{"id":984,"date":"2021-08-11T23:05:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T23:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/?page_id=984"},"modified":"2021-08-16T05:01:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T05:01:36","slug":"whoweare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/whoweare\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nordic Food Lab is a non-profit, open-source organisation that investigates food diversity and deliciousness. Established in 2008, we combine scientific and humanistic approaches with culinary techniques from around the world to explore the edible potential of the Nordic region \u2013 the flavours that say something about us and imbue the foods we eat with a connection to this place and this time. We work to broaden our taste, generating and adapting practical ideas and methods for those who make food and those who enjoy eating.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nordic Food Lab is the brain child of Gastronomic Entrepreneur Claus Meyer and Head chef of noma Ren\u00e9 Redzepi. We are part of Department of Food Science at University of Copenhagen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diversity is our starting point and our goal. It forms a loop of feedback mediated by ecology, necessity, and appetite. There is no single food that can nourish us on its own. The pursuit of good food is in itself also the pursuit of biocultural diversity, the pursuit of a future where everyone can not only eat but eat well. Diversity \u2013 of autochthonous genetic material, of organisms, of cultural practices, of ideas \u2013 is what keeps our world at its most resilient and robust. It is the cloth that weaves our fates together and upon which we share our meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet infinite choice can be paralysing. By acknowledging geography as the foundation of gastronomy we give ourselves limitation, a constraint through which we gain freedom to experiment and play. Exploration of our edible surroundings offers a possibility to create foods that speak truly of their birthplace and their future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By taking inspiration from humanities, sciences and arts, we undertake work which other research facilities, rooted in one side of the arbitrary science\/craft divide, might not attempt. For example, often those working directly with complex foods at an artisanal level understand little of the biochemistry, and those who study them at a biochemical level have little applied knowledge of gastronomy. We seek to put these approaches and their experts in dialogue, using modern and traditional methods to combine craft and science for delicious results. We share our work with home cooks, chefs and industry to offer a multi-tiered contribution to the threads of the Nordic culinary fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our research is open source. We collaborate with other projects locally and internationally.
Our work is supported by independent foundations, private businesses, and government sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Funders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Velux Foundation supports major projects with cultural, environmental, social or artistic purposes. They are funding our insect research through the project entitled “Discerning Taste: Deliciousness as an Argument for Entomophagy”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Nordea Foundation supports non-profit and charitable purposes in their activities to promote good living. They are funding the S<\/a>M<\/a>AGforLIVET<\/a> project, of which we are a part, which aims to improve knowledge of food, cooking and food systems through taste education for children and adolescents in Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Present Partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jacobsen<\/a> is a Danish craft beer brand brewed and bottled in the original Carlsberg brewery founded by I.C. Jacobsen in Copenhagen. The Jacobsen brewery is fueled by a passion for the craft and constant high quality, striving for perfection in every brew. All Jacobsen beers are developed with a link to gastronomy, where the perfect match between beer and food is a central part of the development process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nordic Food Lab is a non-profit, open-source organisation that investigates food diversity and deliciousness. Established in 2008, we combine scientific and humanistic approaches with culinary techniques from around the world to explore the edible potential of the Nordic region \u2013 the flavours that say something about us and imbue the foods we eat with a connection to this place and this time. We work to broaden our taste, generating and adapting practical ideas and methods for those who make food and those who enjoy eating.\u00a0 Nordic Food Lab is the brain child of Gastronomic Entrepreneur Claus Meyer and Head chef of noma Ren\u00e9 Redzepi. We are part of Department of Food Science at University of Copenhagen.  Diversity is our starting point and our goal. It forms a loop of feedback mediated by ecology, necessity, and appetite. There is no single food that can nourish us on its own. The pursuit … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"

Nordic Food Lab is a non-profit, open-source organisation that investigates food diversity and deliciousness. Established in 2008, we combine scientific and humanistic approaches with culinary techniques from around the world to explore the edible potential of the Nordic region \u2013 the flavours that say something about us and imbue the foods we eat with a connection to this place and this time. We work to broaden our taste, generating and adapting practical ideas and methods for those who make food and those who enjoy eating.\u00a0 Nordic Food Lab is the brain child of Gastronomic Entrepreneur Claus Meyer and Head chef…<\/p>\n","category_list":"","author_info":{"name":"Leigh","url":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/blog\/author\/leigh\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}