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Since 2011 Agri Kulti has been developing and implementing R&D projects and business-based models in the sustainable agro-food domain. Our overall goal is to reconnect cities and rural areas by establishing a fully transparent link between the best small-scale Hungarian food producers and premium urban gastronomy.

We believe in original tastes and flavours, seasonality and high quality, healthy foods. We believe that total security and traceability are achievable in the food supply chain. Above all, we believe in the farmers: the countryside is capable of providing for itself and cities in a sustainable way, with high standards.

Team

GÁBOR BERTÉNYI

CEO

Psychologist, environmental economist

The founder of Agri Kulti. Through the domains of local-resource based regional development, short food supply chains, bioregionality and sustainable food-systems he is working on re-establishing the connection between City and Rural Areas. Inspired by research and modelling, he also builds actual enterprises. He is the co-owner of Házikó Farm Group: a living lab of business-based sustainability and community-based agro-innovation since 2014.

ATTILA KRÁLL

Senior researcher

Biologist, ecologist

In the past ten years, he has co-worked with various nature conservation, cultural conservation and regional development organizations. With this background, he has an unique perspective of issues relating to sustainability and sustainable rural development. Being a leading researcher at Agri Kulti from the early beginnings, he coordinates and manages several projects.

MERCÉDESZ NÉMETH

Project assistant

Geographer, regional developer

She has finished her Geography MSc studies at the Károly Eszterházy University in 2019, specializing in the fields of local and regional development. She participated in a broad range of local developmental projects in Northern-Hungary, working primarily with small-scale farmers and producers. Her major focus-areas are bioeconomy, local markets, local products and local resource-based regional development.

VIKTÓRIA ANGELI

Project assistant

She is currently attending a Master’s Degree Program in Local Development at the University of Padova in Italy. Her main fields of interest are sustainable development, innovation, social entrepreneurship and the Third sector.

Botond Bognár

Economist

The writer of Házikó Group’s applications and tenders, furthermore the leader of the preparation for the Szécsény project. He graduated form from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and obtained his Bachelor’s Degree (BSc) from International Business. At the moment he is studying at the Corvinus University of Budapest (MSc).

Béla Kuslits

M, researcher

– Béla Kuslits is a medical doctor, sociologist and ecological economist. His PhD research examined consumer preferences in short food supply chains. He has work experience in nature conservation, resilience of social-ecological systems, research on ecosystem services, sustainability impact assessment and various education methods.

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Awards

In 2015, Agri Kulti’s Házikó modell was among Europe’s 10 most innovative short food supply chain (SFSC) models. Based on its sustainable and unique concept, HÁZIKÓ won Delfin Prize of Hungarian Telekom in 2016. It was awarded by the Social Enterprise Award of the European Committee’s in the same year.