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Seeking local-global synergies

Sarah Halevy — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:09:03 +0000

Nick Hughes

LiveWell for LIFE has identified eight policy recommendations which we believe can greatly support the adoption of healthy, sustainable diets. These were presented at ‘On our plate today: healthy and sustainable food choices’ which took place in Brussels 11 December 2014.

In this blog, Nick Hughes, Food Sustainability Adviser at WWF-UK, talks about the topic of recommendation number six: seek local-global synergies.

Food has long since ceased to be a local business. Just as empires were built on commodities shipped from all four corners of the world, today’s shopping baskets contain a smorgasbord of delights produced in local fields and distant factories.

In a connected world, where your food comes from is increasingly irrelevant so long as there’s a secure supply of sufficient quantities. But the globalisation of the food economy has posed challenges for food governance as local, national and supra-national governments and institutions such as the EU and WTO vie to set the rules of the game.

Bringing together these multiple levels of governance can sometimes feel like pushing a heavy barrel uphill, but it’s important that local and global should not be viewed as in competition and that we look for synergies between the two. This means global institutions learning from and encouraging grass roots food movements and those at the centre of local food policy ensuring efforts are directed towards international objectives on development, health and nutrition and environmental sustainability.

Throughout the EU there are examples of local food policy initiatives that are attempting to provide a template for what a sustainable food system should look like. In July 2014, the Municipality of Milan and Fondazione Cariplo[1] signed an agreement aimed at developing the city’s food policy over a five-year term. The agreement recognises the central role sustainable food plays for all urban agglomerations and its aim is to act as an instrument to support the government in developing the city and making it more sustainable and equitable, starting from food-related issues.

In the Netherlands, meanwhile, the Amsterdam food strategy[2] acknowledges the fact that almost 40% of Amsterdam’s ecological footprint is caused by the provision of food, which is also a key driver of poor health. The result is a strategy to develop healthy, sustainable, regional food chains, with a special emphasis on urban-rural relationships.

While local initiatives are generally welcomed by institutions such as the EU, it’s also true to say that they can be thwarted by rules set at a higher level, often those aiming to protect free trade. For instance, dietary guidelines from member states that favour local food consumption have previously been opposed by the EU on the grounds they go against the principles of the single market.

Tensions between environmental, social and economic issues are inevitable when multiple interests collide. The key is to ensure enough autonomy to allow countries and regions to pursue their own progressive food strategies, while ensuring these don’t compromise wider policy objectives.

Nick Hughes

Food Sustainability Adviser, WWF-UK

[1] https://www.cibomilano.org/food-policy-milano/

[2] https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/conferences/urban_rural/2008/doc/pdf/6a_iclei_amsterdam.pdf

New eating well toolkit: science based – visual – realistic

Sarah Halevy — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:02:06 +0000

Smarter Solution to Eating Well Toolkit

The ideal health professional toolkit to motivate and help patients improve their eating habits and health.

LiveWell for LIFE in association with Alpro and leading nutrition and dietetic experts, recently launched the new Smarter Solution to Eating Well Toolkit. This already popular and visually motivating resource has been developed to assist health professionals in promoting a realistic and sustainable way of eating well to patients and consumers.

It also supports both organisations’ aims of promoting scientific knowledge and practical support in the field of nutrition and health – with a focus on plant-based nutrition and sustainability.

“This resource is innovative. It is of tremendous practical value to all professionals facilitating sustainable food behaviour change” said expert contributor Kathy Cowbrough, Registered Dietitian.

The toolkit supports numerous national and international food and health guidelines where plant-based eating is advocated for health and a more more sustainable planet^1-4.

Evidence continues to mount that a diet made up of 2/3 plant foods and no more than 1/3 animal-based foods is the way forward for both health and a sustainable planet. This includes:

• A variety of plant based foods

• More whole grain starches

• More plant-based proteins

• Meeting our fruit and veg quota

• Less and better quality meat

The toolkit cleverly translates these guidelines into real-life eating options opening up a world of discovery and inspiration for a practical way of eating healthily. It is suitable for general healthy eating advice, weight-loss and maintenance, cholesterol or blood pressure lowering, and diabetes.

This supportive resource offers the following content:

• Motivational interviewing – a step by-step application

• Hunger and satiety

• Plant-based eating basics – the 2/3 plant-based, 1/3 animal-based approach

• Visual plant-powered meal swaps for breakfast, lunch, evening meal, snacks and drinks

• Eating out and keeping active

• Plant power on a budget and store cupboard ideas

• Waste less food and save money

The resource has been developed into the popular desk-top flip chart format with the health expert facing pages providing details and reference while the patient faces pages providing pictorial and photographic images of meal swaps.

“It’s very flexible. You have the option to share a few specific or all pages of the flip chart depending on the consultation, time available and individual needs of the patient” added Kate Arthur, Dietitian at Alpro.

The flip chart is accompanied by a tear off pad providing patients with their own tailored information sheet. The information sheets allow the patient to take home summary information, which can be personalised to their individual goals, a 7-day meal plan, top tips and more.

“I LOVE this resource. It’s so innovative and practical. The photography is so clear and motivational. It really helps people to visualise how achievable and enjoyable plant-based eating is” said expert contributor, Sue Baic, Dietitian.

The Smarter Solution to Eating Well Toolkit is FREE to all health professionals. Simply order online by logging onto the HCP pages of the Alpro website.

This resource was kindly sponsored by an education grant from Alpro UK. Alpro is the leading European manufacturer of plant-based alternatives. Its scientific department is dedicated to providing up-to-date evidence-based scientific and practical support to health professionals. For further information visit: www.alpro.com/healthprofessionAbout the expert contributors:Ursula Arens, Nutrition Writer. An independent writer and consultant on nutrition science topics. She was employed as a scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation, and also worked as a nutritionist in the food industry for many years.

Kate Arthur, Dietitian, Science & Nutrition Manager, Alpro UK Ltd. Qualified as a registered dietitian in 1995 and worked for the NHS in both hospital and community settings and has extensive experience working in the food industry both in retail and manufacturing. Her current role is Head of Science and Nutrition at Alpro UK and Kate is responsible for development and implementation of Alpro UK’s nutrition and science strategy.

Sue Baic, Registered Dietitian, Nutrition Basics. Worked as an NHS clinical dietitian for many years specialising in weight-loss and lipid clinics. Sue also held dietetic roles in public health settings and higher education as a Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Public Health at the University of Bristol. She now works as a freelance dietitian consulting the food industry, PR and the media.

Kathy Cowbrough, Registered Dietitian, Freelance. Kathy has worked in three different continents as a public health nutritionist, teacher and dietitian. In the UK, Kathy has focused on pregnancy and early years, through programmes like Sure Start Children’s centers, as well as heart health projects. She also works freelance for various PR agencies, food industry, Health Scotland and NHS projects.

Tanya Haffner, Registered Dietitian, Nutrilicious. Tanya has worked in senior positions in the NHS, food, pharmaceutical and private sectors. As well as being a media commentator and adviser, she provides insight advice and strategy for all stakeholders in food and health from NGOs to the wider health, PR and food industry through her work at Nutrilicious.

Elphee Medici, Nutrition Manager, Nutrilicious. Elphee has extensive experience both in the NHS clinical setting and in industry and PR. Her current role at Nutrilicious focuses on the delivery of science-based and practical resources for industry and consumers.

Cordelia Woodward, Registered Dietitian, Freelance. A freelance dietitian with NHS experience. Cordelia has worked with diabetes, obesity, lipid and cardiac rehabilitation patients.

References

1) Harland J et al. Nutri Bull 2012;37(4):324-343.

2) Scarborough P et. al. Eur J Clin Nutri 2012;66:710-715

3) WWF, Livewell 2011. https://www.wwf.org.uk/wwf_articles.cfm?unewsid=4574

4) Macdairmid Jl et al. Am J Clin Nutri 2012;96:632-639

The real price of cheap food

Sarah Halevy — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:16:15 +0000

Nick Hughes

The price of food is big news right now. Food price deflation, along with a rock bottom oil price, is the primary reason why here in the UK inflation fell to the lowest level since records began at the start of 2015.

On the face of it that’s good news for consumers. The less money we need to spend on essentials such as food and fuel the more cash we have to spend on the luxury goods and services that drive economic growth. Politicians, meanwhile, will be hoping that downward pressure on prices will relieve some of the pressure on food banks, whose numbers have swelled during a prolonged period of economic uncertainty.

Fields in Romania

Yet there’s another dimension to the food price narrative that receives far less media attention. The food we eat may appear cheap, but that’s largely because the environmental and health costs of our current food consumption are not reflected in the price we pay at the till. Our Western diets – high in salt, sugar and saturated fat – place huge strains on public health systems and are a key driver of global environmental issues such as greenhouse gas emissions, soil degradation and water source depletion. Just this month a report by Fern found that an average of one football pitch of forest was illegally cleared every two minutes during 2000-2012 to supply the EU with commodities such as palm oil and soy for use in everyday grocery products.

One possible solution is to account for these externalities in the price of a product. Environmental true cost accounting is a method of accounting that traces direct costs and allocates indirect costs by collecting and presenting information about the possible environmental, social and economic costs, benefits or advantages for each proposed alternative. It has been identified as a key component to future food systems becoming truly sustainable.

The concept is starting to gain traction in policy circles as governments, businesses and other institutions come to terms with the long-term costs of business as usual. Yet true cost accounting is a delicate and sensitive issue and there are many questions proponents need to be prepared to answer. For example, just how politically and commercially palatable is a message that we should pay more for the food we eat when a billion people globally are undernourished? Would true cost accounting really result in the adoption of more sustainable diets, and would internalising indirect costs make unsustainable food more expensive whilst reducing the cost of sustainable food or would food prices increase across the board?

Challening the myth of cheap food

All these questions, and more, will be addressed during our LiveWell webinar ‘Challenging the myth of cheap food’ that takes place on Tuesday 31 March, 10:00 – 11:00. With guest speakers including Patrick Holden, CEO of the Sustainable Food Trust, our aim is to foster a better understanding of the direct and indirect costs and impacts of our food consumption on public health systems and the environment, and to identify policies and measures that would enable the emergence of an accounting system for food that reflects the true price of a product.

Nick Hughes

Food Sustainability Adviser, WWF-UK

Newsletter March 2015

webtemp — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:14:37 +0000

After three and a half glorious years, the LiveWell for LIFE project is coming to an end. But don’t despair: as we wait to find out about further funding, the project partners — WWF and Friends of Europe — remain committed to work on sustainable food consumption and are planning our activities over the coming years.

And, it’s not over yet: we’re going out with a bang!

Tuesday 31 March we’ll be hosting ‘Challenging the myth of cheap food’. This webinar will do what it says on the tin. With the help of our excellent speakers Patrick Holden and Adrian de Groot Ruiz, we’ll delve into the true price of what we eat.

Unable to join us? As always you can follow us on Twitter using #LWevents14!

But for now, let’s see what has happened over the last few months.

LiveWell for LIFE webinar

Sign up for a free, hour long debate on the true cost of our food. Speakers Patrick Holden from the Sustainable Food Trust and Adrian de Groot Ruiz from True Price join us as we challenge the myth of cheap food. The webinar takes place 31 March at 10 am GMT.

LiveWell Leaders: putting healthy, low–carbon meals on the table

Have a look at what our LiveWell Leaders have to say about healthy, sustainable diets! Our 10 LiveWell Leaders — from across the food supply chain as well as the health sector — are committed to create policies and demand for climate–friendly, healthy food. Watch their interviews and read their blogs to learn how they’re shaping the way Europe eats.

On our plate today: healthy, sustainable food choices

At this final LiveWell conference, we presented a toolbox of policy options to encourage better diets. Have a look at what our speakers — such as Olivier de Schutter, Roberto Bertollini and Pascal Gréverath — said about the effect our current consumption has on our health and the planet. You can also view the full talks by Philip Lymbery and Samuel Levie!

Call to action

We had an amazing 32 organisations, companies and trade organisations sign up to our call to action: EU — act now for a food system for people and the planet. Although the EC consulted the public on the communication ‘Building a Sustainable European Food System’ it remains unpublished. We’ve now presented this to members of the European Parliament as well as the EC and will follow up on this over the coming months.

Launch of a Swedish food policy

Sweden has started a one–year long process to develop a Swedish food policy. On 5 March, the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation launched this process which WWF Sweden will be involved with. And with the final LiveWell for LIFE report in hand they come prepared.

Celebrate Earth Hour with a candlelit dinner

Planet–friendly candlelit dinners are a wonderful way to celebrate Earth Hour 2015. Every year on the last Saturday in March, Earth Hour celebrates the symbolic ‘lights off’ hour. The movement is collectively supported by millions of individuals, organisations and governments across more than 162 countries and 7,000 cities and towns. And, what better way can you think of to get involved and celebrate, than enjoying a candlelit dinner with friends or loved ones?

The environment, competition policy and economic growth

Sarah Halevy — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:58:26 +0000

Duncan Williamson

In this blog, Duncan Williamson – Food Policy Manager, WWF-UK talks about the topic of recommendation number five: competition policy should not eclipse sustainability objectives.

One of the core ideas underpinning the concept of sustainable food is that competition policy and economic growth should not eclipse environmental sustainability. This is the fifth recommendation in our final report: competition policy should not eclipse sustainability objectives.

I think this fits in nicely with challenging the myth that sustainable diets and healthy food cost more. This misunderstanding is driven partially by EC and member state policies that do not always add up. It’s exacerbated by the siloed nature of all the different food actors. This makes understanding the true cost of our food hard to measure.

Tax payers pay twice

The EC already has a huge influence on what we eat and how much it costs us. This covers procurement, tax breaks, CAP and CFP. Unfortunately the current system seems to be about maintaining the status quo. Billions of hard working taxpayer’s money goes into subsidising foods such as sugar due to EC CAP policy.

Key recommendation number 5

At the same time, further billions of tax payer’s money goes into treating the consequences of diet related ill health. The health costs are found through quantifying the direct costs of treatment for obesity, diabetes and other diet related illnesses and the indirect costs such as lower productivity, sick days and lower attainment. This results in tax payers paying an avoidable expense twice!

This situation impacts on competition policy. How can it not? Due to the amounts of money used it influences economic growth.

Some stakeholders have a lot committed to the current system. A change to a new one will impact on their economic growth, though it will benefit others.

Competition policy a red herring

As it stands, every member state is responsible for giving advice to its citizens in the form of dietary recommendations, whilst the EC defines the framework – most food and agricultural policies are devised at European level.

But, as malnutrition and dietary environmental footprint have a European dimension, better cooperation between the EC and member states is vital.

EU decision makers need to step up and take action. Suggestions include a coherent integrated policy framework, a common EU Sustainable Food Policy, sharing best practice and target setting. There’s a host of opportunities to move to a more sustainable food system. However this seems difficult to action.

One of the barriers is the idea that competition policy and economic growth counter environmental sustainability and should be given greater priority. There’s an unfounded belief that environmental sustainability will cost more, hinder economic growth or is against current competition policy. Of course this is simply not true.

In the past we’ve seen competition policy used to trump environmental concerns or as an excuse for inaction. An example is when people advocate for stronger procurement regulations. In these situations it has proved challenging to make significant changes beyond those based on price. Stronger standards that ensure hospitals, schools, care homes and so one provide healthy sustainable foods are a key way to move to a sustainable food system. However governments claim this is against EC competition regulations.

Another example is the Swedish National Food Agency report Towards Environmentally Sound Dietary Guidelines published in 2008. This report aimed to found the Swedish food based dietary guidelines on environmental priorities and was developed closely with the Swedish Environment Protection Agency. As the report had EU relevance, it was sent to the EC for notification in 2009. But the Commission looked at this unfavourably as it included various recommendations to increase the consumption of Swedish food products – such as fruits, root vegetables, animal products and oils. This was thought to conflict with the EU’s Single Market Act and would unfairly favour Swedish farmers. This feedback resulted in a serious delay in the Swedish policy developments.

Environment sustainability results in more winners than losers

The EC already influences and defines competition policy; its own mechanisms shape economic growth. To date these have not included environmental concerns which have been seen as externalities that hinder the others. The LiveWell for LIFE project, and others, have demonstrated that in fact this is not so.

Environmental sustainability should be a core factor in future policy direction. Yes this will impact on some sectors. However for others it will drive growth, create opportunities – economic and social. It will also enable the EC to move to a more resilient, adaptable food system, one that works to protect and enhance people’s health and the natural world.

Duncan Williamson

Food Policy Manager – WWF-UK

Read Duncan’s other blogs

Launch of a Swedish food policy

Sarah Halevy — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:05:31 +0000

Anna Richert

It is actually quite impossible to find someone who is against the launch of a Swedish food policy. However, stakeholders have diverse ideas of what the content of such a food policy should be. So it was not surprising that the room was packed at the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation on 5 March, as the year long process to deliver a food policy was launched. Signals coming from the minister and officials were meagre, but open-minded.

Historically, there has been an emphasis on – and a strong lobby for – production in Sweden. But today Swedish agriculture is economically in pain; there are obvious difficulties in maintaining production when competing with markets where production is cheaper and less regulated. The minister for rural affairs who is responsible for the food policy, Sven-Erik Bucht, states that the food policy must help promote values embedded in Swedish products. And, we should be proud of a production system with good animal welfare and among the lowest antibiotics use in agriculture in the world. Then again, this ‘very good production system’ is in dire need of… something.

A food policy might help here.

Panel discussion – WWF Sweden’s General Secretary Håkan Wirtén to the left

The food policy work coming up will be inclusive: welcoming contributions from regions, organisations, academia and the corporate world. This means there‘ll be many battles in the coming year – and WWF will be involved. And, we’ll come to the table with the LiveWell final report as a strong resource. The final recommendations we foresee will go down well are connected with public procurement and education. Indeed, a national report on sustainable consumption – developed in connection with the UN 10YFP programme – has already suggested the need to strengthen economic incentives for sustainable consumption, but the issue of taxation is complicated and will cause controversy.

A clear ask from WWF will be to ensure the food policy work is cross-cutting and inclusive, with representation from across many political spheres and competences. And over all, we need to start the process with a vision of food security for all which focuses on lowering the ecological footprint of food consumed and produced in Sweden.

Anna Richert

Project Manager Sustainable Food for All – WWF-Sweden

Read Anna’s other blogs

How more inclusive food policies could help the EU live long and prosper

Sarah Halevy — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:45:38 +0000

Brigitte Alarcon

In this blog, Brigitte Alarcon Sustainable Food Policy Officer – LiveWell for LIFE, talks about the topic of recommendation number seven: ensure a sportive, cohesive policy environment.

Working on sustainable food for almost two years, the publication of the European Commission (EC) Communication on the sustainability of the food system [1] has become a slight obsession of mine. The Communication was originally scheduled to be published in 2013; however, despite a successful consultation it is yet to materialise . This is why I’m glad LiveWell for LIFE will soon deliver a call to action to the EC. Signed by a number of European businesses, NGOs and policy-makers, we’re asking that the Communication is brought back to life.

At EU level, difficulties to reach consensus on – and ultimately, publish – a Communication on the sustainability of the food system have shined a light both on the high number of Commission officials having a say on this topic and the lack of synergies between them. Seeing the importance of food production and consumption to issues such as the climate, resource efficiency, public health and farmers’ livelihoods, the existing framework and lack of joined-up approach can only be described as highly illogical. Ironically, improving food policy coherence was one of the areas for action which were presented for discussion in the consultation on the Communication [2]. And a number of responses to the consultation pointed out inconsistencies and incoherence between policies.

LiveWell final recommendations

This is what our LiveWell policy recommendation #7 aims to tackle: it advocates that policy-makers “ensure a supportive, cohesive policy environment” and states: “we want governments to put policy measures in place to support informed action for and monitoring of progress by all stakeholders. The EC should use its existing stakeholder platforms to swap best practices between member states and other stakeholders.”

The publication of the Communication would put us on the right track towards greater policy coherence and the development of more effective food policies. So here is to hoping that the new Commission will boldly go where no Commission has gone before, drastically change its approach to food policies and publish an ambitious Communication on the sustainability of the food system.

Brigitte Alarcon

Sustainable Food Policy Officer – LiveWell for LIFE

[1] https://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/food.htm

[2] https://ec.europa.eu/environment/archives/eussd/pdf/food_results.pdf

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Sarah Halevy — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:14:52 +0000

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LiveWell call to action!

Sarah Halevy — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:42:06 +0000

On 11 December – at On our plate today: healthy sustainable diets – LiveWell for LIFE presented all conference delegates with our call to action: It’s time for the EU to act on food for people and the planet.

The social, environmental and economic case for EU policy action on sustainable food production and consumption is clear. However, in spite of an in-depth public consultation on a sustainable EU food system in 2013 and the development of a comprehensive draft strategy in 2014, the Commission has failed to deliver strategic guidance in support of such action.

We would like the Commission to address this, and in order to make our voices heard, we invited our network to join us in urging the Commission to take action.

Thank you to everyone who signed our call to action.

The following organisations gave their support:

Europe’s food system is broken. One third of food produced is thrown away. Food contributes to 30% of the European Union (EU)’s greenhouse gas emissions. Obesity in the EU has more than doubled over the last 25 years, adding a large economic burden on public health systems.

People in Europe care about food and where it comes from. Better food production and consumption will bring enormous environmental, social as well as economic gains. It’s now time to build a better food system that respects people and the planet’s boundaries.

Scientific experts, food chain industries, civil society organisations, trade unions and governments are coming together around the urgent need for EU policy action. The European Commission has so far refused to present its long-awaited proposal for an EU sustainable food strategy despite having earlier consulted the public on what it should include.

We jointly urge the European Commission to:

Present the Communication ‘Building a Sustainable European Food System’ within the first half of 2015.
Develop a clear EU policy strategy and implementation plan to build a sustainable, healthy and climate-friendly food system by 2030[1].
Facilitate cooperation between European stakeholders from different sectors to encourage the adoption of healthy and sustainable food consumption patterns.

[1] Taking action on all the 5 pillars explored in the European Commission Public Consultation on a Sustainable European Food System: Better technical knowledge on the environmental impacts of food; stimulating sustainable food production; promoting sustainable food consumption; reducing food waste and losses; improving food policy coherence. / European Commission Sustainable Food webpage: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/food.htm

Newsletter December 2014

webtemp — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:25:22 +0000

One week to go! Yes, we’re only a few days away from LiveWell for LIFE’s final conference. On 11 December we’ll be welcoming 200 leading food, environment and health experts – from across the policy, civil society and business sectors – to Thon Hotel EU. Here we’ll look at the need for a global food strategy, and the role policymakers and business leaders alike play in encouraging sustainable food consumption. Read more about the conference.If you’re unable to attend in person, you can join us on Twitter. Follow us on @LiveWellFood, and use #LWevents14 in your tweets. We’ll also be live streaming the event, please follow us on https://youtu.be/ju1RgAfIFS0.

But for now, let’s have a look at what we’ve been up to since September and what’s happening around Europe.

Serving up healthy, sustainable food in the heart of Brussels

LiveWell for LIFE has been cooking up a storm at the European Parliament. Together with Euro-Toques we’ve served up healthy, sustainable food – and even showed our MEPs how to cook this! Over the last few months we’ve implemented a sustainable food programme which included three live cooking demonstrations at different Parliament canteens and restaurants. On top of this, a daily LiveWell dish will be served at the Restaurant Self until the end of this year.

LiveWell’s second Twitter chat

On 22 October LiveWell for LIFE and Alpro – a soy based food and drink company – explored how businesses can promote sustainable food consumption. We looked at the challenges and opportunities businesses face when working towards a fairer, healthier food system

The LiveWell roadshow

The LiveWell Roadshow has come to an end, but what a tour it’s been! Since September we’ve been present at four more shows, from Glasgow to Berlin, and London to Milan.

Food Matters Live

Food Matters Live took place in London 18-20 November – was an inspiring and innovative event dedicated to food, health and nutrition. It brought together thousands of visitors from the worlds of food retail, manufacturing, research, health, nutrition and public policy. LiveWell was one of over 200 exhibitors showcasing developments in nutrition and health.

6th International Forum on Food and Nutrition

Hosted by the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation, this two-day event celebrated young researchers interested in proposing sustainable solutions in the agrifood system. It also offered a wide-ranging debate on the main food-related topics which characterised 2014 and on the challenges facing the entire agrifood system. The LiveWell team was delighted to be part of an event dedicated to exploring the value of food.

Café crossfire debate report: Better diets: what’s the EU cooking?

Read the report prepared by Sebastian Moffett, an independent rapporteur present at the Café Crossfire Evening Debate Better diets: what’s the EU cooking. This debate took place on the occasion of LiveWell’s third and final workshop: Facilitating the adoption of healthy, sustainable diets in the EU.

The France Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015

France’s participation at Expo Milano 2015 reflects a strong desire to provide practical solutions to our current food system. Their pavilion will focus on preserving quality of products – as well as the environment – whilst providing nourishment for the entire planet. WWF France hopes to be there, bringing LiveWell messages with them. Panda ranking.