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2015-2016 Year in Review www.tffchallenge.com

Welcome letter

There are two powerful forces confronting us that will shape

by not only catalyzing new ideas and startups, but also by

the future of humankind: global climate change and the

implementing our “reciprocal value proposition” so that our

need to feed a burgeoning population.

next generation innovators can tackle a variety of strategic, real-world projects for major organizations.

Addressing these urgent and deeply interconnected forces requires an unprecedented level of innovation and global

There is still so much more to do, and thanks to your sup-

collaboration. With the world’s population expected to rise

port and encouragement, we are energized to dream even

40% in the next 35 years, we must ask the crucial question:

bigger and go even further. We can’t wait to see what the

how will we feed 9+ billion people in 2050?

next year has in store.

The good news is that we have access to a wealth of new

Thank you for being part of our TFF family!

technologies and information, as well as the ability to tap into more brilliant minds than ever before. As the tools of

With dedication to food security and the next generation,

innovation become increasingly democratized, the power to create change is transferred from the global elite to a wider range of individuals in all geographies. Thought For Food (TFF) believes truly transformative inno-

Christine Gould

vation requires that we leverage one of our most valuable

Founder and CEO

resources: next generation innovators. These leaders of the millennial generation are curious, collaborative, experimental and unafraid to confront the world’s prevailing assumptions in order to uproot the status quo. They’re tech savvy, connected and masters at creating impact. And, most

Edward Silva

importantly, they are passionate about making a difference.

Executive Director

TFF is the world’s leading organization of next generation innovators for food security. Comprised of over 5,000 university students and recent graduates from more than 100 countries – and growing every year – our tribe represents some of the smartest young minds on the planet. Gamechangers. World-shapers. However you want to describe us, we are driven by an insatiable curiosity about all the endless possibilities ahead. We understand that, right now, for the first time ever, passionate and committed individuals like us have access to the technology, brainpower and capital required to take on any challenge and make a real difference. We couldn’t be prouder of all that we have accomplished together through the years – and 2015/16 was our best one yet! We are working with more students, universities and impact partners than ever before. Our epic annual Summit has become a must-attend event for anyone involved or interested in the future of food and ag. We are invited to share our unique thought leadership at world-leading conferences. And, we are expanding our impact in food and ag

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About us

Thought For Food (TFF) is a one-of-a-kind next generation

TFF Design Thinking Lab

TFF Bootcamp

World Class Mentorship

innovation platform that engages and empowers university students around the world to develop solutions that address the challenge of feeding 9+ billion people by 2050.

Scientists, farmers, corporate leaders, venture capitalists, strategists, serial entrepreneurs and other leading experts

Through the TFF Challenge, the TFF Global Summit, and

coach and advise students throughout the TFF Challenge.

a robust, ongoing educational and mentorship program, our fast-growing community of 5000+ students from top

The following mentors graciously donated their time to help

universities in over 100 countries is supported in a collab-

the 2015/16 TFF Challenge teams bring their ideas from

orative quest to successfully impact the future of our food

concept to solid business plans. Representing a breadth of

system.

expertise and experience, they serve as a valuable resource for our community to continue to tap into and learn from.

We are proud to announce that in March 2016, the Thought

The TFF Design Thinking Lab is a custom-built online

For Food Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit entity, was

platform where teams develop and market-test their ideas

Alex Budak

Erin Lenhardt

established to continue our mission globally.

while learning key concepts from design thinking, an

Advisor & Co-Founder

CEO

methodology used by the world’s leading innovators and

Startsomegood.com

Foodmint

John Cumbers

Adam Little

Founder and CEO

President

SynBioBeta

Exponential Vet Inc.

entrepreneurs.

Our Reach Global Network

In partnership with Startup Pirates, a global non-profit orga-

We are tremendously proud of how much TFF has grown in

nization that enables aspiring entrepreneurs to get inside

just a few short years. To date, our community includes:

the startup world, we offered an intensive, custom designed

Steve Dauphin

Inez Santos Silva

10-week pre-accelerator program for our 10 Finalist teams.

Advisor

Growth Lead

5,168 participants in the TFF Challenge

Students mastered tools like Business Model Canvas and

Kirchner Impact

Topdox

105 countries represented

methodologies like Customer Development and Lean

Foundation

50+ organizations partnering with TFF

Startup. They also gained practical experience in areas like

600+ universities represented

pitching and strategy development.

Gabriel Wilmoth Sara Farley

Investor

1000+ new ideas generated

Founder and COO

Syngenta Ventures

18+ successful businesses launched as a result of TFF

Global Knowledge

Pipeline Partners and Perks

Initiative

Jessica Weddle Manager

The TFF Challenge

Joseph King Pipeline Partners are next step accelerators or incubators

Managing Fellow

for our TFF teams. They give priority access and review

Conflict & Development

Through the TFF Challenge, our annual incentive prize com-

to TFF teams, as well as access to their vast financing

Foundation

petition, we engage and empower new minds to innovate

and professional networks to TFF, and top quality brand

for food security. From low- to high-tech, from simple to

recognition. They recognize that TFF simplifies their due

intricate, all types of ideas are encouraged and welcomed

diligence and sourcing of top quality teams, as well as a

– spanning areas like water, precision agriculture, livestock,

Chance favors the connected mind, and in today’s world,

synthetic biology, protein replacements, urban farming and

great ideas can come from anywhere. We actively create

more!

global connections between students, industry profes-

• Startup Chile

• Food-X

much expanded global reach.

sionals and our network of partners, mentors and advisors

• Kickstart Accelerator

• Thrive Accelerator

Participants from all around the world gain access to state-

through multiple channels. This high level of diversity and

• Watson University

• Good Company Ventures

of-the-art tools, mentorship, and a powerful global network

global connectivity is one of our strongest assets and

• The Yield Lab

• Kirchner Food Fellows

they can rely on to support them both during the Challenge

ensures thought-provoking discussions, strong ideas and

and as they move forward in their professional careers.

tangible value is delivered to our community and partners.


Monitor Deloitte


2015/16 TFF Challenge The winning teams

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TFF Challenge Grand Prize Winner

TFF Challenge Runner Up Prize Winner

Kirchner Prize Winners (awarded by the Kirchner Food Fellows)

(awarded by Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture)

$10,000 USD

$5,000 USD

$5,000 USD

$2,500 USD

Kulisha

Biteback

Peer-to-Peer Probiotics

Fruiti-Cycle

USA and Kenya | Brown University; University of California,

Indonesia | University of Brawijaya

France, India, Spain & Bangladesh | University of Paris

Uganda | Makerere University & Kyambogo University

Los Angeles; University of Michigan and University of Nairobi

“Take it to the Farmer” Prize Winners

Diderot & University of Paris Descartes Biteback is creating a nutrient-dense replacement of tradi-

Fruiti-Cycle developed a refrigeration system that attaches

Kulisha is developing low-cost, high-quality sustainable fish

tional palm oil using edible insects as a core ingredient. The

Peer-to-Peer Probiotics created yeast and bacteria cultures

to motorcycles, allowing for safer transportation and longer

feed made from insect larvae. Targeting local fishing com-

team aims reduce iron deficiencies and expand the market

that produce Iron, Vitamin A, and Vitamin B in fermented

storage of produce, helping farmers generate more income

munities in Kenya, Kulisha hopes to revolutionize fisheries in

for edible insects, while also combatting deforestation from

foods. The cultures can be used to increase nutritional

at markets.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

palm oil production.

values of everyday foods consumed around the world.

In May 2016, Kulisha won the UCLA Knapp Venture

Since the TFF Challenge, Biteback has established a

Peer-to-Peer Probiotics has since been awarded $50k and

the Republic of Uganda for a discussion on African

Competition They are currently implementing their proto-

partnership with mealworm exporters in Indonesia and are

the opportunity to join IndieBio EU, the world’s first acceler-

Entrepreneurship. They also won the International Business

types in Kenya.

continuing R&D on their oils and by-products.

ator for synthetic biology entrepreneurs.

Plan Competition held by the Licensing Executives Society

In April 2016, Fruiti-Cycle met with the President of

(LES) Foundation.



TFF Challenge The finalist teams

The judges

Our diverse panel of judges had the difficult task of selecting the TFF Challenge Prize winners. Each brought with them unique perspectives, backgrounds and expertise, ensuring a thoughtful and balanced approach to the decision-making process.

AgForHire

Econoodle

FarmAField

Nick DuPey

Mexico & USA | University of California, Davis, West Hills

Indonesia | University of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Trisakti

USA | University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Design Director, IDEO

College Coalinga, University of Alabama

University &University of Indonesia

AgForHire developed a labor recruitment app that improves

Econoodle created delicious and nutritious instant noodles

problems: excessive income volatility for small farmers and

farmers’ access to specialty labor while empowering farm

made from cassava flour, sourced by smallholder farmers.

obstacles preventing individuals outside agriculture from

Whitney Muse

laborers. By creating a reliable pipeline between employers

They aim to bring cassava into the mainstream market and

ownership of crops and livestock.

Manager, Village Capital

and employees they can reduce the amount of crops that

boost local economies around the world.

FarmAfield’s online marketplace addresses two agricultural

go un-harvested, increase the wages of laborers and lower

FarmAField won the Quick Pitch Competition from the

annual costs for farm owners. AgForHire is working with an

They are currently working on sustainable packaging for

Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program and are now

accelerator to build this business.

their product.

entering their second round of prototype testing. Marquise Stillwell Founder & Principal, Openbox

Melissa Tilney Co-Founder & Head of Marketing, AgFunder

Agrosmart

B-Box

Oxmosis

Samiha Zaker

Brazil | University Federal de Itajubá

India | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

England & Pakistan | University of Oxford

Co-Founder of FoodFresh, 2015 TFF Challenge Winning Team

Agrosmart’s monitoring systems track environmental

B-Box is a low cost beehive, outfitted with a number of

Oxmosis developed a small-scale forward osmosis filter that

conditions. By providing growers with data for better deci-

sensors, which allow for large-scale collection of bee data.

creates agricultural fertilizer and clear water as byproducts,

sion-making they can save up to 60% of water in irrigation,

Through the data collected by B-Box, beekeepers can

revolutionizing the wastewater industry.

and increase productivity. Agrosmart has partnered with

maintain healthy and happy hives and cease the decline of

major corporations and have successfully raised around $1

honeybees.

million dollars from Brazil’s leading agtech fund.



Startups launched from TFF Here are just a few examples of the new businesses and innovations TFF is launching into the world!

agrilution and the Association for Vertical Farming

C-Fu Foods Inc.

Munich, Germany | HAS den Bosch, Netherlands,

2015 TFF Challenge Finalists

Ontario, Canada | Cornell University

2013 TFF Challenge Runner-Up C-Fu is an innovative ingredient company using proprietary agrilution redefines the standard garden with local and

food science to advance insects as a sustainable food

fresh produce for urban dwellers by providing a vertical

source. By focusing on competency and food science tech-

farming ecosystem, consisting of plug-and-play appliances

niques, they provide brands and chefs the ingredients they

reminiscent of a Nespresso machine – featuring refillable

need to continue innovating in the edible insect space.

seed bundles and full software, and an app and e-shop supporting systems. Recent Successes: Coupled with the Association for Vertical Farming (AVF),

• Created a second patent-pending food science process.

a new platform which unites industry players and raises the

• Launched a new product line of insect-based bolognese

profile of vertical farming, the potential for this technology and supporting community is rapidly increasing.

Recent successes: • Launched first-ever Global Vertical Farming Award in partnership with Illumitex. • Collaborated with Autodesk Fusion 360 to showcase innovative use of software. • New product plantcube is on the market.

“A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. – For us, Thought For Food was the single best step we could take.” Kent Ngo, Co-Founder of FoPo, 2015 TFF Challenge Runner Up

sauces. • Founded a CPG sister company, One Hop Kitchen.

“TFF was instrumental for us, we are a company because of the Thought For Food Challenge. Additionally, the best part of being a finalist was the opportunity to join and network with the TFF community. When you’re amongst TFFers, you’re on home court, you’re amongst proven leaders and like-minded innovators who provide a wealth of knowledge and experience. With TFF a crazy idea like insect foods is welcomed with open mouths.” – Eli Cadesky

“TFF was a launchpad for agrilution. That’s where we got so much inspiration and everything took off.” – Max Loessl



Startups launched from TFF Here are just a few examples of the new businesses and innovations TFF is launching into the world!

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Bangladesh | University of Dhaka

Sweden, Phillipines and Czech Republic | Lund University

Pennsylvania, USA | Penn State University

California, USA | University of Davis & University of Oregon

2015 TFF Challenge Winners

2015 TFF Challenge Runner Up

2013 TFF Challenge Participant

2013 TFF Challenge Winners

FoodFresh helps farmers gain access to solar-powered mi-

FoPo is a nutritional food powder that reduces food waste

GreenTowers is creating in-home solutions for urban

Henlight is a solar powered and mobile lighting system that

cro-climate chambers with an evaporation cooling system.

by turning near spoiled-foods into consumable, storable,

agriculture through smart, sleek, food-production-meets-in-

helps farmers increase egg production by up to 40% during

Designed  to reduce post-harvest losses and prolong shelf

and easily shippable food products.

terior-design that empowers residents to grow food in their

the fall and winter. By designing affordable and appropriate

life, this appropriately scaled and uniquely simple technolo-

home and sparks thoughtful insights about food systems.

technologies for small-scale operations they incentivize

gy empowers small holder farmers and provides consumers

Their low-maintenance living designs can be integrated

more sustainable farming practices.

with access to safe, nutritious food.

Recent Successes:

practically anywhere.

• Supported by Philippine Government for pilot tests. • Raised $22,000 through Kickstarter. Recent Successes: • Partnership with USAID’s Agricultural Value Chains

• Featured in Time, Mashable, CNN Philippines and other media.

(AVC) Project.

• Runner ups in Business Today Impact Conference and Challenge.

• Launch of Garden Box, sends seasonally selected microgreens with recipes twice a month to subscribers.

• Executed R&D with 250 tomato farmers in rural areas of Bangladesh.

Recent Successes: Recent Successes:

• Launch of BEEcosystem, wall-mountable honeybee hive “Thought For Food was an amazing learning experience. TFF pushed us to really go to the market, to the people who need it. FoPo came to life because of TFF.” – Gerald Perry

that grows along with the bee colony was launched at the

• Partnered with major pasture raised poultry groups and animal welfare associations. • Sold 200+ lighting units, and started a waitlist to meet demand. • Accepted to Village Capital Agricultural Accelerator.

rooftop of a popular clothing retailer. • Attended Forbes invite-only AgTech Summit in California. “We learn about the whys in school, TFF gave us the chance to imagine and drive the whats and the hows. We are now

“TFF is where my journey towards entrepreneurship began.

“Thought For Food has provided us with a closely knit

part of the solution to a future with significantly better food,

TFF provided us with the perfect platform to turn our idea

community of like-minded professionals and a network of

agriculture, and health.“ – Lorena Galvan

into reality. It gave us recognition, validation, mentors and

powerful resources and trusted partners to help us grow as

an amazing community that inspired us to move forward.”

a business.” – Dustin Betz

– Lamia Anwar Shama



TFF Global Summit Uprooting assumptions

Speakers

The 3rd edition of our two-day Global Summit inspired

The talented TFF Summit speakers brought with them

endless possibilities in the 350+ participants. By showcas-

perspectives from rural to urban, from growing crops under

ing how some of the world’s most common assumptions in

the sea to outer space, from low tech impact to high tech

Chris Lewicki

food and agriculture are being turned on their heads, the

techniques and everything in between. The thought-provok-

President & CEO, Planetary Resources

TFF Global Summit served as a space for innovators across

ing plenary talks displayed the significance and motivation

generations, disciplines, and cultures to come together and

that uprooting assumptions have on making an impact on

challenge conventional rules and boundaries in food and

the future.

agriculture, fundamentally shifting paradigms in the name Sara Farley

of impact.

Co-Founder & COO, Global Knowledge “It was one of the best events I have been to ever.”

Daan Roosegaarde

– Rob Neil, Syngenta

Founder, Studio Roosegaarde

Initiative

By uprooting assumptions, we created new opportunities. Steve Dauphin Humbled by the creativity and ambition of our TFF global

Advisor, Kirchner Impact Foundation

community and our ever-growing following, we believe that

Julie Borlaug

the TFF Global Summit put a small dent in the universe and

Associate Director, Borlaug Institute for

laid a strong foundation towards reshaping how we think

International Agriculture

about and act upon innovation in food and agriculture. Marquise Stillwell Founder & Principal, Openbox

“People at the summit made me believe that reaching our common goal for food security is achievable through global

John Cumbers

collaboration and successful funding into effective solu-

Founder & CEO, SynBioBeta

tions.” – Brittany Dahl, Australian National University

Jordan McRae CTO & Co-Founder, TRILLIUM TECH.



TFF Global Summit Workshops

To help participants engage in a thoughtful process of

Empowering the Crowd to Influence Change

idea generation, this year’s TFF Global Summit offered seven workshop “tracks” that examine different aspects of

From productivity hacks to financing, from storytelling to social media, from prototyping to pitching – there was

Think with Adam Little, President, Exponential Vet, Inc.

food security. These sessions helped participants surface

something for everyone to learn and share. These sessions included:

assumptions, strategies, skillsets, and innovations central to

Make with Daniel Grushkin, Vice-president, Co-Founder &

developing sustainable solutions for achieving global food

Resident Journalist, GenSpace and Alison Irvine,

security. The tracks were:

Community Manager, GenSpace & Program Associate,

Getting Ridiculously Efficient

BioDesign Challenge. Build with Marissa Brassfield, Chief Efficiency Officer,

Growing Innovations

Ridiculously Efficient, Inc.

Open Data

Think with Mike Gould, Founder, Food 3.0 and Director of Strategic Initiatives, AgriLife Research at Texas A&M

Think with Elisabeth Fischer, Development Economist,

University.

Syngenta.

Telling Your Glory Story Build with Holley Murchison, Founder, Oratory Glory

Make with Henry Gordon-Smith, Founder, Agritechture.com

Make with Anne Bruinsma, Founder, Hackwork Advies.

and Max Loessl, Co-Founder, Agrilution and Association for Vertical Farming.

Nutrition and Health

Prototyping for the Future of Food Build with Christoph Unescheidt, Product Designer,

Sustainable Business

Think with João Almeida, Managing Director,

Autodesk.

Foodways Consulting. Think with Patrick Struebi, Founder & CEO, Fairtrasa and Jessica Weddle, Manager, Monitor Deloitte.

Make with Beatrice Montesi, Associate, External Relations,

Building Your Social Media Strategy

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. Make with Usha Devi Venkatachalam, Founder & CEO,

Build with Pedro L. Rodriguez

Appropriate IT.

Director of Integrated Marketing, People en Español

Natural Resources and Climate Change Hacking Biology: The Future is Here

Think with Hannes Dempewolf, Scientist & Project Manager,

Raising Funds for Your Idea

Crop Trust and Cierra Martin, Partnerships Fellow, Crop Think with Nikolai Braun, Research Scientist, Luna

Trust

Innovations, Sebastian Cocioba, CEO & Founder, New

Build with Alex Budak, Advisor & Co-Founder, StartSomeGood.com.

York Botanics, LLC and Keira Havens, Co-Founder & CEO,

Make with Jordan McRae, CTO & Co-Founder, TRILLIUM

Revolution Bioengineering.

TECHNOLOGIES and James Parr, Co-Founder, TRILLIUM TECHNOLOGIES

Potecting and sharing your ip

Make with Darja Dubravic, Evolution Biologist & EPFL Liason, Biomimicry Switzerland. Camille Fong, Associate,

Build with Michael Kock

Biomimicry, Switzerland and Tonya Müller, Mechanical

We also held workshops to help our community of

Engineering & Biomimicry Associate, Switzerland.

changemakers build personal and professional skills.

Head of Intellectual Property, Syngenta

An exciting new addition was incorporated into this year’s Summit program – the first-ever TFF Pop-Up Pitch Room. Here, 15 food and ag startups led by people under the age of 35, to were given the chance to pitched their businesses to a standing-room only audience.



3 Horizons Wheel

One of the highlights of the Summit experience was the 3 Horizons (3H) collaborative exercise, which brought together 350 next generation innovators to visualize multiple pathways we as a global community might take to achieve the future we desire. The 3H session illustrated what needs to change in the present in order to achieve the desired future, while also highlighting how the incredible work of the TFF community relates to and amplifies the work of other change-makers around the world. The insights gained from the 350 Summit Attendees were analyzed and presented by Sara Farley of the Global Knowledge Initiative.



TFF Community Our ambassadors come from all over the world!

“TFF really helped us build the idea from scratch and turn it into a reality.” Anik Haryanti, Co-Founder of Biteback, 2016 TFF Challenge Runner-Ups

Ambassadors

University Reach

Our ever-growing TFF Ambassador program ensures that

TFF has had the opportunity to serve as a parallel platform

our global movement is here to stay. The best and brightest

for hands-on learning that supplements academic educa-

stars of our community remain part of the TFF family, even

tion. We have had the privilege of working with some of the

after the Challenge and Summit ends.

most brilliant young leaders in universitiesy today, including undergraduates, Masters and PhD students. In 2015-16

Our 96 Ambassadors: • Serve as representatives of the TFF organization and cause

we had nearly 600 universities from around the world represented.

in their own networks. • Advise and share ideas to improve the TFF experience. • Mentor new TFF Challenge teams. • Promote TFF values and mission. • Activate others to think about and create solutions to these important issues. • And take on special projects with our industry partners. Crew 2030 TFF was selected to receive a competitive grant from Crew 2030 to develop an online engagement platform that helps manage, track, and incentivize our global community of Ambassadors.



Media coverage

TFF engagements

Featured in

TFF was invited to share our experience at expertise at many exciting events in 2015-2016.

2015

2016

June

February

Food Security Track at Hello Tomorrow Conference, France.

Taste. Event by Design Observer in the USA.

August

March

Roadshow touring 18 top caliber universities in the USA.

Global Vertical Farming Challenge Launch (in partnership with Association for Vertical Farming)

Expo Milan: Swiss Pavillion April September

Thought For Food Global Summit 2016 in Switzerland!

“Mobilizing Generation: Zero Hunger” at the launch of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the USA.

LEAP Conference at IE University in Spain.

Better World by Design Conference at Brown University

Re:Publica TEN in Germany.

in the USA. May October

Food and Agriculture Next Conference, Netherlands.

UN FAO’s Youth for Food Security & Nutrition Idea Incubator in Italy. June World Food Prize and Borlaug Dialogue in the USA.

F&A Next at Startup Fest Europe.

Workshop at WIRED UK (with the Genome Analysis Center) Webinar in collaboration with YPARD.

November Net Impact Conference in the USA. Global Action Platform in the USA.



Partners

Main Sponsor

Other sponsors

Taking on a massive challenge like feeding 9+ billion people

We would also like to extend our gratitude to our other

is not easy. Our sponsors and partners have shown tremen-

sponsor organizations:

dous commitment to our cause and the next generation and we are profoundly proud to receive their support.

Syngenta, our core sponsor, is one of the world’s leading companies with more than 28,000 employees in over 90 countries dedicated to bringing plant potential to life. Through world-class science, global reach and commitment to customers, the company helps to increase crop productivity, protect the environment and improve health and quality of life.

“TFF not only provides tremendous opportunities for startup capital and exposure for finalist teams – but it also provides ALL participants with an extremely valuable network of innovators and doers.” Dustin Betz, TFF Ambassador and Co-Founder of GreenTowers

Community Partners Food + Tech Connect, GODAN, YPARD, IAAS, Food X, YieldLab, WiAgri, Net Impact, CREW 2030, The Wharton School, Rabobank, Good Company Ventures, Global Knowledge Initiative and DSM.



Looking forward

Thank you!

As we look to the future, we are ecstatic about the

We feel fortunate to have the opportunity to work with bril-

opportunities to grow TFF. We plan to continue providing

liant students around the world and support their passions,

innovations as a path to reality, industry challenges an

pathways, and persistence towards the grand challenge of

alternative route to being solved, and our community of

feeding the world by 2050.

change makers a platform for action. From all of us at TFF, we are deeply thankful for your Here are a few activities you can expect this next year:

support and encouragement. With you, we have all the faith that the world is in good hands.

1. Reciprocal Value Proposition Reverse mentoring, incentive prize competitions, digital

Thank you from the TFF team!

global engagement, and a next-generation innovation series are just a few ways TFF will be proactively engaging food and agri-business with alternative pathways to creative, unique problem solving capabilities for partner organization. 2. Board Members TFF will be recruiting a new advisory board to help guide Christine Gould

Edward Silva

Founder & CEO

Executive Director

have a new, more robust online platform for engagement

Lorena Galvan

Jared Yarnall-Schane

with our incredibly hard working, globally diverse group of

Strategic Communications

Entrepreneurial Lead

our growth into this next year and beyond. 3. Additional Events The TFF Global Summit is an amazing two day event, where large parts of the community come together. TFF will aim to have additional, smaller events throughout the year to help keep up the high energy and momentum of our community. 4. Ambassador Engagement Platform Through the generous support of Crew 2030, TFF will

ambassadors. 5. Growth in teams, countries, and universities The TFF Challenge is preparing for another record year, seeking an even larger global footprint of high caliber, passionate students to solve real world challenges.

Kitty Leering Event and Strategy Director



More information at

www.tffchallenge.com