Food Pioneers Program Spring 2024 - Impact Hub Amsterdam

Are you an early-stage food entrepreneur eager to further develop your idea, business, or project? Are you looking for an inspiring workplace and like-minded community that helps you grow both personally and professionally? Are you in Almere, Flevoland or the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region (AMR)? The Food Pioneers Program has got you covered.

The Food Pioneers Program is a 6-month incubator developed by Food Hub, Flevo Campus, and Impact Hub Amsterdam to support food entrepreneurs who are on a mission to change our food system for the better. Thanks to the support of our partners, the program is free to attend.

In a series of training sessions and workshops our professionals will teach you about product prototyping, storytelling and business modelling. There will be one-on-one coaching, tasting- and Q&A sessions with food sector professionals, feedback rounds, lunches & drinks and a closing event where you pitch your business to a panel of food industry experts.

Please apply by 29 February.

What do we offer?

kick-off & introduction session
an inspirational tour of Flevoland visiting entrepreneurs
workshops on Transition theory, Prototyping, Business Model Canvas, Sales and Pitching
tasting sessions, feedback (by Kitchen Republic and Food Pioneers alumni) & coaching
access to online learning programme & tools
peer-to-peer work sessions
an accountability partner throughout the programme
one-on-one coaching sessions about local networks/production
closing event where you pitch your business
access to the Flevo Campus, Food Hub, Horizon Flevoland and Impact Hub network and events
a (free) workplace in the Natural Pavilion in Almere for the duration of the program, and the opportunity to become part of a unique food community!

For more information please contact emily.rendel@impacthub.net.