£20,000 award for food and farming solutions for Jersey

Thursday, 24 July 2025 11:45

The £20,000 Food System Prize is aimed at transforming food, farming, and health systems in Jersey.

The Food System Prize, of £20,000, is all about encouraging innovation in Jersey's food, farming, and health systems.

There will be a cash prize of £15,000 for the winner and £5,000 worth of support to help with branding, website design and building a market for products as well as access to the Co-op marketplace if relevant to the business or idea.

An extra £5,000 is being ring-fenced exclusively for applicants from the Crown Dependencies - Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man.

It’s open to new or existing businesses with great ideas or solutions which reimagine how we grow, distribute and eat food.

India Hamilton is behind one of the island's sustainable food projects, SCOOP.

India Hamilton started SCOOP and is behind Regen Gathering - who is behind the prize, wants to see entries which strengthen regional food systems in particular.

“We want to empower communities and improve long term health outcomes by encouraging fresh ideas which improve the way we all get our food, and we want to support people whose ambition it is to build a healthy, resilient food system”.

The judges include the environmentalist and financier Ben Goldsmith and the founder and CEO of the Sustainable Food Trust Patrick Holden CBE.

Applications to The Food System Prize will close on 25th October and the winners will be announced on 6th November 2025 at the Jersey Farming Conference.

Additionally, an event on the 5 and 6 of September at Le Tacheron Farm in Trinity is supported by Farm Jersey, and is for farmers, growers and everyone who’s interested in the food they eat and how it affects the environment, their health and society.