Drive systemic change in the food system.
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.
📆 29th October to 3rd December 2025
💳 Early bird: €1,300 until August 27th
Regular price: €1,500 | Final sign up deadline: October 10th
🌐 Fully online
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Whether you're just beginning to explore your place in the food system or already working on a project or idea, this course is designed to move you forward. Through live sessions, peer support, and hands-on tools, you will take practical steps toward what’s next. You will test ideas, map opportunities, and build momentum, wherever you are starting from.
You will develop a systems lens on the food system and learn how to work with its complexity. The course covers knowledge on key problem areas and emerging approaches to systems innovation, giving you a foundation for systems thinking and action grounded in real-world dynamics.
You will build the skills to engage with uncertainty and complexity with clarity and intention. You will work with tools to map system dynamics, identify leverage points, and explore how regenerative change can happen across agriculture, supply chains, and mindsets.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, researcher, creative, investor, or other passionate professional: by signing up for the course you will join a diverse group of international peers who are also exploring, building, and reshaping their work. The cohort space is designed for feedback, idea testing, and soundboarding so you are not just learning together but actively sharpening your thinking through shared reflection and collaboration.
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This six-week online course blends live sessions, small-group interaction, and self-paced learning. Expect to spend about 4 to 6 hours per week.
| Element | What you’ll get |
|---|---|
| Live (online) sessions | 2 hours/week of expert input, discussion, and guided work |
| Group work | 0,5-1 hour/week in peer pods for feedback & sound boarding |
| Self-paced modules | Videos, readings, exercises, and tools on core topics |
| Second Brain access | A growing database of systems maps, case studies, and ventures |
You will:
Understand and apply core concepts of regeneration, systems thinking, and venture methods
Learn to work with complexity, identify leverage points, and use tools to support real change in food systems.
Take real steps toward change using an entrepreneurial mindset
You won’t craft a full business plan, but you will explore ideas, test assumptions, and apply tools that help you move from curiosity to action.
Use reflection as a foundation for direction-setting
Explore your values, assumptions, and personal connection to regeneration to clarify your path forward.
Connect with an inspiring international cohort
Learn with and from peers across backgrounds and sectors, and build relationships that extend beyond the course.
Receive support in navigating your personal journey
Guided by the Fresh team you’ll clarify your regenerative edge, and shape a next step that fits your timing and energy.
The course is for anyone who wants to put their talent, passions and interest to better use to turn insight into impact in the food system. Whether you're exploring entrepreneurship, evolving your work, or navigating new directions, you’ll likely enjoy this experience if you:
Turn challenges into opportunities
Are energized by learning and doing
Want to navigate complexity with clarity and purpose
Although this course specifically focuses on the food system, a background in food is not required. In fact, this course is designed to explore how you can leverage your unique background to make an impact in the food system, even if you have no prior experience with it.