Food

Where is the core of food innovations in Gelderland? In the Foodvalley region. Here you will find innovation power and knowledge in the field of agri and food production. In the field of food innovations, the Arnhem Nijmegen region explicitly collaborates with Wageningen and Foodvalley. In Wageningen lies the core as far as innovation in Food is concerned, with key players such as Wageningen University & Research (WUR), NIZO Food Research and Top Institute Food and Nutricion (TiFN). University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein in Velp is a good addition to this at the higher vocational level.

These are Food innovations in the Arnhem Nijmegen region

The Arnhem Nijmegen region is attractive for hosting international food companies.
Cluster development in the field of Food especially means developing knowledge alliances and creating an attractive business climate for new companies.

The focus within Lifeport is on the crossovers between Food and Health, research into food and health, especially around 'food in care' and 'food and cognition'.

Lifeport leads the way in:

Chip and digital technology innovations in food, agriculture and health (OnePlanet);
Food and cognition.

NEXT garden

NEXTgarden Lingewaard, the development area for horticulture, is located on the A15 motorway between Arnhem and Nijmegen. Here, entrepreneurs, knowledge institutes and government are successfully working together on concrete initiatives to make the entire production chain smarter, more profitable and more sustainable.

The area has a size of 735 hectares with 235 companies (with more than 2150 jobs) and has the space and facilities for the expansion of existing greenhouse horticulture companies and the establishment of new companies. NEXTgarden houses major players operating in Europe and worldwide. A number of entrepreneurs choose to market part of their production locally and regionally and are successful in doing so.