At the eleventh edition of F&A Next, B-COS and NoPalm Ingredients were named winners of the Feike Sijbesma Sustainable Innovation Award 2026. B-COS won in the early-stage category and NoPalm Ingredients in the later-stage category. Each company received a cash prize of €12,500. The international award, named after former DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma, supports entrepreneurs […]
Plant Science director at Wageningen University & Research, Dr Richard Harrison, reflects on a future where we can combine a diversity of farming systems and explores where the role of biotechnology will fit. Harrison explains how the current combination of increasing knowledge, AI and more accessible techniques is democratising science and speeding up biotechnology. Harrison […]
At F&A Next 2026, ten high-potential startups will take the stage as this year’s Next Heroes, representing the next generation of innovators in the agrifood sector. Selected by Rabobank and Anterra Capital, co-organising partners of F&A Next, this group reflects the most relevant innovation trends shaping the industry today. All selected companies will also be […]