Food Systems Game Changers Lab

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We received 505 submissions to the Global Open Call, which closed May 2021. 

Working together in cohorts, top submitters will work together to create action agendas—roadmaps for scaling their solutions globally. They’ll access customized curricula, feedback, and partnership opportunities with investors and national and local governments poised to implement solutions at scale. Learn more.


From mainstream regenerative farming in Brazil, to a people- and food security-first foods processing model in India, to a true cost-accounting accelerator prioritizing people and planet—the impact potential of these solutions is truly inspiring.

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The Rockefeller Foundation, the funder of the Food Systems Game Changers Lab, is a private foundation located in New York, New York that advances ideas to improve the well-being of humanity around the world. Thought For Food, a grantee of The Rockefeller Foundation, is a not-for-profit that offers a digital learning and collaborative acceleration platform that delivers targeted, cutting-edge, science and technology-driven innovation to lead a sustainable food and agricultural revolution. IDEO LP is a world-renowned design consultancy firm. The Rockefeller, Thought For Food, and IDEO are collectively referred to as the “Program Entities.”

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