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WE NEED A TRANSFORMATION OF THE FOOD SYSTEM IN EUROPE

FoodSHIFT 2030 is Transformative

To ensure access to safe, healthy, nutritious and affordable food that can nourish our communities as well as our planet, we need a shift towards more plant-based, resilient and localized food systems.

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The Triple Challenge

Malnutrition

Currently 70% of all deaths in Europe can be ascribed to non-communicable diseases that are affected by what and how much we eat

Climate change

In a business-as-usual scenario with increasing greenhouse gas emissions global average temperature is projected to increase by 4 degrees in 2100

Urbanization

GDP per capita in urban regions is 24% higher than the EU average and GDP per capita in rural regions is 30% lower than the EU average

Our Solutions

Healthy food

Research shows that healthy food is primarily plant-based food

REDUCING GHG EMISSIONS

Plant-based food has significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions

Localized food systems

Localized foods systems may increase resilience and strengthen urban/rural cohesion

How?

The FoodSHIFT 2030 framework focuses on increasing the technological and societal readiness levels of food system innovations in nine selected city-regions across Europe. It focuses on identifying, maturing and scaling-up citizen-led innovations in the local communities that respond to social and environmental challenges, using sustainable design and circular economy principles to help scale and grow initiatives to become economically viable and socially valuable.

FoodSHIFT 2030 empowers citizens to influence how food is produced, distributed, consumed and recycled

FoodSHIFT 2030 is driven by four impact pathways

Citizen empowerment

Empowering citizens to make informed decisions about their food consumption and influence the way their food is produced, distributed and re-cycled

Job creation

Promoting job creation by assisting food sector start-ups, supporting business development and strengthening local food value chains

Sustainability

Ensuring that both economic, environmental and societal sustainability is embedded when maturing and scaling-up food system innovations

Food System Transition

Facilitating a sustainable transition where SMEs, NGOs, local governments, researchers and citizens are co-developing the food system of the future

Who?

In order to make real change that we can all believe in, we need to join forces to transform the food system. FoodSHIFT 2030 brings together a strong multi-actor consortium composed of local governments, SMEs, NGOs, universities, research institutes and network partners.