo

Portugal FOODS hub

Cluster

Portugal

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
logo bretagne

Produit en Bretagne

Regional branding

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Produit en Bretagne

Regional branding

Région Bretagne, France

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website
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PTEPA

Spanish Technological Platform of Fishing and Aquaculture -Living lab

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PTEPA

Spanish Technological Platform of Fishing and Aquaculture -Living lab

Calle de Ayala, 11, 28001 Madrid, Spain

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Research

To website
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PTV

Wine Technology Platform –Living Lab

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PTV

Wine Technology Platform –Living Lab

Madrid, Spain

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
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Qualiment

Réseau de recherche pour l’innovation alimentaire

LOGO_QUALIMENT-SIGN_CARNOT

Qualiment

Réseau de recherche pour l’innovation alimentaire

75013 Paris, France

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Research

To website
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Qualitropic

La bioéconomie des Outre-Mer

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Qualitropic

La bioéconomie des Outre-Mer

La Réunion, France

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website
Logo radix

RADIX

Civil society initiative sustainable alternatives to undeclared work

Logo radix

RADIX

Civil society initiative sustainable alternatives to undeclared work

Lazio, Italy

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Education & Training

To website
logoFISA vrai vrai

Research association of the German Food Industry

Technological platform

logoFISA vrai vrai

Research association of the German Food Industry

Technological platform

Germany

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
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Saveurs de Normandie

Regional Branding

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Saveurs de Normandie

Regional Branding

Scale of case:

Type of case:

To website
vrai logo srip hrana

SRIP HRANA

R&I partnership for sustainable food system

vrai logo srip hrana

SRIP HRANA

R&I partnership for sustainable food system

Slovenia

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
logo-occitanie-sud-france

Sud de France

Regional branding

logo-occitanie-sud-france

Sud de France

Regional branding

Occitanie, France

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Innovation

To website
logo organic denmark

Sustainable food procurement Denmark

Policy program

logo organic denmark

Sustainable food procurement Denmark

Policy program

Copenhagen, Denmark

Scale of case: Urban

Type of case: Policy

To website
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Sustainable food procurement Vienna

Policy program

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Sustainable food procurement Vienna

Policy program

Vienna, Austria

Scale of case: Urban

Type of case: Policy

To website
topsector_agri_food_logo vrai

TKI Top Sector Agrifood

Innovation platform

topsector_agri_food_logo vrai

TKI Top Sector Agrifood

Innovation platform

The Netherlands

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
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Valorial

Cluster

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Valorial

Cluster

Normandie, Melesse, Bretagne, France

Scale of case: Country

Type of case: Networking

To website
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VITARTIS

Regional cluster

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VITARTIS

Regional cluster

Av. Francisco Vallés, 8, 1 oficina 22, 47151 Boecillo, Valladolid, Spain

Scale of case: Region

Type of case: Networking

To website