31 Mar 2026
Wrapping up the Interdisciplinary Future Food Network with a bang
After 15 months, the Interdisciplinary Future Food Network comes to a close. We are releasing all four catalogues in one collected publication and sharing what comes next.
After 15 months, the Interdisciplinary Future Food Network (IFFN) has come to a close. We are proud of what it became, and we wanted to take a moment to share what we built, who built it with us, and where things go from here.
To mark the closing of the project, we are releasing all four catalogues in one collected publication: Four Challenges Shaping the Food System, Conversations from the Interdisciplinary Future Food Network.
<<< [Read the full catalogue here] >>>
What the project was
IFFN was a network project bringing together researchers, food innovators, industry actors, and policymakers to explore four critical food system challenges in the context of climate change. The premise was simple: to have genuinely interdisciplinary conversations, where different parts of the value chain and different academic traditions looked at the same problem together.
Over these months, more than 200 people participated across workshops, open events, and interviews. The group was truly interdisciplinary: 37% from food innovation, 27% from the greater food industry, 27% from academia, and 9% from ministries and policy.
What we built
The project produced four catalogues, each mapping a distinct challenge from multiple perspectives:
Making Sidestreams Mainstream
Perspectives on Novel Foods
Essential Nutrients in the Green Transition
Biodiversity and Competitiveness in the Food System
Together, we now release them in a collection: Four Challenges Shaping the Food System, Conversations from the Interdisciplinary Future Food Network.
It acts as a record of real conversations between researchers, industry actors, and policymakers who looked at complex food system challenges together, from multiple angles and without easy answers.
<<< [Read the full catalogue here] >>>
What comes next
The network may be closing, but the work is not. New initiatives are taking shape, and we look forward to sharing more in the coming weeks. If you want to be the first to hear, follow us on LinkedIn.
Thank you!
This project was made possible by GUDP, Grønt Udviklings- og Demonstrationsprogram, under the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries, and by everyone who gave their time, knowledge, and perspectives along the way. It has been a privilege to work at the intersection of so many different fields.
Project team
Helena Gustavs Formgren
Asmus Gamdrup Jensen
Louise Beck Brønnum
Peter Nøhr
Sofie Raae Søndergaard
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