Future Food Innovation

FFI connects companies, knowledge, funding and competencies, and has a main focus on open radical innovation and development of qualitative differentiated products. The background for this initiative was the challenge of increasing the level of innovation in the food sector. Therefore, FFI works for more cooperation between companies, and between companies and knowledge institutions. Companies within the food area are offered individual sparring and feedback regarding their innovation challenges and growth ambitions, and they are offered guidance about collaboration partners, knowledge institutions, contacts, funding, competencies etc. They can also apply to FFI for funding either for innovation or growth projects, and will be facilitated during the project. FFI is managed by a consortium of seven Danish knowledge institutions, a university and a cluster organisation. The science park, Agro Business Park, is lead partner. The project is financed by CDR, The European Regional Fund and participating companies.

FFI was established as a broad consortium of existing knowledge institutions – built on the philosophy that we regionally, as well as nationally, already had a large number of knowledge actors and didn't need more actors, but rather closer collaboration between them. There was a need to create easier access for the companies to relevant knowledge institutions and actors, in order to obtain more innovative and growth based companies within the food sector.