iscn 2016: session 1: food sustainability at the micro and macro level
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The World Food System Center
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The World Food System Center – 39 Groups 7 Depts
Aquatic Sciences
Agricultural Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Biology
Food Sciences
Nutrition and Health
Engineering
Architecture
Economics
Research
Education
Outreach
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Research Focus Areas
Creating and connecting to
effective food markets that create value for
all stakeholders
Design and processing for safe, accessible,
high quality and healthy food and food
products
Establishing sustainable food production systems that are resilient in the face of increasing perturbations
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Research
2) Flagship Research Projects:Cross thematic areas, transdiciplinary, visionary, largescale, systems approaches, multi-stakeholder
3) Collaboration:FOAG Foresight Study, Stellenbosch Research Collaboration
1) World Food System Grants:23 interdisciplinary research projects, annual competitive grant process. Current programs: Mercator Research Program (Organic Agriculture) | Coop Research Program (Sustainability in Food Value Chains)
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Summer Schools and study tours
Education
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Ideas Competition – Innovation Lab
Public and Expert EventsResearch Dissemination and Participation
Outreach and Dialog
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Forum for Sustainable Food Systems
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New Partnerships
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Working on a Sustainable Catering Policy
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Lozano et al. (2015) A review of commitment and implementation of sustainable development in higher education: results from a worldwide survey. Journal of Cleaner Production, 108:1-18.
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CateringCommission
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• Stakeholder ownership
LIVING LAB FOR
SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS
CATERING
Requirements
• Scientific evidence
•Best practices
• Awareness
• “Label”good!
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CateringCommission
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• Stakeholder ownership
LIVING LAB FOR
SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS
CATERING
Requirements
• Scientific evidence
•Best practices
• Awareness
• “Label”good!
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Quasi-Experimental Design
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“test canteen” “control canteen”
BASELINE
INTERVENTIONalternative choice + information information only
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7% more climate-friendly meals sold.
no decline in sales.
20% reduction in waste...
... with only 2% small portions sold
Climate-friendly meals are not necessarily more nutritious;
People have difficulties assessing the nutritional value of meals.
yes, we can do something information alone is not
enough carbon footprint is not
the whole picture
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www.worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch
Thank you
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