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Green roofs cool cities, support biodiversity, and benefit the environment. But what if they could also produce food - grown right on the roof using residual materials that would otherwise go to waste?

Nearly 600 children join Lelystad Harvest Days 2025 to learn where food comes from. With Food Pioneers and TommyTomato, they go from soil to soup using local vegetables.

Local urban agriculture initiators and international researchers met in Almere for FOODCITYBOOST. The Living Lab tour strengthened connections and sparked new collaboration.

Nine food professionals explored the sweet chestnut in Low Food Lab: from dosa and kombucha to pastry, and from flavor to agroforestry and regenerative food systems.

In FOODCITYBOOST (2024–2028), Flevo Campus coordinates Living Lab Almere to measure, reflect on, and connect urban agriculture impacts - from soil health to social cohesion.

A 2020 study explored whether Flevoland vineyards have unique yeast communities that could support a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), strengthening regional identity and terroir.

In 2020, Food Pioneers supported research into “wet cultivation” at Tromp Aquafarming: a closed circular system combining fish farming and hydroponics using nutrients from fish waste.

Onze Volkstuinen in Almere used a Food Pioneers knowledge voucher to research pickling sopropo (bitter gourd), developing preserved products for year-round demand.

Bean Food Pairing is a science-based in-store intervention by Flevo Campus at Ekoplaza Almere, using smart product placement and recipes to encourage shoppers to buy and eat more beans.