Accelerate your journey.
Drive systemic change in the food system.

Eager to advance your impact on the food system through your talents & passions, together with others?

‍Whether you're exploring building a venture, looking to evolve your profession, or navigating new directions, the “Venturing into Regenerative Food Systems” program will help you accelerate your journey and take hands-on steps into regenerating the food system. With support from a mission-aligned cohort, experienced experts, and the Fresh team, you'll deepen your understanding of systemic challenges and barriers, as well as potential solutions for building a regenerative food system. Along the way, you'll make progress on your own ideas and goals.

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What You’ll Get From the Course

Acceleration
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Take practical steps toward what’s next. Explore where your strengths meet the needs of the food system, test ideas, and build momentum with the support of peers and tools.

Deepened understanding & knowledge

Learn about barriers to and potential solutions for regenerating food systems. Develop and learn to apply a systems perspective.

Confidence in navigating complexity

Use practical tools to map system dynamics, identify leverage points, and understand how regeneration really happens in agriculture, supply chains, and shifts in mindset.

A mission-aligned peer community
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You’ll join a diverse and international group of changemakers including entrepreneurs, creatives, researchers, and investors. Together you’ll move from insight to action.

Course Overview

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Live sessions with experts
Live learning sessions with system experts, innovators, and entrepreneurs
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Group work in a strong cohort
Membership of a cohort of mission-aligned people for testing ideas and peer-feedback
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Self-paced modules
‍Videos, readings, exercises, and tools on core topics‍
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Second Brain access
Access to our growing database of systems maps, case studies, and ventures
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Support from the Fresh team
Receive support in navigating your personal journey from the team that build 15+ ventures in the regenerative food & ag space.

Practical details

This 6-week course blends live sessions, small-group interaction, and self-paced learning. You’ll need about 4–6 hours per week.

Duration: 6 weeks (29th October–3rd December 2025)
Live sessions: 2 hours per week, Wednesdays 16:00-18:00 (CET time zone)
Language: English
Application deadline: October 10th
Price: 
‍Early bird: €1,300 (until July 31st)
Regular price: €1,500
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Who it's for?

The course is for anyone who wants to put their talent and passions to better use to turn insight into impact within the food system. Whether you're exploring entrepreneurship, evolving your profession, or navigating new directions, you’ll likely enjoy this experience if you:

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Turn challenges into opportunities
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Are energized by learning and doing
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Want to navigate complexity with clarity and purpose

No background or experience in food or agriculture is needed. If you’re curious how your experience (in whatever field: tech, design, business, research or something else) can support systemic change, this is for you.

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Need more info?
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Contact Simon, the Program Manager - course@freshventures.eu

Curious if this is the right fit? Join us on June 26th 4pm CET for a Q&A to meet the team and ask anything.

Find more details about the course in our brochure:

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Track record & testimonials from other Fresh programs

The course draws on our experience at Fresh, where we’ve now trained over 60 food system leaders and supported the development of more than 30 regenerative venture concepts through our studio and programs.

"The space to prototype, test assumptions, and iterate based on feedback was invaluable."

Caroline Ucella
Agri-food professional

As one of the co-founders of Commonland, Michiel has extensive experience in business development and venture building to regenerate landscapes. Now active in biotechnology giving him a broad perspective on the needed transition.

"An inspiring environment with like-minded, value-driven people"

Alexa Zerkow
Sustainability & Food Systems Consultant

An innovation do-er and investor that set-up or was involved in the creation and growth of multiple businesses, like the Peel Pioneers. Tekkoo and Lindy have a speciality in building new business that create new value from ‘waste’ streams.

"I was always excited to join the sessions and left with lots of energy"

Annigje Jacobs
Co-Founder
Springtail

Joost is a Blue Economy activist and experienced founder. Currently regenerating our oceans and soils with regenerative seaweed concepts. 

"Applying a systemic approach helped me to identify impactful and actionable venture solutions"

Koen has been a part of our journey since day one. As a senior manager at Toniic and as the host of Investing in regenerative agriculture he is probably one of the most well connected and most up to date people in the regenerative food space.

Maria Braun
Farm-to-Fork & Hospitality Professional
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About Fresh

Fresh Ventures is a venture building program and startup studio based in The Netherlands. We co-found companies with experienced professionals and entrepreneurs to address systemic challenges in the food system.

our focus

Unlocking transformational potential

Fresh is starting off with a focus on cultivation and production systems - the beginning of the chain where most of the impacts and challenges can be found. Building systemic ventures in these areas involves addressing critical barriers and unlocking key capacities that enable the broader sector to shift to a fundamentally sustainable state.

Terrestrial Agriculture

Accelerating the transition to fully regenerative and climate-smart agriculture, combined with evolving horticulture and indoor production systems.

Coming up

Join our meetups and conversations on topics we care about

14

Oct

12:00 - 13:00 CEST

Fresh Q&A | Meet the program manager and ask her anything.
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Online Event

10

NOV

16:00  - 17:00 CEST

Fresh Convo: Venture opportunities for a regenerative Food System

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Online Event

20

may

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CEST

Fresh Talks | Revolutionize Ownership for Impact Entrepreneurship
Online Event

20

may

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CEST

Fresh Talks | Revolutionize Ownership for Impact Entrepreneurship
Online Event

20

may

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CEST

Fresh Talks | Revolutionize Ownership for Impact Entrepreneurship
Online Event