FixOurFood

What FixOurFood does

FixOurFood is a non-profit, UKRI-funded research programme launched in 2020 and hosted at the University of York. It works across Yorkshire with City, University of London; Cranfield University; the University of Leeds; the University of Oxford; and external partners. The programme serves schools and nurseries, farmers, local authorities, and food businesses by researching regenerative agriculture, sustainable school food, hybrid business models, food-system metrics, and policy implementation. Its operating model is collaborative and community-led, using farmer networks, school partnerships, workshops, events, and local-government test beds to move research into practical interventions.

Core technical assets include AgriFoodPy, an open-source Python package for food-system modelling, land-use mapping, metrics analysis, and environmental-impact modelling using data from the UK's Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the Ordnance Survey. The Agrifood Calculator and Future Food Calculator model intervention effects on environmental and land-use metrics; the Agrifood Calculator's latest release adds Carbon Capture and Storage models for Direct-Air Capture and Bioenergy. FixOurFood also publishes a Transformative Evaluation Framework with 30 frameworks, exercises, and methods, alongside school and public resources such as the Food Is Not Rubbish Toolkit, Grow It York Microgreens Cookbook, and Planet Pizza. The tools and resources are open or freely distributed rather than sold as a commercial product suite.

Funding comes from government research support through UKRI's Transforming UK Food Systems programme, and the initiative is not structured to generate commercial revenue. No prices, paying-customer contracts, or annual revenue figures are disclosed. Its dissemination model is therefore ecosystem-based and public-interest rather than sales-led: open-access repositories, partner organisations, events, conferences, newsletters, video, social media, and publications. The FixOurFood Commission, established in 2025 to maintain programme connections beyond the original funding period, is the principal continuation mechanism.

Name

FixOurFood

Legal name

FixOurFood Programme

Website

https://fixourfood.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FixOurFood is a UKRI-funded research programme working with Yorkshire schools, farmers, local authorities, universities, and food businesses to evaluate more sustainable food-system interventions through open research, practical tools, and community partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Systems Research

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511), Farm Management Services (115116), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (BPAGAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (Fair Trade, Food Access, Regenerative) (BPAGALAD), Soil Health & Regenerative Agronomy Consulting (AFACABAA), Resilient Livelihoods & Climate-Smart Food Security (BPADAJAH)

Keywords

• Food systems research
• Regenerative agriculture
• School food transformation
• Agri-food modelling
• Sustainable food policy

Headquarters

HQ city

Yorkshire

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Funding: FixOurFood is a UKRI-funded research programme under the Transforming UK Food Systems (TUKFS) programme. The programme receives government research funding to conduct food systems transformation research in Yorkshire.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

FixOurFood is a non-profit, multi-university research programme that generates and disseminates evidence, tools and frameworks for transforming the Yorkshire food system. Its substantive offerings cover regenerative agriculture field trials, school and nursery food transformation (including free school meals auto-enrolment work), hybrid food business models, food system metrics and modelling, and policy support such as the 'Food for the Future' 10-year framework co-created with North Yorkshire Council. Outputs are provided free to farmers, schools, local authorities, food businesses and the wider public.

Product overview

FixOurFood is a UK research programme hosted by the University of York, aiming to transform the Yorkshire food system through collaborative research across five universities. The programme offers a portfolio of research tools and educational resources rather than a commercial product suite. Key offerings include the open-source AgriFoodPy Python package for food systems modelling, the interactive Agrifood Calculator for exploring environmental and land use intervention impacts, and the Future Food Calculator for scenario planning. Additional resources include the Food Is Not Rubbish toolkit for schools, the Grow It York Microgreens Cookbook, and the Planet Pizza educational game. These tools support the programme's three strategic pillars: regenerative agriculture, hybrid business models, and sustainable food for children.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AgriFoodPy Open-source Python package for modelling food systems, developed by FixOurFood's metrics team. It enables users to explore effects of food system interventions on environmental and land use metrics and to generate detailed land-use maps of Yorkshire using data from the UK's Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and Ordnance Survey.
• FixOurFood Agrifood Calculator Interactive decision-support tool developed by FixOurFood's metrics team to explore the effects of food system interventions on environmental and land use metrics. The latest release incorporates a Carbon Capture and Storage model with Direct-Air Capture (DACCS) and Bioenergy (BECCS) components.
• Future Food Calculator Decision-support tool developed by FixOurFood researcher Dr Juan Pablo Cordero to help farmers and stakeholders explore sustainable food system scenarios and calculate impacts of different agricultural practices.
• Food Is Not Rubbish Toolkit Educational toolkit developed by the University of Liverpool with School Food Matters to help schools reduce food waste and comply with Environment Act 2021 regulations. It includes practical tools for measuring waste, integrating waste reduction into the curriculum, and optimising lunchtime experiences.
• Grow It York Microgreens Cookbook Educational cookbook resource produced as part of the Grow It York vertical farming initiative, providing recipes and guidance for growing and cooking microgreens.
• Planet Pizza Game Teaching and outreach resource designed to help children learn about food systems, sustainable eating and the environmental impact of food choices through interactive gameplay.

Quantifiable outcome

• 317 hectares under regenerative agriculture trials comparing seven farming systems
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of YorkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the FixOurFood programme. The programme is based at the School for Business and Society, University of York.
• City, University of LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five universities in the FixOurFood collaboration. Dr Ferne Edwards is based at the Centre for Food Policy, City St George's, University London.
• Cranfield UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five universities in the FixOurFood collaboration. Hosts researchers including Dr Albert Muleke and Dr Georgios Pexas working on agricultural modelling.
• University of LeedscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five universities in the FixOurFood collaboration. Hosts the Leeds Farm regenerative agriculture trials led by Professor Pippa Chapman and Dr Ruth Wade.
• University of OxfordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five universities in the FixOurFood collaboration. Professor Myles Allen leads climate and food systems research.
• Food FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey partner on FixOurFood in Schools element, working to transform food menus, environments, education and procurement in schools and nurseries across Yorkshire.
• Spark YorkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner organization in York focused on social innovation and entrepreneurship.
• Grow YorkshireminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness support organization helping Yorkshire businesses grow, part of the Food, Farming and Rural Network.
• Yorkshire Agricultural SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharity founded in 1837 organizing the Great Yorkshire Show. Deeply linked to FixOurFood through shared governance and strategic networking via the Yorkshire Food, Farming and Rural Network.
• Yorkshire Grain AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective of farmers, bakers, millers, traders, researchers, and community members committed to transforming grain production through low-input farming and local processing. FixOurFood collaborates to enable methods and principles for food system transformation.
• North Yorkshire CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCritical strategic partner and primary 'test bed' for the programme. Formalized partnership through co-creation of 'Food for the Future: A Framework for Action', a 10-year strategic plan launched in late 2025.
• Organic Research CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating with FixOurFood and Yorkshire Grain Alliance to understand unique aspects of producing diverse grain crops in Yorkshire.
• ShefFoodminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal food partnership for Sheffield. FixOurFood collaborated on developing the Local Food Action Plan for Sheffield.
• Deliciously YorkshireminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Food Group for Yorkshire. FixOurFood partnered with them on the Yorkshire Stories of Sustainability film series and sponsors the Taste Awards.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Food, Farming and Countryside Commission: Independent UK commission producing policy research on transforming food systems and rural economies. Closely comparable in its research-to-policy pipeline and systems-change framing.
• Eating Better: UK alliance focused on healthier, more sustainable diets. Shares FixOurFood's evidence-to-advocacy model and focus on consumption-side food system change.
• Food Ethics Council: UK charity advising on food systems ethics, policy, and governance. Operates at similar scale and remit, producing policy briefs and convening stakeholders across the UK food system.
• Organic Research Centre: UK-based research charity focused on organic and regenerative agriculture. Listed as a Core partner on the Yorkshire Grain Alliance and runs similarly structured trials on agroecological farming systems.
• Food Foundation: UK food systems advocacy and research charity and a Core partner of FixOurFood on the school food workstream. Operates the same hybrid model of policy evidence plus public-facing campaigns targeting the UK food system.

Others

• N8 Research Partnership: Multi-university research collaboration across eight northern English universities. Comparable consortium model and Yorkshire/northern England footprint, although operating across multiple research domains beyond food.

Regional players

• Sheffield Food Partnership (ShefFood): Local food partnership for Sheffield with which FixOurFood co-developed a Local Food Action Plan. Operates in the same region with comparable local-authority-facing food strategy work but at city rather than county level.

Broad incumbents

• Soil Association: Larger, established UK charity covering organic standards, certification, farming research, and food policy. Addresses overlapping regenerative agriculture and food systems goals but at national scale and with a certification business.
• Compassion in World Farming: Established international NGO campaigning on farm animal welfare and sustainable food systems. A much larger organisation but pursues overlapping goals around regenerative and lower-input farming.
• Sustain: UK alliance of NGOs working on better food and farming policy, including the Children's Food Campaign. Comparable in policy and coalition-building orientation to FixOurFood's school food and procurement work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/FixOurFoodteam
• GitHubgithub.com/FixOurFood
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@FixOurFood
• Instagraminstagram.com/yorkshiregrainalliance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fixourfood

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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