Food Lab

The Food Lab is the Space Impact Forum’s dedicated hub for sustainable agriculture and resilient food systems. By combining satellite data, advanced analytics, and multi-stakeholder expertise, we create actionable solutions that strengthen global food security, optimise supply chains, and enhance climate-resilient farming practices.

Mission

Food Impact Labs address the most pressing challenges in global food systems. By combining expertise from agritech, research, policy, and sustainability sectors, Labs co-develop actionable solutions to improve food security, reduce environmental impacts, and enhance equitable practices.

Key Challenges

Food Loss & Waste

Minimising waste across production, processing, storage, and distribution while improving efficiency and profitability.

Supply Chain Resilience

Enhancing transparency, traceability, and adaptability to climate shocks, market volatility, and regulatory changes.

Nutritional Equity

Ensuring access to healthy, nutritious foods while tackling food insecurity across demographics and geographies.

Climate & Environmental Impact

Reducing carbon, water, and land footprints, promoting regenerative agriculture, and protecting biodiversity.

Resource Efficiency & Circularity

Optimising inputs (water, energy, fertilisers) and enabling circular approaches for by-products and waste streams.

Policy & Governance Gaps

Developing frameworks and standards to incentivise sustainability, traceability, and responsible innovation.

Methodology

Scoping & Research
  • Map systemic challenges and define priority problems
  • Engage stakeholders for input and context
  • Set measurable success indicators and risk assessment
Formation & Onboarding
  • Recruit multidisciplinary Working Group
  • Establish governance, roles, and communication channels
  • Provide briefings on methodology, ToC, LogFrame, and measurement
Co-Design Workshops
  • Facilitate systems mapping, opportunity identification, and horizon scanning
  • Analyse barriers, enablers, and potential impacts
  • Prioritise intervention pathways and draft prototypes
Prototyping & Validation
  • Develop pilots, technical models, and policy frameworks
  • Test feasibility, stakeholder acceptance, and impact potential
  • Refine solutions based on feedback and IRL assessment
Publication & Dissemination
  • Create reports, toolkits, policy briefs, and dashboards
  • Share via webinars, panels, and SIF channels
  • Engage regulators and industry for adoption
Implementation & Scaling
  • Establish follow-on consortia and partnerships
  • Identify funding pathways and pilot opportunities
  • Support scale-up and monitoring of outcomes

Participants

Producers & Farmers

Local farmers, cooperatives, and agribusinesses contributing real-world insight.

AgriTech & Startups

Innovators providing technological solutions for monitoring, precision agriculture, and supply chain optimisation.

Researchers & Academics

Experts in agronomy, nutrition, climate science, and food systems research.

Policy & Regulators

Government agencies and policy-makers ensuring alignment with standards and sustainability goals.

Investors & NGOs

Impact investors and non-profits supporting funding, scaling, and social outcomes.

Cross-Sector Partners

Collaborators from food tech, logistics, environmental, and sustainability organisations.

Expected Outcomes

Pilots & Proof-of-Concepts

Operational models and pilot projects addressing identified challenges.

Policy & Regulatory Guidance

Evidence-based policy briefs, frameworks, and regulatory recommendations.

Sustainability Toolkits

Dashboards, standards, and toolkits for adoption across the food system.

Partnerships & Collaboration

Consortia, MoUs, and data-sharing agreements for continued impact.

Research & Insights

Publications, datasets, and case studies supporting evidence-based interventions.

Scale-Up Strategies

Implementation roadmaps, funding proposals, and pilot plans for wider adoption.

Take Action with Food Impact Labs

Become a catalyst for change in the global food system. Collaborate as a contributor, technical partner, data provider, sponsor, or observer to co-create solutions, pilot innovations, and drive measurable impact across sustainability, equity, and resilience in food systems.

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