Food Valley
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Food Valley is a region in the Netherlands where international food companies, research institutes and Wageningen University and Research Centre are concentrated. The Food Valley area is the home of a large number of food multinationals and within the Food Valley about 15,000 professionals are active in food related sciences and technological development. Far more are involved in the manufacturing of food products. Food Valley, with the city of Wageningen as its center, forms a dynamic heart of knowledge for the international food industry.
What makes the Food Valley area unique is the intensive collaboration between food companies, research institutes and the Wageningen University and Research Centre with the objective to develop innovations that form the basis for new food products.
Within this region the Food Valley Organisation creates conditions so that food manufacturers and knowledge institutes can work together in developing new and innovating food concepts. The Food Valley Organisation has joined the Food Innovation Network Europe (FINE).
