Startup-Days

Harvest AI

Harvest AI GmbH is a deep-tech startup from Potsdam that focuses on the use of artificial intelligence in greenhouses. We are developing an AI-based tool for crop forecasting in greenhouses that enables a range of operational improvements. We are working directly with farms in the EU and the US as well as with an established greenhouse management software company to integrate crop prediction into their software.

https://harvest-ai.com/

Annika Ahlers (Board Member German Agrifood Society)

28 years old, lives in the countryside in Alverskirchen in Münsterland.
Annika Ahlers is fascinated by agriculture and direct food production. She is a trained farmer and wants to play an active role in making these cycles sustainable, sustainable and regional. She is a motivated, trained farmer, a 100% doer! With dedicated, independent projects such as the "Erklärbauer", "Roadtripagrar" or the "Bauernbox" she has become an expert in urban-rural dialogue. Since then, she has brought her expertise and special perspective as a career changer "from the pumps into the rubber boots" in a diverse and versatile way, especially in the aspect of internal and external communication. She is particularly pleased to be able to contribute her expertise to the German Agrifood Society through her position on the board.

VANOZZA

VANOZZA is a foodtech start-up from Hamburg. We develop and produce 2nd generation plant-based cheese alternatives that make it easy to cook vegan dishes. We attach great importance to quality, taste and sustainability. Our first products are: Mozzarella, hard cheese and sheep's cheese.

https://vanozza.de/

Pflanzentheke

Pflanzentheke GmbH develops, produces and sells vertical farms for the local, soilless and climate-resilient cultivation of fruit and vegetables. We act as a full-service provider especially for farmers, educational institutions and companies with company canteens. In addition to high added value and short amortization periods, our customers benefit from our scalable farm system and our own research and development in the field of automation and plant nutrition, the findings of which we pass on to our customers.

https://pflanzentheke.de/

Nucao

The chocolate start-up nucao from Leipzig is transforming the chocolate market in a sustainable way: founded in 2016 by three industrial engineers, the purpose-driven company is a pioneer for irresistibly delicious and sustainable chocolate. All products are vegan, packed with organic ingredients and fair-trade cocoa from agroforestry, and sustainably packaged in paper. The young company is not only setting a new standard on the chocolate shelf, but also demonstrating that positive economic activity is no longer a utopian dream.

https://www.the-nu-company.com/

Du bist hier der Chef

The initiative "Du bist hier der Chef!" creates transparency in the quality and price of food, supports farmers thanks to fair prices, promotes nature conservation, animal welfare and biodiversity with its products and unites all stakeholders - consumers, farmers, industry and trade - towards a new solidarity-based food production and marketing in Germany. Thanks to a unique participatory co-creation process, consumers decide for themselves what is important to them in food, how it should be produced, and help determine the corresponding fair price.

In 2020, the initiative won the Hessian Founder's Prize in the Social Impact category. Its first product - the democratically-elected consumer milk, which has already been available in selected supermarkets for 2 years - was also awarded the Fairness Prize in 2021.

www.dubisthierderchef.de

MySpirulina

We are MySpirulina, a young start-up from Kiel, with the aim of popularizing algae as a food. We are trying to do this by making it possible for everyone to easily cultivate spirulina, a microalgae, at home and then consume it freshly harvested. To this end, we are developing the first self-sufficient spirulina farm for the windowsill in order to revolutionize the algae market.

https://my-spirulina.de/switch-to-en/

Hülsenreich

Hülsenreich is a manufacturer and marketer of innovative chickpea snacks. The delicious products are based on crunchy roasted chickpeas from the company's own legume roasting plant. Hülsenreich not only sells delicious snack alternatives, but also shows how good pulses taste and how versatile they can be. The company is committed to diversity in the field and a plant-based diet.

https://www.neggst.co/

EntuSos

EntoSus

Grilling For the future! Chili Con Grilli and Grillognese are just two of the high-quality products made from cricket mince that EntoSus produces in Bremen. The crickets are bred on the company's own farm according to the circular economy approach and are processed in-house into delicious, sustainable meat substitutes that cannot be visually traced back to insects. The market for insect products is one of the fastest growing markets in agriculture, and not just in the animal feed sector. EntoSus is the only cricket farm in Germany that breeds crickets for human consumption. Thanks to the self-developed breeding concept, production costs have been significantly reduced. Now that the farm concept is in place and product development is in full swing, the next step is to further expand sales in Europe.

https://www.entosus.de/

M. Lee Greene (Foodhub NRW)

Lee is a co-founder and board member of Foodhub NRW e.V., the regional platform that has been bringing AgriFood innovation players together since 2018. Outside of the association's activities, she advises companies and institutions on corporate development, innovation management and digital strategies. New AgriFood concepts have long been her focus. From 2008 - 2016 she built up the good-food brand "Scrumptious Pantry" in Chicago. She gained experience in agriculture from 2006 - 2010 as Managing Director of Cosimo Maria Masini, a young biodynamic winery in Tuscany. Before moving into the start-up world, Lee advised global FMCG and retail brands in Germany on strategic brand management. She holds an MBA from SDA Bocconi School of Management (Milan) and a degree in economics

Prof. Dr. Rainer Langosch (Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences)

• Rainer Langosch, born 1960, Hamburg & Neubrandenburg
• Professor for Business Management and Consulting Methodology/Communication
• Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences
• Chairman of the departmental council of universities with "green courses of study
• Trainer and moderator of the Andreas Hermes Academy, Bonn
• Management consultant

Gerald Dohme

• Born 25.02.1969 in Auetal-Schaumburg, Germany
• 1997 Dipl.-Ing agr. University of Göttingen, major in economics
• 1996-2000Assistant Association of South German Sugar Beet Growers, Editor
• 2000-2014 Nordzucker AG, development of group and financial communication, restructuring of the subsidiaries Hübner-Medopharm-Group, AGRI-Portal - development of a group-wide transaction and interaction portal for 17,000 raw material suppliers of the Nordzucker Group in seven EU countries
• since 2014 Shareholder d-cross dohme develop UG - executive coaching
• since 2015 Member of the Management Board of DBV, Berlin and Brussels,Finance, HR, Organization, Education, Nutrition, Forestry
• since 2016 Managing Director of DBV-Service GmbH, Berlin - Finance, Strategy
• since 2016 Managing Director of HdLE (Haus der Land- und Ernährungswirtschaft) GmbH, Berlin - finance, corporate development
• since 2018 Vice President Food Association Germany

CinSOIL

CinSOIL offers a software service that uses satellite imagery to measure and monitor the carbon content in agricultural soils over the long term. Through a baseline analysis, the 'insetting' potential is assessed and a strategy to increase carbon sequestration through regenerative agriculture is developed. CinSOIL enables the food system transition by incentivizing regenerative agriculture for farmers and companies in the food and agriculture sector.

https://cinsoil.eu/

Hivesound

HIVESOUND supports beekeepers by monitoring their bee colonies and providing recommendations for action through intelligent assistants. The buzzing of the bees is recorded by inexpensive sensors in the beehive and analyzed with the help of AI. In this way, the health status of the colonies is recognized and recommendations for action are generated for beekeepers. This makes everyday beekeeping easier and saves time and money. The grand vision of HIVESOUND is a worldwide bee monitoring system. All the data collected will be made publicly available as valuable indicators of the state of the environment, from which beekeepers and all of us can benefit (open data).

www.hivesound.ai

Stefanie Sabet (BVE)

Stefanie Sabet successfully graduated in international economics from the Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen in 2011. After several positions in political lobbying, including in Brussels and Washington D.C., she assumed responsibility for economic and foreign trade policy as well as sustainability issues at the Federation of German Food and Drink Industries in 2011. Since 2017, Ms. Sabet has been a member of the management board and heads the BVE Brussels office. On January 1, 2018, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the German Food and Drink Employers' Association.

Prof. Dr. Engel Arkenau (BMEL)

Professor Dr. Arkenau is Head of Division and Digitalization Officer at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. In this role, she also heads the BMEL's "Digitalization in Agriculture" competence network, in which experts from science and associations work together.

After completing her studies and doctorate at the University of Kiel, she habilitated in agricultural engineering at the University of Göttingen, where she has been an adjunct professor since 2011. From 2017 to 2021, she headed the Thünen Institute of Agricultural Technology.

Selda Morina (REWE Group)

Selda Morina is 41 years old, married and has two children. She lives in Munich and has been working for REWE Markt GmbH for 24 years, more precisely for REWE Süd, which covers the area of Bavaria. She works as an innovation manager and has been managing the Start-up Lounge - a platform that supports start-ups entering the grocery business - for five years.

Selda Morina completed her high school diploma at REWE and also successfully completed her commercial diploma. As a store manager at REWE store and as a sales promoter, she has been able to gain a lot of experience, which she can also pass on when working with startups. She really enjoys working with start-ups, because you're involved from the very beginning and can actively support them in every way. A basis of trust at eye level!