What would you like to see in your future food system?

Our Future Food Systems Summit can help your vision become reality.

We are looking for bright spots of sustainable farming and food systems across India and Mexico.

We chose Kerala, Punjab, Oaxaca and Puebla because these states represent the diversity of food systems across India and Mexico, and they have distinct challenges and opportunities to work toward a more sustainable future.

India
KERALA, PUNJAB, NATIONAL

In our recent Future Food Systems Summits, held in Kerala, Punjab, and New Delhi (Pan-India level) in January and February 2024, we brought together a diverse group of food system experts and change-makers.  This summit provided a unique platform for networking, identifying common goals, and developing actionable plans for a brighter future.

Mexico
OAXACA, PUEBLA, NATIONAL

In our recent Future Food Systems Summits, held in Puebla, Oaxaca, and Mexico City in November 2023, we brought together a diverse group of food system experts and change-makers. This summit provided a unique platform for networking, identifying common goals, and developing actionable plans for a brighter future.

Our research vision

We believe that solutions for more sustainable agri-food systems already exist.

Therefore, we want to identify regions that represent ‘bright spots’ of sustainable agriculture and food systems, learn from them, and share that knowledge. The first step is to understand what matters to local groups when they envision a sustainable future.

Our research will bring diverse groups together to work toward a common goal, fostering just and sustainable food systems for us and for generations to come.

Our research process

What is your vision of a sustainable food system?

Changemakers joined in on our “Future Food Systems Summit” and attended skill-building trainings to help make that vision a reality. They explored questions like:

  • What do we mean by sustainability?

  • What are our shared values for the future?

  • What does a shared vision of sustainability look like across organizations and cultures?

Teamwork for transformation

Learn about our 2-day Future Food Systems Summits!

We offered an opportunity for organizations to hone their sustainability goals, build a broader network, and work with other organizations toward a just and sustainable food system. 

professional development opportunity

What happened in our Future Food Systems Summit series?

Vision Development

A skilled facilitator helped participants develop a strategic vision for their organization, describing how their work can contribute to the future food system they want to see.

Joining of hands

Participants had an opportunity to connect with other food and farming initiatives and organizations working towards sustainability and join forces with them.

Raise your voice

Participants made their organization’s voice heard, reaching other groups from across the country (and beyond) and shaping agriculture and food system sustainability in their region and around the world.

With your help we will work towards just and sustainable food systems for us all, now and for generations to come.

About us

We care about people, nature, and food

We are a group of optimists (and scientists) at the University of Hohenheim in Germany, who look for and amplify the beauty in the world. We deeply care about people, nature, and food, of course!

We aim to do transformative research, by working across disciplines, leveraging our values, and collaborating within and outside of academia.

We are collaborative researchers

We are collaborating with other scientists in Mexico, India, Switzerland, and Germany. Now we want to collaborate with you!

We do research to understand the systems around us and work with others to shift them toward equity and sustainability.

Our research team