PlantAge

PlantAge
Berlin, Germany

THE INNOVATION:

The PlantAge cooperative was founded on September 15, 2018 as a vegan Community Supported Agriculture initiative to produce vegetable boxes. Since July 2019, they been delivering fresh vegetables weekly to distribution stations in Berlin, Frankfurt Oder, and the surrounding area, comprising 800 members. The project is supported by many people who promote ecological, social, vegan and regional principles. In this way, PlantAge creates living space for humans and animals, treats all living beings with respect and protects the environment with short transport routes. PlantAge uses the principles of Open Innovation to develop their activities and planning, with a focus on sustainability aspects.

LOOKING AHEAD:

In the long term, PlantAge would like to supply more households, doubling to 900 shares (upscaling). PlantAge has other goals, such as expanding food processing and fruit growing, selfproduction of plant milk, and creating experimental fields (e.g., by integrating permaculture and forest gardens).

More Information:
Website: www.plantage.farm
Email: [email protected]

Info about the Innovators and the Innovation portraits Catalogue

FoodSHIFT 2030 aims to launch an ambitious citizen-driven transition of the European food system towards a low carbon circular future, including a shift to less meat and more plant based diets. This transition is necessary in order to address the pressing challenges for food and nutrition security, contribute to the EU commitment of reducing GHG emissions by at least 40% by 2030, and revitalize urban-rural linkages and partnerships.

To do so, it establishes FoodSHIFT Accelerator Labs for maturing, combining, upscaling and multiplying existing food system innovations across nine front-runner city-regions. In turn these innovations contribute to the FoodSHIFT vision.

An Innovation Catalogue called “Innovation Portraits” was created to snapshot each of the Food Innovations connected with each of the FoodSHIFT Accelerator Labs (FALs) across the 9 city regions.

Info about the Innovation Portraits Catalogue

The Innovation Catalogue will snapshot each of the Food Innovations connected with each of the FoodSHIFT Accelerator Labs (FALs) across the 9 city regions. Each FAL has a dedicated innovation focus and each chapter will present innovation cases from a particular FAL. For each of the innovations presented, a snapshot of the innovation concept and purpose will be given, alongside the key impacts the innovation has in relation to the FoodSHIFT Impact Pathways and the acceleration ambitions of the innovation.

In addition, each innovation portrait is also categorized according to its Innovation Dimension. These dimensions indicate what kind of innovation is being presented, and where in the value chain it plays a role. This is indicated by these tabs. The dimensions are defined as follows:

Product – Innovations in this category address new or updated products, including quality, safety and market impact.

Process – These innovations are relevant to new technologies for processing, logistical improvements, infrastructure and new/improved services.

Social – Innovations in this category are relevant to changes in behaviour (e.g. consumers/citizens), development of new relationships and inclusiveness.

Governance – The innovations address policy developments, including food planning, subsidies, taxing, certificates & labelling.

Learn more about all the Innovation portraits: https://foodshift2030.eu/meet-the-people-changing-your-food-system/