InnOFoodLabs is a Horizon Europe project, bringing together farmers, businesses, researchers and citizens to boost organic value chains across Europe. Over the next four years, the project will pioneer new ways to strengthen the role of organic businesses in local economies.
By empowering farmers and small and medium-sized processors to access modern processing facilities, reach new markets, and claim a fair share of the added value, the project strengthens the foundations of sustainable, inclusive, and resilient European food systems.
These innovations will tackle:
Through these three themes, InnOFoodLabs brings innovation to every stage of the organic value chain — empowering local actors, connecting communities, and building a fairer, greener future for food in Europe.
InnOFoodLabs focuses on careful processing techniques, accommodating the seasonal character of primary production, and adapted to smaller batches. Our aim is to preserve the nutritional quality of organic food. We also promote sustainable and reusable packaging, to avoid the use of non-renewable and fossil-derived plastics.
We’re helping farmers and food processors work more closely together - especially with public kitchens and restaurants. This leads to better collaboration, more efficient food chains, and fresher, locally sourced organic meals.
InnOFoodLabs is testing fresh ideas on how organic food reaches people. We’re exploring new ways of collaboration between consumers and local food chain operators, including better communication, marketing, and logistics. These innovations will make organic food more available, affordable, and accessible to more people in local communities.
It will enable partners and stakeholders to share experiences and learn from each other across borders through:
To ensure that our innovations are genuinely sustainable, we will evaluate their environmental and social impact using reliable tools and methods. We will also explore how stakeholders and consumers feel about these innovations and develop business models that meet the needs of our companies. Our goal is to scale up successful ideas so that they can be used in other regions and help build better food systems everywhere. InnOFoodLabs will translate its findings into practical policy recommendations to help improve the rules and support available for organic food systems.
