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Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA)(website)

The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) Berlin is an international platform hosted annually at the start of Berlin’s Green Week, convening over 2,000 experts, agriculture ministers from 70+ countries, scientists, businesses, and civil society to tackle global food security challenges.

Nutritionists and dietitians will find it invaluable for its science-based focus on sustainable agriculture, ending hunger for 720 million people worldwide, and ensuring reliable access to nutritious food amid a projected 10 billion global population by 2050.

Key offerings include the Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Conference, which produces actionable communiqués with political recommendations (e.g., digitalization platforms and youth farmer declarations); innovation exhibitions showcasing flagship projects; and panels on synergies in food systems, resource efficiency, and climate-resilient practices like agroforestry and smart irrigation.

Professionals gain insights into scaling sustainable productivity without prescriptive policies, aligning with nutrition goals like resilient supply chains for diverse, healthy diets.

For sustainable food systems work, the site provides recaps of past events (e.g., 2025’s nature-based solutions theme), policy documents, media coverage, and networks fostering cross-border research—equipping dietitians with evidence to advocate for equitable, hunger-free futures in policy, education, and practice.

updated 2026 February

Food Tank (website)

Food Tank is the world’s fastest-growing global nonprofit member community driving positive transformation in food production and consumption, building networks for safe, healthy, nourished eaters through education, inspiration, advocacy, and change.

Founded in 2013 by Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack, this 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, fosters dialogue across diverse voices through events prioritizing open conversation over endorsement, equipping practitioners with actionable insights to scale real-world nutrition impact.

Nutritionists and dietitians will find value in its role spotlighting sustainable solutions to hunger, obesity, and poverty while connecting professionals – farmers, policymakers, researchers, academics, and journalists – to amplify on-the-ground innovations in fields, kitchens, cities, and labs that bridge domestic and global perspectives for resilient food systems.

The Food Talk Podcast is hosted weekly by Danielle Nierenberg, interviewing key food industry figures; expert articles and interviews; global summits and webinars; partner directories; reports on policy and equity; and toolkits for advocacy and replication.

Food Tank memberships offer three different levels. Food Tank is dedicated to building a global community for safe, healthy, nourished eaters.

updated 2026 February

FAO e-learning Academy

The FAO e-learning Academy supports member countries through capacity development interventions, ensuring the transfer of know-how, knowledge, skills and competencies using eight different methodologies: elearning, blended learning programmes, massive open online courses (MOOCs), technical webinars, online tutored courses, mobile learning, face-to-face training workshops, and university master’s and postgraduate degree programmes.

E-learning methodologies and good practices – A guide for designing and delivering e-learning solutions from the FAO e-learning,. Academy

A valuable option for Dietitians and Nutritionists is the Nutrition and Food Systems: Pathways to Sustainable and Healthy Diets (free). This is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that was delivered in two editions between September 2021 and June 2022 in English and French. The overall objective of this course was to apply a systems-thinking approach to issues of food security and nutrition, thus contributing to a transformation of food systems towards more sustainable, equitable and healthy diets. This MOOC is made available in order to share the content and associated resources that were specifically developed for it by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Agreenium (Institut Agro Montpellier et Cirad), and funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and Université Virtuelle Environnement et Développement Durable (UVED).

There are many courses available under several SFS Themes (see screenshot).

updated 2026 February

Class Central MOOCS

Browse Class Central for more in depth distance courses offered as MOOCS (massive open online courses) from various universities around the world. This is a database of free online courses run by a small company with a mission to make education accessible.

The listing contains 250+ courses relating to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), several of which are of direct relevance to health and sustainability. Details vary by course but most run for 4-8 weeks and have instructors who provide feedback. Some are not accessible from all geographic regions, and while auditing is generally free, payment is required to receive an official certification.

We suggest the following as good places to start.

**Food Security & Sustainability**
(Course fees)

**Sustainability of Socio-Ecological Systems: The Nexus Between Water, Energy, and Food**
(Free – Course fees for certificate)

**Systems Thinking in Public Health**
(Free – Course fees for certificate)

**Sustainable Food Systems: A Mediterranean Perspective**
(Free – Course fees for certificate)

**Future Food: Sustainable Food Systems for the 21st Century**
(Free – Course fees for certificate)

**Food & Our Future: Sustainable Food Systems in South East Asia**
(Free – Course fees for certificate)

**Climate Adaptation in Africa**
(Free – Course fees for certificate)

updated 2026 February

Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) Academy Science-Policy Platform (website)

The Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Academy Science-Policy Platform brings together researchers, practitioners and policymakers working for better nutrition and health through improved agriculture and food systems.

With over 13,000 members in 160+ countries, the ANH Academy is a global network and platform for sharing research and evidence, capacity strengthening and collaboration across diverse disciplines. The ANH Academy also shares methods and metrics developed through Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) grants and fellowships.

The aims and objectives of the ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform will be realised by coalescing activities around the central focus of demand-driven generation and uptake of evidence into policy processes. The successful components of the existing IMMANA Phase 2 programme are foundational to this new focus, including:

Competitive Research Grants,
expert-led thematic working groups,
ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform convened events,
leading and supporting original research endeavours,
prioritising actions via evidence syntheses and stakeholder consultations, and
promoting scientific capabilities through Fellowships, the ANH Support Centre for Agriculture and Nutrition Research (SCANR) and its associated mechanisms for capacity sharing and curriculum enrichment.

Entering its third phase in 2025, the ANH Academy is building on its growing interdisciplinary community, directing its efforts towards informing and supporting evidence-based policy change, through expanded partnerships in Africa and South Asia.

As part of this process, it will establish regional collaborative partnerships—Regional Collaboratives—which will drive the use of evidence and knowledge in policy decision making in Africa and South Asia. The institutions involved in these partnerships will be formally integrated into the ANH Academy, co-managing and co-delivering with existing partners.

updated 2026 February

United Nations’ Food Systems Coordination Hub (website)

The United Nations’ Food Systems Coordination Hub is the catalyst inside the UN system in relation to #FoodSystems and the 2030 Agenda.

Their vision is to convene, stimulate, and support action for food systems transformations aimed at accelerating progress towards the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Their mission is to serve countries through systemic, country-driven, customized support in translating their commitments into effective actions to reach sustainable food systems by 2030, leveraging the wider UN system’s capacities.

The hub offers several webinars and workshops advertised on their website and social media, and are archived in their Facebook Videos and/or YouTube channel. For upcoming events, visit this page.

Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC) for Nutrition & Dietetics (2024)

PHRC – N&D Tips for Data Collection Download PDF

The Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC) was adapted for nutrition and dietetics in 2024 by a student-faculty team at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

The tips in the PDF document were created by them to guide you through the process of assessing your school and curriculum.

It is hoped that the PHRC will serve as a valuable tool to advocate for planetary health to be prioritised by nutrition and dietetics schools globally, in education, and all other domains of action. Let us know if you take part so we can share it further! (contact information is in the links)

updated 2026 Feb

MyNutriWeb (website)

Nutrition professionals hold a trusted role as agents of change, ideally positioned to drive progress toward diets that nourish both health and the environment.

MyNutriWeb is a Continuing Professional Development (CPD)-accredited online hub, primarily serving UK and Republic of Ireland health professionals, yet globally accessible. They aim to empower dietitians and nutritionists with credible, practical education to embed healthy, sustainable, and equitable nutrition into clinical practice and public health.

MyNutriWeb offers both free and low-cost options for select sessions (including student discounts), such as live/on-demand events, courses, blogs, research reviews, toolkits, and networking opportunities.

These span a broad curriculum from life-stage specific dietary needs to cutting-edge evidence on sustainability initiatives that enhance everyday practice and planetary health, often tailored to UK contexts like National Health Service (NHS) settings, with some multicultural resources.

Sustainable Diets: Fundamentals for Human and Planetary Health is one of MyNutriWeb’s short courses that addresses healthy food and nutrition for all while averting dangerous climate change and restoring the balance of the natural world. It can be previewed for free; there is a charge for the full course. The course brings together leading experts across every aspect of sustainable diets, integrating planetary and nutrition science, together with behaviour change tactics and specific considerations such as low-income groups, athletes, children, and the older population. This course can help professionals develop the confidence and knowledge necessary to incorporate sustainability into their practice.

updated 2026 February

Case Studies: Agroecology Coalition (2025)

The importance of Agroecology to Nutrition

The 13 agroecology principles provide a comprehensive framework that directly supports improved nutrition by promoting sustainable, diverse, and locally adapted food systems.

Key principles such as input reduction, biodiversity, and economic diversification enhance the availability of diverse and nutrient-rich foods by fostering ecological balance and varied production. Principles like social values and diets, fairness, connectivity, and participation emphasize culturally appropriate, equitable access to healthy diets and strengthen local food economies and community involvement, which are crucial for food security and nutrition.

For nutritionists, this means agroecology not only improves the quality and diversity of food supply but also addresses social determinants of nutrition by supporting small-scale producers, respecting cultural food traditions, and promoting fair, localized food systems. Nutrition thus acts both as a critical outcome and a driver of agroecological practices, helping to transform food systems toward sustainability, equity, and better health outcomes.

About the Agroecolgy Coalition and Case Studies

Agroecology case studies

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The Agroecology Coalition is a free membership organization. The coalition brings together countries and stakeholders to accelerate the transformation of food systems through agroecology.

Members implement a variety of projects and initiatives to promote agroecology, which are continually being captured in case studies (see link in the side panel).

At the same link you can also read/share/print the pubication “Agroecology in Action: Stories from the Ground”! It showcases ten projects making the case for agroecology and illustrates how the Agroecology Principles and Elements can be operationalized in various contexts. From Asia (India, Nepal, Himalayas), Africa (Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Tchad, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger), the Middle East (Lebanon), to Latin America (Colombia, Nicaragua, Ecuador) and Europe many organizations work together to implement projects and initiatives to transform the food systems through agroecology.

Untapped opportunities: Climate financing for food systems transformation (2022)

Global Alliance for the Future of Food. (2022). Untapped opportunities: Climate financing for food systems transformation. https://futureoffood.org/insights/untapped-opportunities-climate-financing-for-food-systems-transformation

Growing, processing and transporting food accounts for one-third of all global greenhouse gas emissions, but just 3% of public climate finance goes to food systems. Untapped Opportunities: Climate Financing for Food Systems Transformation presents the case for food systems as a climate solution and priority, with recommendations for action.

This includes the need to align public financial flows to food systems with climate ambition and action plans, and channelling public climate finance into food systems to support policies, programs, and projects that deliver on climate goals and a host of co-benefits for biodiversity, health, and food system resilience.

Despite the potential for climate mitigation and adaptation, food systems are consistently underestimated and underfunded. This report is designed to inform policy development and implementation, climate advocacy, and climate finance structures, with clear recommendations and opportunities for directing climate finance to food systems as a climate solution.

Translated versions of the report are available in Español and Français.

2025 January