The Food Planet Prize 2025 Shortlist is here!
We’re thrilled to announce this year’s shortlist: Out of over 1,000 nominations, 6 groundbreaking initiatives have made it to the final stage and the winner will be revealed on June 13th! These initiatives represent some of the most innovative efforts worldwide to reduce the environmental footprint of our food systems. They offer revolutionary ways to protect crops and increase yields, a low-emission method to produce fertilizer, tools to slash food waste, and more.
Each finalist has been carefully selected through a thorough review process led by the Food Planet Prize’s in-house nominations team, with expert evaluations from leading academics.
The following initiatives comprise the 2025 shortlist:
- Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies – Uses fungal endophytes and microbes to help crops resist climate stress, cut fertilizer use, and boost yields.
- Astungkara Way – Reinvents rice farming with regenerative methods to increase productivity and enhance farmer livelihoods in an ecologically beneficial way.
- NitroCapt – Develops zero-emission fertilizers using air and plasma, reducing climate impact.
- Pride on our Plates – Tackles massive food waste in China's catering sector by empowering small businesses with data-driven insights and behavioral strategies.
- Semion – Fights pesticide resistance with plant-based defenses that protect yields and reduce chemical harm.
- Virtual Irrigation Academy – Equips smallholder farmers with smart soil sensors to save water and increase food production.
The shortlisted initiatives will come to Stockholm in June to meet with the Food Planet Prize’s international jury. Together with Roads & Kingdoms, we’ve crafted in-depth articles to bring their stories to life—visit the links above to learn more.
Congratulations to this year’s finalists. We hope you find them as inspiring as we do!