What are the trends and innovations in tomorrow's food system? How sustainable can we be? In our interview series "Food trends under the radar" we look for answers. In the second part, Matthew Robin, CEO of ELSA-Mifroma, answers our questions.

Fermentation is expected to be a key component in the shift toward alternative proteins. Fungi and microbes are the livestock of tomorrow. The new GDI overview shows where the pioneers of fermentation are located and what they are producing.

What are the trends and innovations in the food system? How animal-friendly can we make it? Björn Witte, Managing Partner & CEO of Blue Horizon, explains in an interview with GDI which sustainable projects his company is investing in and which innovations are still to come. Read now!

In an interview ahead of the 2nd International Food Innovation Conference, global strategy advisor and best-selling author Parag Khanna explains the linkage between migration and food and shares his perspective on how the foodsystem will develop.

Sie schonen Ressourcen und kosten nicht viel: Produkte, die aus frugaler Innovation entstanden sind. Navi Radjou, Experte für Innovation und Referent am GDI-Trendtag, erklärt im Interview mit Migros Engagement das Innovationsprinzip.

Verpackte Gurken, Einkaufstüten oder Hygieneartike – Wir häufen massenhaft Plastikmüll an, der nur zum Teil recycelt wird. Cassandra Delage, Gründerin von plast'if und Referentin am 18. GDI-Trendtag, will das ändern. Ihr Unternehmen hat eine Maschine entwickelt, die Plastikmüll direkt vor Ort in neue Produkte umwandelt.

Food colouring often contains animal products such as insect shells. The Danish start-up Chromologics shows that there is another way. Its pigment ‘ChromoRed’ is produced exclusively in the laboratory with the help of a filamentous fungus. This saves agricultural land and is therefore not only more animal-friendly, but also more sustainable.

Why are forecasts so difficult? Why is it the case that even experts can usually only speculate about which needs will determine consumer behaviour in the coming years? One of the biggest challenges is that developments do not unfold in a linear direction, rather grow in several directions. If you want to understand a trend, you have to look at both sides of the coin. The trend and its counter-trend. But the data is usually incomplete. Does the same consumer follow several, sometimes contradictory trends? A vegan who loves fast fashion? Or are we observing an increasing polarisation between consumption styles? For example, between the affluent and the poor?

Whenever people want to improve something, they first make it more complicated. Leidy Klotz explains why less would be more in a video clip. The author of Subtract and speaker at the 18th European Trend Day shows that this newly discovered psychological phenomenon applies to many situations.

Florian Wagner, author and proponent of the FIRE movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early), wants to retire at the age of 40. How does he want to achieve this and what comes after that? Read now the pre-interview for the 18th European Trend Day.

Frugal innovation is in fashion. Start-ups are popping up all over the world. It is not easy to keep track of them all. The ‘Frugal Innovation Map’ helps.