The Cellular Agriculture Netherlands foundation (CAN) was founded in 2021. This foundation exists to stimulate Cellular Agriculture in the Netherlands and worldwide. CAN raises funds for this and takes responsibility for making this sector flourish by leading and implementing programs.

CAN was founded by:

About us

The foundation will achieve its goal by building a complete ecosystem for cellular agriculture, based on five pillars:

• Education: Offering relevant education at MBO, HBO and WO level.
• Research: Stimulating public knowledge development in this area.
• Scaling up: Making public facilities available for scaling up.
• Social integration: Promoting involvement of consumers, farmers and urban communities who consider cellular agriculture as an option.
• Innovation: Stimulating innovation by supporting start-ups and creating an environment where they can grow into scale-ups.

The CAN board 

• Maresa Oosterman - Chair of the Board
• Cindy Gerhardt - Secretary
• Tim van de Rijdt - Treasurer
• Rene Wijffels - Board Member
• Will van den Tweel - Board Member
• Ira van Eelen - Board Member
• Marcel Ottens - Board Member

Cellular Agriculture Community

CAN strengthens the sector by bringing stakeholders together in a growing community of > 45 organisations. We listen to their input, share our activities and organise regular events. Together we work on the development of the Dutch CA sector.