DLG Impulse Pitches: Announcement of the 5 nominees

(DLG). The five nominees for the final round of the DLG Impulse Pitches have been determined. The pioneers now have the opportunity to present their practically-relevant innovations to an expert audience at the ‘Inhouse Farming – Feed & Food Show’ as part of Agritechnica 2023 in Hanover. The nominees are: Alpha-Protein GmbH (Germany), easyVEGAN GmbH (Austria), Lite+Fog GmbH (Germany), PUEVIT GmbH (Germany) and SEAWATER Cubes GmbH (Germany). The winners will be determined in the final round on 15 November at the trade fair grounds in Hanover. The pitching session will take place from 11.00 a.m. to 12.45 p.m. on the Expert Stage Inhouse Farming in hall 24 (stand D25) and the award ceremony from 1.45 to 1.30 p.m. 

The numerous international applications for the DLG Impulse Pitches were received from the areas of cellular agriculture and food, alternative protein sources, algae, insects, vertical farming, aquaponics and aquaculture. An expert jury determined the five nominees on the basis of stringent selection criteria. As diverse as the nominated products, concepts and technologies are in their approach, they all have one thing in common: they have the potential to shake up and evolve the production and value chain of indoor farming as well as alternative feed and food production. The practical maturity and relevance of their concepts were also crucial to the pioneers’ nomination.

The expert jury

The international jury consists of seven well-known experts from research, teaching, industry and farming. The chairperson is Christopher Nigischer, consider it GmbH (Deputy) and the vice chairperson is Prof. Katharina Riehn, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany). The other jury members are: Adrian Feiler, Bundesverband Aquakultur e.V. (Germany); Michael Gusko, Zero1 Health GmbH (Austria); Kristal Golan, BayWa Venture GmbH, New Protein Solutions at BayWa AG (Germany); Prof. Tilo Hühn, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland) and Dr Stefan Pecoroni, GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH (Germany).

Final round on 15 November

As part of the final round in Hanover, the nominees will put forth their innovations in the form of short presentations (‘impulse pitches’). During these, each participant has the opportunity to convince the expert committee of their innovative product/concept in a ten-minute presentation and a subsequent five-minute panel discussion. The live impulse pitches will take place before an expert audience on 15 November in Hanover. If the nominees succeed in convincing the expert jury, they will be presented with the ‘DLG Impulse Pitches Winner 2023’ award there and then. Besides the depth of innovation and possible practical relevance, the aspects of cost effectiveness and improvement of the environmental and/or energy situation will be particularly relevant for the presentation of an award.

Inhouse-Farming – Feed & Food Show

The Inhouse Farming – Feed & Food Show is the new DLG (German Agricultural Society) platform for the agricultural and food systems of the future. Closely networked with hands-on farming, it offers professional information, perspectives, innovations and business – from feed to food. It will be taking place from 12 to 18 November 2023 at the trade fair grounds in Hanover as part of Agritechnica, the world’s leading trade fair for agricultural machinery.

Further information at: www.inhouse-farming.com

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