•         Lower Silesia 360° will pioneer regenerative practices across 20,000 hectares and four key crops 
•         The landscape will be officially launched at a collaborative event on 29 October 2025 
•         Journalists are invited to attend and can register by contacting magdalena.melaniuk@eitfood.eu

The Regenerative Innovation Portfolio is launching Lower Silesia 360°, a flagship regenerative agriculture landscape in Poland, on 29 October 2025. Designed as one of the largest initiatives of its kind in the country, the landscape will bring together farmers, businesses, and local institutions to accelerate the transition to regenerative farming and strengthen agricultural resilience. EIT Food is orchestrating the landscape in collaboration with Food Valley and alongside Bunge, PepsiCo, Viking Malt and Malteurop, backed as well by the Lower Silesian Agricultural Advisory Centre in Wrocław (DODR). EIT Food is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. 

Encompassing more than 20,000 hectares of farmland across four major crops, including rapeseed, wheat, malting barley and sugar beet, Lower Silesia 360° will serve as a model for landscape-level transformation, with the potential to be replicated across Europe. 

By aligning corporate off-takers with farmer-led action, the landscape seeks to improve soil health and biodiversity, enhance carbon sequestration, and ensure long-term farm viability. 

"This landscape launch is a landmark moment for agriculture in Europe, showing how regenerative approaches can be scaled at landscape level by bringing the entire value chain together. Lower Silesia 360° can become a blueprint for other landscapes across Europe, delivering benefits for nature, farmers and the food system as a whole" said Richard Zaltzman, CEO, EIT Food. 

Lower Silesia 360° is the second regenerative agriculture landscape to be launched under the Regenerative Innovation Portfolio, an ecosystem collaboration initiated as part of the World Economic Forum's Food Innovation Hub Europe. The Portfolio is co-financed and led by EIT Food in partnership with Foodvalley, EIT Food is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. The Lower Silesia 360° landscape places farmers at its core, providing technical guidance and long-term capacity-building to make regenerative practices both practical and profitable. 

"Collaboration at landscape level is critical to enable and accelerate the transition towards regenerative agriculture. Together you get further than alone. Lower Silesia 360° is exemplary in showing that off-takers, growers and public parties can unite around shared objectives – as a lever for real change in the fields and in the lives of the growers involved" said Karin Slobbe-Visser, Regenerative Innovation Portfolio co-lead, Foodvalley  

Poland's critical role in Europe's food future 

As one of the EU's largest agricultural producers, Poland plays a vital role in Europe's food security, making efforts to strengthen agricultural resilience to climate change essential. The Lower Silesia landscape will serve as a critical foundation for scaling regenerative practices across Europe, providing a hub for innovation and helping farmers transition to more sustainable and resilient farming systems. 

With numerous challenges faced by the agriculture sector, the landscape will help enhance farmer resilience to current and future pressures, ensuring the security of vital supply chains in Poland and beyond. 

Science, innovation and farmer-first engagement 

The landscape will run from 2025 to 2028, developing a harmonised Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) platform to collect robust data on environmental outcomes including soil health, biodiversity, and greenhouse gas emissions. Annual reports will share insights to inform future landscapes across Europe, with a final report published in 2029. 

While designed for cross-value chain collaboration, Lower Silesia 360° puts farmers at its core. Participants will benefit from tailored technical training, financial incentives, and long-term capacity-building – with particular focus on improving both environmental outcomes and farmer livelihoods. 

"This initiative unites businesses, local stakeholders and farmers across Lower Silesia to build resilience at scale. By working across the landscape, we can secure the future of key supply chains in Poland and inspire similar transformations elsewhere in Europe," said Elvira Domingo, Director of Resilient Agriculture, EIT Food. 

Launch event – 29 October 

The landscape will be officially launched at a collaborative event on 29 October 2025, bringing together senior representatives from EIT Food, Foodvalley, corporate partners, local institutions and farmers. The programme will include a guided visit to a participating farm and a session sharing insights from Navarra 360° in Spain, the first regenerative agriculture landscape launched under the Portfolio.