Latest from Medway Food Innovation Centre
Researchers, food innovators, and sustainability professionals are invited to hear Dr. Parag Acharya discuss cutting-edge developments in hybrid alternative protein systems and their potential to transform the future of meat alternatives.
The Medway Food Innovation Centre (MFIC) is proud to highlight the wider impact of colleagues across the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), including recent contributions to global teaching and learning discussions.
Colleagues from the Nature Resources Institute (NRI) and Medway Food Innovation Centre (MFIC) recently participated in the Food Science & Technology Missions UK event held in London on 23rd March 2026, bringing together leading organisations from Belgium to strengthen international collaboration in food innovation.
Dr Parag Acharya from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) and Medway Food Innovation Centre (MFIC) is representing the University of Greenwich at the Food Revolution 2026 conference, held in Venice-Mestre, Italy from 11–13 May 2026.
The Medway Food Innovation Centre has spent the last two weeks hosting a delegation from South Asia, led by Hanoi University of Science and Technology, as part of the Plant Protein Plus Network UK–SE Asia project.
NRI's Medway Food Innovation Centre (MFIC) team were in London this week for the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein Annual Conference 2026, held on 2nd and 3rd March at Imperial College London.
On 28th July 2025, Valerie Pondaven and Micael De Andrade Lima from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) embarked on a strategic visit to São Paulo, Brazil, to explore emerging opportunities in agricultural innovation and startup ecosystems. Their mission was to understand how Brazil’s place-based innovation models could inform and inspire NRI’s work in sustainable food systems.
The future of sustainable protein production in Southeast Asia took a significant step forward when over 40 participants from Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia met at Hanoi University of Science and Technology for a ground-breaking workshop - led by Professor Ben Bennett - for a workshop on "Unpacking Value Chains for Plant Proteins in SE Asia".
The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) is strengthening its strategic collaboration with the Tony Blair Institute to help drive agricultural innovation across Rwanda, placing local food entrepreneurs at the heart of sustainable transformation. This connects NRI's team directly with innovators throughout Rwanda's food sector, providing tailored support to help businesses process agricultural products more effectively, access new markets, and scale operations in ways that benefit both individual enterprises and their broader communities.
Our team from the Natural Resources Institute recently returned from an incredible four days at ACAT 2025 in Kigali, where more than 800 delegates gathered to explore next-generation agricultural technologies under the theme "NextGen Ag-Tech Solutions for Africa's Farmers." As representatives of the Medway Food Innovation Centre, we found deep resonance between the conference discussions and our own mission to drive food innovation and support emerging entrepreneurs.