Local leaves.
Global impact.

About
Grassa

At Grassa, we’re building a greener, more resilient food system from Farm to Fork.


We unlock the full potential of grass, the world’s most abundant and protein-rich crop, transforming it into high-value ingredients for animal feed today and food tomorrow. With our technology we enable farmers to create more value locally while reducing the environmental footprint of feed & food production.


Our vision is simple: use what grows abundantly around us to nourish a growing worldpopulation: sustainably, affordably, and locally.



Grassa was born from a simple but powerful observation: the answer to a more sustainable food system might already be growing beneath our feet. 


Since 2024, we have been developing and testing our grass protein extraction technology on campus at Wageningen, the world’s leading Food & Agri innovation hub and recognised by Foodvalley as a frontrunner in plant-based food alternatives.

Meet the
Grassa experts

Rieks Smook
CEO

Evelien Sturkenboom
CFO

Suzanne van den Eshof
CCO

Harald van Santen
COO

Bob Lambrechts
Agri Development Director

Ruud Heshof
R&D Director

Yafei Yu-Woudstra
R&D Application Scientist

Madelief de Groot
Research Associate

Jon te Lintelo
Technical Coordinator

Coen d’Ancona
Protein Specialist