Antonia Ax:son Johnson

Antonia Ax:son Johnson led the family-owned company Axel Johnson AB for several years and she has been a driving force behind the development of Swedish consumer goods and retail. Her dedication to sustainability – not least when it comes to food products – led her to start Axfoundation in 1993, an independent non-profit organisation focusing on future food and materials. To accelerate the green transition, Axfoundation works together with researchers and professionals to develop practical solutions to complex sustainability challenges. At the foundation’s Torsåker Farm, sustainable and tangible solutions are developed and tested – in the field, the experimental garden, and the test kitchen. In addition, the farm hosts plant breeders from SLU who are improving agronomic traits of new perennial grains in a long-term field site while Axfoundation explores the foods for which these grains would be best suited. Other SLU research groups collaborate with the foundation as part of efforts to develop more sustainable protein fodder for fish, and to counteract antibiotic resistance.

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Portrait of Antonia Ax:son Johnson
Photo: Peter Jönsson