Food Systems Challenge

Deadline: 2016-05-11
Award: $100,000

Look to the abundance of lessons nature has to offer and develop a biomimetic design that solves an important food system challenge while supporting the health of our planet.

What you choose to focus on within the broad category of the "Food System" is up to you, but your team should narrow this broad challenge into a specific design problem—one with potential for impact and at a scope and scale that is feasible for your team.

• Identify and solve a specific problem within the food system.
• Intentionally emulate one or more mechanisms, processes, patterns, or systems found in nature.
• Enhance the sustainability of the food system, whether from an environmental, social, or economic
perspective—or ideally all three.

Up to 10 finalist teams will be selected to participate in the BGDC Accelerator
Program and compete for the $100,000 "Ray of Hope" Prize. As part of the Accelerator, each participating finalist team will receive $2,000 plus business training and/or incubation support, mentorship support, access to software tools, and legal support valued, in total, in excess of $8,000.