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H-HEALTH

The Hub for Human Environmental Agrifood Leap to Transform Health

#agriculture #food #environment #regeneration #nutrition #health

Human activities, population growth and consumer behavior have a tremendous impact on the ecosystem ofour planet. Societal challenges are interacting with climate change, our health, food production and consumption patterns. As a society we are seeking ways to increase crop yields to feed “the next billion”, while striving for future proof food systems, more animal welfare, more locally and efficiently produced crops with lower impacts on our land-use, biodiversity, and soils. These multifaceted interests are opposed by increasing weather extremes, soil degradation and decreasing intensification in the agricultural sector. Knowing how food systems are deeply interconnected with biological, economic and societal systems, the challenge at hand is not a small endeavor, but together and idea by idea, we strongly believe that we can make a difference.


To address the challenge and spur innovative solutions we called to action H-HEALTH as a Hub for Human Environmental Agri-food Leap to Transform Health. With a humanistic approach, we put the connections and interactions between healthy soils, healthy plants, healthy people, and a healthy environment at the center. Within this trajectory, H-HEALTH acts as an enabling platform, brings together the capabilities of academia, organizations, and industry to create ideal conditions for innovation and groundbreaking ideas to spring into action.


With H-HEALTH, we foster as a transdisciplinary community to explore how the well-being of our human
society ultimately co-depends on functioning systems. Within the project, we are organizing workshops and provide open discussion platforms to find solutions and ideas together as a community. We aim to enable innovative ideas created to take shape and accelerate.

Keep informed about the upcoming events trough this website, follow the Innovation Office on LinkedIn or reach out to sophie.schumacher@unibas.ch or alessandro.mazzetti@unibas.ch

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The TEAM

Click on one of us to open our LinkedIn

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Sophie Schumacher

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Project Manager, Univ. Basel - Innovation Office

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Claudio Screpanti

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Senior Team Leader, Syngenta Fellow - Syngenta Crop Protection AG

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Alessandro Mazzetti

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Manager Innovation Alliances, Univ. Basel - Innovation Office

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David Thaler

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Researches, Univ. Basel Biozentrum

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Benjamin Gräub

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FiBL and Farmbetter

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Samuel Fuhrimann

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Epidemiologist and exposure scientist - Swiss TPH

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News
Upcoming Events
  • Sep 25, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Basel, Gerbergasse 30, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
    Foodtalk Welche Ernährung tut dem Körper und dem Planeten gut? Drei Expert:innen diskutieren, wie das möglich ist.
  • Oct 05, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Join us on two excursions to learn more about the potential of biochar and its applications – hands-on and interactive. Together we get to discover how biochar is produced in Basel and how it can be applied in the context of composting and a means to store carbon in the soil and loop waste streams.
  • Oct 12, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Join us on two excursions to learn more about the potential of biochar and its applications – hands-on and interactive. Together we get to discover how biochar is produced in Basel and how it can be applied in the context of composting and a means to store carbon in the soil and loop waste streams.
  • Oct 24, 5:00 PM – Oct 25, 8:00 PM
    Basel, Klybeckstrasse 191, 4057 Basel, Switzerland
    By 2050, urban living will be the reality for almost 70 percent of the global population. Adequate housing and public services but also access to safe and affordable food will be essential in the future. Join us for an engaging event to discuss the latest advancements and solutions.
  • Nov 10, 2:00 PM – Nov 11, 6:00 PM
    Allschwil, Kreuzstrasse 4, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland
    Engagement and networking event to bridge the world of the microbiome - connected from soil to food and human health.
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