Food Innovation Hubs

Food Innovators Network

Bringing together the best of the food systems innovation community.

A global community of practice 

of more than 250 innovators representing Food Innovation Hubs, governments, academia, start-ups, investors, and civil society. The network works to:

Facilitate knowledge exchange 

through insights, convening and events

Advance frontier food innovations

through thematic working groups

Drive collective action and investment

to accelerate solutions at the nexus of climate, nature, food and water

Positive Outcomes for People and Planet

The Food Innovators Network brings together leaders, innovators, and investors to drive breakthroughs in food innovation. This work focuses on three outcomes:

  • Healthy and Accessible Diets for All
  • Climate and Nature-Positive Food Systems
  • Inclusive and Resilient Growth

FIN Breakthrough Solution Areas

FIN is advancing collective action on global innovation frontiers that can unlock a more sustainable and food-secure future. Each area convenes members from across sectors to share knowledge, identify scalable solutions, and accelerate responsible technology adoption.

Inclusive AI for Food Systems

Exploring how artificial intelligence and data technologies can enhance productivity, reduce waste, and strengthen farmer livelihoods while promoting equitable access to digital tools.

Water-Smart Food Systems

Advancing innovations that optimize water use across agriculture and aquaculture, including blue food solutions, circular water systems, and technologies that build climate resilience.

Diversified Ingredients

Accelerating ingredient innovation to improve nutrition, supply stability, and climate adaptability by scaling climate-smart crops, alternative feedstocks, and biotechnologies that support sustainable diets.

FIN Xchange Series

The FIN Xchange Series are 60-minute online sessions that allow members to hear from a guest expert on a relevant food innovation topic. These sessions also offer a valuable opportunity for members to network and connect with each other.

The new food industry cannot be just built from inside a kitchen. The transformation process is far more complicated and requires fora, like the FIN, where different stakeholders can meet, share, learn and find new solutions.


Björn Öste (FIN Global Gathering June, 2023)

Co-founder, Oatly

We need to innovate in terms of products and services, but we also need to innovate on how we network, exchange knowledge, and co-create solutions together. A collaborative initiative like FIN helps to really accelerate the potential scalability of impactful projects that we are developing on the ground as private sector.

Natasha Santos (FIN Global Gathering June, 2023)

Vice President, Stakeholder Affairs and Strategic Partnerships, Bayer Crop Science Ltd.

The FIH platform is not just about exchanging knowledge and experience, it is a concrete an opportunity to unlock public-private partnerships and innovation promoting a prosperous and inclusive future. Together we are more than just a network, we are a global movement dedicated to shaping a food secure and sustainable future, making a real difference in people life.

Ruqayya AlBlooshi (FIN Global Gathering June, 2023)
Executive Director, International Relations and Government Knowledge Exchange, Office of the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates

Simply put, producing more using less is key. After all, we can all create the best tools, the best innovation to address challenges. But if those tools go unused: it is really all for not. And we have to ensure that those tools that we're investing in are ultimately scaled and deployed and utilized by those they were created for.

Jamie Adams (FIN Global Gathering October, 2023)

Senior Advisor for International Affairs, United States Department of Agriculture

Get in touch

To hear more about the Food Innovators Network (FIN) and membership opportunities, email us.

Food Innovation Hubs is a part of the Centre for Nature and Climate

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