Lebanon's agri-food system is not a niche. Agriculture accounts for a significant share of rural employment and local food supply, yet it remains chronically underfunded, dependent on imported inputs, and largely outside the reach of enterprise development support. The collapse of the economy has made this gap more costly: food insecurity has risen sharply, rural livelihoods have eroded, and the country has lost the foreign currency buffer that once masked the weakness of its food production base.
At the same time, something is shifting. Entrepreneurs across Lebanon are building enterprises that address food waste, soil health, clean energy, sustainable packaging, rural tourism, and circular resource use. Their work directly responds to the country's most pressing structural vulnerabilities and aligns with the global frameworks that funders, governments, and development institutions are rallying around. Supporting these enterprises is not a sectoral preference; it is a development priority with measurable returns.
Below are some of the enterprises Bloom has worked with across these domains.
Alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
The enterprises supported through Bloom's programs collectively address 13 of the 17 SDGs. Each enterprise below identifies its primary SDG contributions. These are not post-hoc labels; they describe the actual mechanisms through which each enterprise creates value: reducing food waste, improving soil health, creating rural employment, lowering carbon emissions, and strengthening community resilience.
Farming, Inputs & Agricultural Innovation
Lebanon loses an estimated 30% of its agricultural output to post-harvest waste, pest damage, and soil degradation. Chemical input dependency has risen alongside declining farmer incomes. The enterprises in this group are building the tools, inputs, and technologies that address these failures at the source, making Lebanese agriculture more productive, more resilient, and more viable as a livelihood.
Barrïa (برية)
Dooda Solutions
GARBALISER
Green Peas
Grow Smart S.A.R.L
Hamsah
IO Tree Solutions
SunCode
Food Systems & Natural Products
Food insecurity in Lebanon has reached levels last seen during wartime. The structural response is not food aid; it is a revitalized local food economy with shorter supply chains, better farmer incomes, reduced waste, and products that can compete at home and in export markets. The enterprises below are building exactly that, many of them with direct farmer linkages embedded in their business model.
Cultivo
FreeKey (Freekeh Bites)
Jardins D'EDEN
KawaFungo
La Récolte
Lebanese Genco Olive Oil
Le Joyau d'Olive
Organy Clean
Green Economy, Rural Development & Circular Systems
Lebanon's solid waste crisis, energy collapse, urban flooding, and rural economic decline are not separate problems. They share a common thread: the absence of sustainable systems and the enterprises that run them. The work in this group builds infrastructure for a green economy at community scale, from recycling operations and clean energy to agritourism and sustainable urban design.
Beirut Farm
Cezar Projects
frontline engineers
Green Track
Partners with Sun
TBK Lebanon
The Breeze Spring
Urban Leaf
Why This Work Deserves Sustained Support
Food Security Is an Enterprise Problem
Lebanon cannot buy its way out of food insecurity. The path runs through local production, reduced waste, and viable farmer livelihoods. All three require enterprises, not just programs or subsidies. Supporting agri-food entrepreneurs is a direct investment in national food resilience.
Green Economy Enterprises Absorb Climate Risk
Composting, solar drying, permeable pavement, circular inputs: these are not premium products for a stable economy. They are practical adaptations to a country where electricity is unreliable, water is scarce, and climate variability is increasing. Supporting them is supporting resilience infrastructure.
Rural Livelihoods Cannot Wait
Internal migration out of rural Lebanon has accelerated sharply since 2019. Every enterprise in this space that survives and scales creates an economic anchor in a village, a cooperative, or a governorate that would otherwise lose another generation of working-age residents.
SDG Alignment Is Not Incidental
The enterprises here collectively address 13 of the 17 SDGs. This is because genuine responses to real structural problems tend to align with global sustainability goals. That alignment makes them credible partners for international funders and development institutions.
Interested in supporting agri-food and green economy enterprise development?
Bloom brings multi-year sector experience, a tested accelerator methodology, and an active network of enterprises across Lebanon. Reach out to explore collaboration, co-funding, or cohort design.