On July 22-23, 2020, the Food Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a virtual workshop that explored integration of the health, societal, economic, and environmental effects and future needs of the food system. Workshop presenters and participants focused on understanding how to achieve a more sustainable, resilient, equitable, and nourishing food system. This publication summarizes the workshop presentations and discussions of the workshop.

Contents

• The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
• PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR A WORKSHOP ON BUILDING A MORE SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT, EQUITABLE, AND NOURISHING FOOD SYSTEM
• FOOD FORUM (AS OF JULY 2020)
• Reviewers
• 1. Introduction
• 2. New Expectations for the Food System
  • FOOD SYSTEM EXPECTATIONS
  • RECENT PUBLICATIONS ON THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE OF THE FOOD SYSTEM
• 3. Vulnerabilities of the Food System
  • PLANETARY BOUNDARIES AND GLOBAL CHANGE
  • ACCESS TO HEALTH AND FOOD
  • AN AGROECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE FOOD SYSTEM
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• 4. Resilience of the Food System
  • RECAP OF THE INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: NEW EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FOOD SYSTEM
  • RESILIENCY WITHIN COMPLEX DYNAMIC SYSTEMS
  • RESILIENT PROPERTIES OF THE CURRENT FOOD SYSTEM
  • RESILIENCY IN THE FUTURE
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• 5. Transformation of the Food System
  • INTRODUCTION
  • INCENTIVIZING FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION
  • CONSUMPTION-ORIENTED STRATEGIES: CONSIDERING THE WHOLE VALUE CHAIN
  • BEYOND RESILIENCE: DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR OUR PREFERRED FOOD FUTURES
  • POLICY APPROACHES TO ENABLE MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO CHANGE
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
• References
• Appendix A. Workshop Agenda
• Appendix B. Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Appendix C. Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Moderators

Suggested citation:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Building a more sustainable, resilient, equitable, and nourishing food system: Proceedings of a workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25832.

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.17226/25832

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