Meet the 50 Best Small Business Winners Providing “Good Food for All”

Fifty small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) around the world have been announced as the Best Small Businesses of the “Good Food for All” competition, held in conjunction with the UN Food Systems Summit.

Selected from nearly 2,000 applications from 135 countries, the 50 winners all showcase inspiring, diverse, and impactful solutions in improving access to healthy, sustainable food.

Each winner was celebrated as a “Best Small Business: Good Food for All” and shared US$100,000 in cash prizes. At the UNFSS event to announce the winners, this short video was shared to showcase their stories and highlight SMEs’ vital work in sustainably nourishing families all around the world.

 

Each winner was selected for how their business contributes to healthier, more sustainable and equitable food for the communities they serve; the strength of their vision for the future; and how well they communicate the current and future impact of their business.

These food SMEs are quiet revolutionaries. Their founders embody an ascending worldwide cohort of passionate, values-driven, innovative food entrepreneurs. Half are youth and nearly half are women. Winners come from a total of 42 countries from Europe & Central Asia (10); Africa & Middle East (13); East Asia & Pacific (10); South Asia (8); and North and Latin America (9).

Despite their importance to the future of food, small businesses are too rarely heard on the international stage. This competition, which included a survey, captured their ambition and needs. These are presented in a report, “A Small Business Agenda for the UN Food Systems Summit”, that calls for the world to rally behind SMEs as the vanguard of a food revolution.

With a conducive business environment, positive incentives, and greater influence, SMEs can deliver a more nourishing, sustainable, equitable and resilient food system. As part of the announcement ceremony held in conjunction with the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit, other small businesses around the world will be encouraged to join in the call to do their part in this decade of action by signing a pledge.

Find out more about the 50 winners by viewing the details below, as well as visiting their company profiles, by clicking on their names.

Name Country Sector(s)
Agrojusto
Transforming the food market
Argentina Agritech, Big data, Blockchain
Fresh.Land
Shortening and digitizing the food supply chain
Denmark Agritech, Clean technology, E-commerce
Toothpick Company Ltd., Kenya (Toothpick Project)
Improving food security with a agri-biotech revolution against weeds
Kenya Agribusiness, Agrichemicals, Crop farming
Amader Khamar
Amader Khamar is an initiative to serve city people with safe foods
Bangladesh Agribusiness, Agritech, Food production
Yolele Foods
Building markets and supply chains for African ingredients
United States of America Crop farming, Food and beverage, Food production
TruLuv Granola
Improving every Ethiopian’s nutritional status
Ethiopia Food and beverage, Food production
iPAGE BANGLADESH LTD
Grow smartly
Bangladesh Agritech, Artificial intelligence, Food production
DV Excellus Pvt. Ltd.
Sustainable Food Systems via agrifood Tech Innovations
Nepal Agribusiness, Agritech
Massöva
Stronger producers, offering quality products
Madagascar Agribusiness, Crop farming
NUU
The brazilian taste for a regenerative world.
Brazil Food and beverage
North Lanka Family Foods ( PVT ) Ltd
Promoting peace & reconsiliation through the Crafting of Good Taste .
Sri Lanka Agribusiness, Food production, Manufacturing
Integrated Aerial Systems
Data Driven Drones
South Africa Agrichemicals, Agritech, Environmental services
ColdHubs
Solar-powered cold storage for developing countries
Nigeria Agribusiness, Clean technology, Clean technology a…
Bulaccino Farm/Cafe
Real Coffee . Real Food . Real People
Fiji Animal farming, Crop farming, Food and beverage
Treedom
Plant a tree with a click and follow it online, supporting farmers,
Italy Agribusiness, E-commerce, Information technology
AGRO IRIS d.o.o.
Healthy and socially responsible snacks from small orchards and fields
Serbia Food and beverage, Food production
Woolley’s Lamb
Naturally Raised Woolleys’ Lamb…Count the Differences
Canada Animal farming
Nutrition Innovation Singapore Pte Ltd
Making the world a healthier place.
Singapore Agribusiness, Agritech, Food and beverage
Varacco Inc
Kay Sarap Maging pilipino(translated:it Feels Great to be a Filipino)
Philippines Food and beverage, Food production, Hospitality
Naturally Divine
Live Natural, Live Divine
Peru Agribusiness, Food and beverage, Food production
AQysta
Innovating for Impact
Netherlands Clean technology, Crop farming
AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited
Growing Markets, Connecting Trades
Nigeria Agribusiness, Agritech
Sara’s Organic Food
Providing Goodness by Supplying Healthier Food
Egypt Agribusiness, Crop farming
LightBlue Environmental Consulting
Reconcile business excellence with sustainability
Thailand Consulting and business development, Hospitality, …
Sierra Agri Foods
Eat Healthy, be Nutrition Wealthy
Sierra Leone Agribusiness
Plantpack by Lifepack
PACKAGES that are transformed into life
Colombia Agritech, Manufacturing, Packaging
Manq’A Restaurante
Manq'a is a social restaurant that celebrates national products.
Bolivia Diversified services, Food and beverage, Hospitali…
InnoFaso
Nutrition autonomy for all in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso Food production
Oorja Development Solutions India
Powering Last-Mile Rural Markets
India Community water systems, Crop farming, Solar power
ALIET GREEN
As full service provider to the Wholesalers
Indonesia Food production
SmartFish
At smartfish we are fish lovers and ecosystem protectors
Mexico Animal farming, Fish farming, Retail and wholesale
Blagichka Ltd. – the zero waste company
Blagichka - zero waste restaurant and informal education for students
Bulgaria Educational products, Educational services, Food p…
Encantado de Comerte
App to save food and improve food insecurity
Spain Food and beverage, Mobile
Kuruwitu Conservation Welfare CBO
KCW-CBO
Kenya Fish farming, Food production
Karwan saffron agricultural and livestock company
Agricultural and livestock services and activities
Afghanistan Food production, Packaging, Wholesale
Briskly
Technological platform for unmanned trading
Russian Federation E-commerce, Food and beverage, Retail
Food Nation
Food for all
New Zealand Food production
Taru Naturals
Taru All Day! Hand Grown by Small Farmers
India Agribusiness, E-commerce, Food and beverage
Whole Surplus
Digital food surplus management system building recovery ecosystem
Turkey Artificial intelligence, Big data, Internet of thi…
IUV
#packaging #plasticfree #future
Italy Agribusiness, Clean technology and energy, Packagi…
Edible Routes Private Limited
Conscious food for all!
India Agribusiness, Consulting and business development,…
Yunnan Qiutu Agriculture Company Limited
We treat people, animal, plants and earth with pure love.
China Crop farming, Food and beverage, Food production
ADC Aquatic Development Co. Ltd.
Affordable fish seed for all
Laos Educational services, Fish farming
Red Sea Farms
Unlocking the potential of saltwater
Saudi Arabia Agribusiness, Agritech, Clean technology and energ…
A Cozinha by António Loureiro
Nature and all she has to offer is what truly inspires us.
Portugal Business services, Financial services, Hospitality
Innovopro
Creating a chickpea protein based solutions for the F&B industry
Israel Food and beverage, Food production
YouKuai Group
Creating a holistic plant based food & beverage ecosystem from China
China Events, Food and beverage, Marketing and PR
Indiegrow – Creating economic and social equality
We connect smallholder women producers with international customers
Colombia Agritech, E-commerce, Food and beverage
Soil Carbon Co.
The world's smallest organisms solving the world's biggest problem
Australia Crop farming