
We are
Farmless Less farms. Better food.
Turning air into
food


Creating a future worth getting excited about
Our mission
Farmless was founded to free food production from animals and agricultural land.

Our story
In 2017, our fermer-in-chief Adnan asked himself the question: which important problem is no one solving? His answer after three years of research: a food system which can operate independent from sunlight and agricultural land. He envisioned a world with — you guessed it — less farms and more nature. A world where we give back the land we borrowed from nature, to rewild back our planet. And a food system that can create food on a limited amount of land, that does not even have to be agricultural. Such a system will lead to the most cost-effective way to reach gigaton carbon drawdown through nature and trees. Efficient food production is crucial if we want to reverse centuries of agricultural sprawl and reforest the world in our lifetime.
The way to achieve this, he realised, is to turn away from the macroscopic mess which is modern farming and turn to the world of microscopic magnificence. In other words: coupling fermentation with renewable energy and decoupling food production from agricultural land.
Since this insight, Farmless has grown into a team of committed fermers who are working hard on bringing tasty food to your table.
Creating a future worth getting excited about
The team behind
the science

Dr. Marko Kuijper
Process development specialist

Dr. Ana Maria Zetty
Fermentation scientist

Dr. Wan Qing Jia
Food scientist

Dr. Maria Cuellar-Soares
R&D Strategy

Thomas Roersma
Fermentation scientist

Yuxing-Zou
Process development specialist

Pepijn Vloemans
Head of communication & public affairs

Adnan Oner
Founder & CEO
Our advisors
Dr. Nico Claassens
Wageningen University
Expert in efficient microbial protein pathways and metabolic engineering.
Nigel Baldwin
Expert on regulatory strategy. Worked on >80 food ingredient approvals.
Dr. Carel Smit
Director of IP at Formo
Expert on IP strategy.
Dr. Julia Keppler
Wageningen University
Expertise in functional properties of food.
Dr. Ron Shigeta
Co-founder IndieBio.
Gregory M. Bernstein
Expertise on funding strategy and go-to market.
We're proudly
backed by







“Embrace what may be the most important green technology ever. It could save us all.”George Monbiot, The Guardian
"We're excited by the Farmless approach to fermentation."Lauren Lentz, Revent