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Topic: Biodiversity
Grow, Eat, Learn: A School Food Garden Program
This is a dynamic resource created and maintained by a non-governmental organization which draws on evidence and the direct experience of those involved with school gardens. Partnerships and funders are explicitly identified on the website.
TABLE (website)
This is a dynamic collection of open-sourced resources that is regularly updated and expanded. Created by a collaboration between the University of Oxford, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), and Wageningen University and Research (WUR), it is grounded in robust, academic research. Supporters and funders of the project and contributors to specific resources are clearly identified. While the resource examines food systems issues globally, contributors and funders are exclusively from industrialized nation institutions and organizations.
TABLE is a global platform for knowledge synthesis, for reflective, critical thinking and for inclusive dialogue on debates about the future of food. TABLE’s mission is a recipe for better dialogue. TABLE seeks to facilitate informed discussions about how the food system can become sustainable, resilient, just, and ultimately “good”. They impartially set out the evidence, assumptions, and values that people bring to food system debates. TABLE’s goal therefore is to engage with a wide range of stakeholders and perspectives to reflect on values, to clarify the arguments, assumptions and evidence around issues of concern, and – where possible – to identify points of commonality.
Table has a wide range of food systems resources:
- explainers (short, peer-reviewed introductions to concepts that are important for understanding food systems and food sustainability),
- building blocks (shorter explanations of single concepts)
- an interactive glossary
- a frequently updated research library
- a community platform
- and their own TABLE publications and projects including reports, articles, interviews, webinars, and videos.
TABLE is the successor to the Food Climate Research Network (FCRN), based at the University of Oxford, which for 15 years conducted, synthesised, and communicated research on food sustainability.
Little Green Thumbs
This dynamic resource is developed by a collective network of educators and organizations and is funded by industry and government partners. The influence of these funders on the resource content is not explicitly identified.
High Level Panel of Experts of Food Security and Nutrition Reports
These reports range from 2011 through to current 2020 and are supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization. The reports are downloadable and available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian.
Jamaica Island Nutrition Network
The Jamaica Island Nutrition Network was developed in 2014 and emphasizes the importance of collaboration among educators. This website contains valuable information around targeting the nutritional knowledge of students, institutions, and the general population. The main concern that this network targets is the “accuracy and currency of nutrition information that reaches the public and that impact the nutrition of students, both inside and outside the classroom”. This network works by collaborating with “teachers, nutrition advocates and strategic partners” in order to increase the amount of nutrition knowledge in the public including processes for sustainability. One service listed is on linking nutrition with agriculture to promote the use of locally produced foods for food and nutrition sustainability related to food security and the environment.
Class Central: 100+ Free Online Courses Around the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (2019)
Courses are developed by a wide range of educational institutions from around the world and occasionally by industry, and are offered only in English. Class Central makes money through advertising and affiliate links. Mechanisms for how commissions work are clearly explained and note that affiliate partnerships do not affect course listings or user reviews.
Climate Change: Unpacking the Burden on Food Safety
This document is produced by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and authors and perspectives clearly stated. The document is static in that there are no explicit plans for updating regularly. The evidence they rely on is included in an extensive list of references. The perspective is global in scope.
EAT-Lancet Report: Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems (2019)
2024 update: The “EAT Brief for Healthcare Professionals” is a 2-page flyer with just the key points – likely helpful for busy professionals. One change would have been ideal: ‘A food’ itself is never sustainable; it always depends on the system the food comes from. The following point could have been moved to page 1 and slightly edited to include processing to set the tone throughout:
“Focusing on sustainably grown [and processed] food to provide healthy foods and beverages from sustainable food systems to a high standard.”
This report is based on an extensive evidence-based review conducted by the EAT-Lancet Commission. “EAT is a non-profit dedicated to transforming our global food system through sound science, impatient disruption and novel partnerships.
EAT is a non-profit founded by the Stordalen Foundation, Stockholm Resilience Centre and the Wellcome Trust to catalyze a food system transformation.” EAT is governed by a Board of Trustees as well as an Advisory Board consisting of representatives from academic partner institutions and “experts from the food service industry, politics, international development, finance, civil society and media.”
The conclusion from the report:
The global adoption of healthy diets from sustainable food systems would safeguard our planet and improve the health of billions. How food is produced, what is consumed, and how much is lost or wasted all heavily shape the health of both people and the planet.
The EAT-Lancet Commission presents an integrated global framework and for the first time, provides quantitative scientific targets for healthy diets and sustainable food production. The Commission shows that feeding 10 billion people a healthy diet within safe planetary boundaries for food production by 2050 is both possible and necessary. The data are both sufficient and strong enough to warrant immediate action.
Download the EAT-Lancet 2019 Full report or the EAT-Lancet 2019 Summary report, which is available in multiple languages.
checked October 2024
Eco-smart food choices
This resource was created by the Swedish Food Agency who is passionate about the environmental issues in the food sector. This resource is dynamic and transparent in terms content and information provided.