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NOM exists 50 years

Innovation in food takes big steps

The way we produced and processed our food for decades has no future. The costs are too high: Mother Earth is depleting, the climate is going haywire and our health is suffering too much. This has to change. It can be done differently, and the Northern Netherlands is showing that.

Food Production 2.0 A farmer putting potatoes in a container

Fascinating creates agricultural sector of the future in northern Netherlands
Food Production 2.0 A tractor in the field

How Northern Netherlands can accelerate food transition
Food Production 2.0 A farmer together with his cows

The North as the cradle of the food of the future
Food Production 2.0 The Agrifood workshop

Agrifood workshop: 'The future of Agrifood is good, if we work together'
An old photo of a farmhouse
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The North is the agricultural region of the Netherlands. It is characterized by a distinctive food production that is the result of centuries of tradition. A tradition that has not stood still but has always had to relate to new challenges and thus has remained in development.
The front cover of the Longread Food Transition 2.0
Enter the North as an agricultural region.

The North of the Netherlands is one of the most important agricultural regions of the Netherlands. The Northern Netherlands is characterized by a lot of space for agriculture, distinct and leading specializations and intensive cooperation between producers and knowledge institutions.