Principles for Food Systems Transformation: A Framework for Action

Published on April 14, 2023

Ensuring the sustainability, security, and equity of our food systems is one of the most defining issues of our time. Food systems are at the centre of many of the critical issues we face today, from biodiversity loss and climate emergency to political unrest, oppression, and economic vulnerabilities. This publication highlights the Global Alliance’s seven principles (i.e. renewability, resilience, health, equity, diversity, inclusion, and interconnectedness) and provides a guide for using the principles to inform decisions about how to act, reflect, and learn as we grapple with one of the most complex and important issues of our time: the future of food.

The Global Alliance for the Future of Food is committed to food systems transformation. Our transformation agenda is guided by seven shared principles: renewability, resilience, health, equity, diversity, inclusion, and interconnectedness. These principles serve two important functions in challenging the status quo and moving us toward a more desired future.