Founding trial network · The Predictive Model
Host a nutrient density research trial.
Join farms, growers and food producers investigating nutrient density. Connect farm records with food measurements to test farming practices and validate predictive models across farms and seasons.
A two-minute form — no commitment. We’ll come back to you to talk through whether a trial fits your farm or product this season.
Why your farm matters
Better farm data. Stronger evidence.
We test whether farm records can predict food nutrient composition. Paired records and food samples help assess reliability across farms and seasons. Verification methods need independent validation.
Who we’re looking for
If you grow it, make it, or study it — you can take part.
Arable, horticulture, pasture or mixed
If you can dedicate a field, plot or crop to a measured trial, register your interest. Conventional, regenerative or organic — every system can contribute evidence.
From known farms to finished product
Source from farms you know? Contribute product samples and supply-chain detail to investigate how farm practices and processing relate to food composition.
Trial sites & agronomists
Research stations, agronomists and advisers who can host a structured protocol or bring method expertise are welcome to collaborate.
What a trial involves
Taking part: three steps.
Tell us about your farm
Two minutes on what you grow or make, where, and how. That’s all we need to start.
Agree a simple protocol
A scoping conversation to agree a practical protocol, timing, sampling requirements and any costs before work begins.
We handle the science
Collect records and samples under the agreed protocol. Laboratory analysis, modelling and how results are shared are confirmed during scoping.
What founding trial sites get
You give data. You get answers worth having.
Independent analysis
Food-composition measurements under an agreed laboratory protocol, with the limits and uncertainties explained alongside the results.
Get your readiness score
Interpret your results in the context of the 23,000+-study evidence base, using comparable crops, methods and units where suitable evidence is available.
Be a founding site
Discuss findings and candidate practices for further testing, and contribute to the evidence needed to improve the models.
Exactly what each trial involves — sampling, any costs, and support — is agreed together in the scoping conversation, so it works for you before anything starts.
Research trial questions
Who can host a Vitagri research trial?
Farmers, growers, food producers, processors, researchers and advisers can register interest. A scoping conversation establishes whether the site, crop or product and available measurements fit a research question.
What does taking part involve?
Register your interest, discuss a suitable protocol, then collect records and samples as agreed. Sampling, laboratory analysis, timing, any costs and support are agreed before the trial begins. Registering interest is not a commitment.
Does a trial guarantee certification or a payment premium?
No. These trials contribute evidence to a research programme. They do not guarantee certification, a nutrient-density improvement or a price premium. Predictions and verification methods need independent validation across farms and seasons.
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Join the network
Help build stronger evidence.
Well-designed trials help test where the models work and where they need improvement. Register your interest and we’ll be in touch to talk through a trial that fits.