The Sustainable Food Lab

Bringing more sustainability into mainstreem food system

At 2000 : 6 billion people

2050 : 9.2 bilion people

Nitrogeneous fertilizer has allowed food production to keep pace with population growth

But...

825 million people are seriously underfed

Every 5 seconds,a child dies of hunger

We produse inexpensive food for the rich and expensive food for the poor

Falling commodity prices put stress on farms and farmers

We’re losing large number of farms

And critical amounts of soil

The journey from farm to fork is contributing to global warming

Some question...

How will we manage the commons?

Hoe do we keep market forces from squeezing out the small producers ?

How do we make public food service a driver of sustainability and health ?

One of every three American children born in 2000is expected to develop

diabetes in their lifetime

Is there a place to family farms in a world of globalization ?

How do we teckle these question ?

Together...

Enough food to feed the world

Fair return for farmers and farm workers

Increasing soil fertility

Keep more clean water

Preservation of biodiversity

Protection of fragile fisheries

Energi production, consumption, and emissions that the world can sustain forever

The goal : find ways of working together so we can..

get motivation to turn small change

Into the BIG change..