Meet the Cluster: Data4Food Cluster

DRG4FOOD, FOODITY, FoodDataQuest and SOSFood are ambitious EU-funded projects dedicated to revolutionizing the food system by focusing on creating a robust ecosystem of digital solutions that respect individuals’ rights to personal data sovereignty. Our Data4FoodCluster aims to create a data-driven ecosystem that spans the entire food chain. Learn more about them:

DRG4FOOD

DRG4FOOD paves the way for a trusted, data-driven food system that places consumer rights and digital responsibility at its core. 

To create a data-driven food system, DRG4FOOD aims to set new standards by taking orientation in the European Digital Rights and Principles and the Digital Responsibility Goals.

In the past 2 and half years, DRG4FOOD project, in collaboration with external stakeholders, designed a roadmap to guide policymakers, businesses, and civil society in designing food systems that respect privacy, enhance transparency, and empower citizens to make informed choices.

Along with the roadmap, DRG4FOOD tested pilot project pilot projects in targeted nutrition, consumers’ food choices, and food tracking, releasing two open calls, offering €1.9M to support researchers, start-ups, and SMEs in scaling ethical digital solutions in the food sector. 

FOODITY

FOODITY is focused on building a vibrant European ecosystem of digital solutions that promote healthier, more sustainable food systems while respecting citizens’ rights to personal data sovereignty. Through a €2M pilot development programme, FOODITY is supporting 12 innovative, data-driven projects that demonstrate how digital technologies can transform food and nutrition, giving individuals full control and ownership over their personal data.

These solutions address key research and technical challenges aligned with the EU’s Food 2030 priorities:

(1) Nutrition for sustainable and healthy diets,

(2) Food systems supporting a healthy planet,

(3) Circularity and resource efficiency, and

(4) Innovation and empowering communities.

By supporting these innovations, FOODITY is helping pave the way for data-driven transformation in food and nutrition — centred on trust, transparency, and citizen empowerment.

FoodDataQuest

FoodDataQuest aims to revolutionize the EU food system through data-driven framework that integrates novel public and private data sources, including contributions from unconventional players. By leveraging data sharing mechanisms, AI, and machine learning, the project empowers stakeholders across the food value chain to drive the shift toward sustainable and healthy diets.

Using a multi-actor, co-creation approach, FDQ will develop and test innovative solutions in real-world use cases balancing data openness with protection of sensitive information, engaging citizens and fostering transparency.

Through comprehensive guidelines, open standards, and interoperable systems, FDQ sets the stage for informed policy reforms, strengthened data ecosystems, and increased competitiveness of the European agri-food sector.

SOSFood

SOSFood will accelerate the green transition of food systems by using the great potential of Artificial Intelligence-based technologies.

SOS food aims to support all stakeholders of the food chain to make well-informed decisions with a multi-factorial, multi-actor and multi-scale approach, enabling more productive, inclusive, sustainable and resilient food systems.

All this being possible thanks to its multidisciplinary consortium of experts, from private and public sectors, academia research and food system representatives (consumers, producers and industries).