Organic Food System Programme

Published on June 15, 2016

The OFSP is a programme on taking and further developing the organic food system as a pilot model and living laboratory for sustainable food systems. The central question is how to make food systems more sustainable, which includes the concept that sustainable diets are healthy diets. As food systems link production and consumption, a systemic and holistic approach following the field-to-fork/chopstick value chain is necessary. Here the OFS offers a global food system with local multi-stakeholder initiatives. The change in consumption patterns is a crucial issue in the transformation to sustainable food systems. Therefore, major questions for shifting food systems towards sustainability focus on how to change consumption patterns and how to improve the nutritional quality and related health characteristics of food.

Core Area 1 – Conceptualizing and modelling Sustainable Food Systems -organic as a model for sustainability -converting existing diets to more sustainable diets -engagement of actors – those connected along the value chains, researchers, policy makers, consumers, educators -assessment of and disseminating methodologies Core Area 2 – Sustainable Food Systems in practice -state-of-the-art of the existing case studies -identifying and developing new cases -start-up/implementation of new SFS -learning and improvement of SFS see www.organicfoodsystem.net see www.organicfoodsystem.net