SEEDING THE FUTURE

A VAN LENGERICH FAMILY FOUNDATION
Sustainable food systems that improve
 the health of people and the planet

Our Vision:

Sustainable and resilient global food systems that always provide equitable access to safe and nutritious food for everyone; food that is affordable, appealing and trusted, and that improves the health of people and our planet.

Our Mission

We focus on three programs:

  • Global Food System Challenge

    Accelerating Innovation

    Accelerate High Impact Innovations to Improve Food Systems Globally

    We support multidisciplinary teams and innovation approaches to provide equitable access to safe, nutritious, and affordable food for everyone while improving the long-term sustainability and resilience of our planet.

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  • Support Foundational Work in Academia and Research

    Advancing Knowledge

    Support Foundational Work in Academia and Research

    We’re assessing how food system innovations can be supported by food policy, benchmarking global policy best practices, and supporting research, education, and innovation opportunities in science and technology.

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  • Scalable, Non-Profit, Pilots for Post Harvest and Food Processing in Africa

    Scaling What Works

    Conduct Scalable Pilots for Post Harvest and Food Processing in Africa

    We support non-profit organizations to reduce post harvest loss, establish economically sustainable and scalable business models for micro-entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers, and support small food processing enterprises to improve food safety and nutritional quality.

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Inspiring innovation

across cultures

to improve

the lives of people

around the world. 

Inspiring innovation across cultures to improve the lives of people around the world.

The Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge awards $1M in Grants and Prizes

This Challenge seeks to inspire and support creative, diverse, and multidisciplinary teams to create game-changing innovations that will help transform the food system. Competitive grants and prizes will be awarded for innovations targeting the white space where three domains intersect: safe and nutritious food; sustainably produced; and accessible, appealing, affordable, and trusted. The domains reside within a food policy framework where innovations can either be implemented within future, or existing policy.

POWERED BY:
THE CHALLENGE
AWARD WINNERS 
A  VAN  LENGERICH  
  FAMILY 
   FOUNDATION
"The abundance of scalable, transformative and impactful innovations from passionate teams of scientists, entrepreneurs, and innovators worldwide will transform food systems globally and improve the health and livelihoods of people while staying within planetary boundaries."

Dr. Bernhard Van Lengerich

Founder and CEO, Seeding the Future Foundation
Our Story