To keep the momentum going

As Arctic Food Arena is winding down, the work doesn’t stop here. To keep the momentum going, here are some key resources and networks we recommend following and engaging with:

• Nära mat to stay up to date with the food strategy in Norrbotten and the shared vision of getting more local food on plates.

• Sweden Food Arena for calls for proposals in food innovation, and support in forming strong consortia for applications.

• Swedish Network for Industrial and Urban Symbiosis connecting practitioners and hosting an annual conference on symbiosis in practice.

• Creaternity Northern Food Lab at Luleå tekniska universitet sharing the latest research and projects on food self-sufficiency in Northern Sweden.

• Invest in Circular Resilient Arctic Food Systems a new project inspired by Arctic Food Arena and run by Invest in Norrbotten in partnership with Creaternity Northern Food Lab, focused on future investments for food resilience.

• CHARM-fabriken in Älvsbyns Kommun and Axfoundation’s Torsåker in Stockholm, operating active testbeds exploring food of the future in practice.

• Macklean bringing deep knowledge of the food system together with strategic and analytical expertise. Through their work and new insights gained from Arctic Food Arena, they are a strong resource for anyone working with food, markets, and system-level change.

• Atacama advancing circular ecosystem development through digital tools, creative public engagement, and unconventional circular solutions.

• To follow how public agencies support and enable industrial symbiosis, see the collaboration between RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and Energimyndigheten on resource-efficient sector integration, and the joint work of Tillväxtverket and Naturvårdsverket to make it easier for companies to develop industrial symbiosis.