Food systems need to change. In the words of Tim Lang, the author of this paper, tweaks and nudges will not alter food’s catastrophic impact on health or climate change. Our diets must become sustainable in the full sense of the word, protecting people and the planetary resources they depend on.
In this joint paper with Friends of the Earth’s Big Ideas project, published by Sustain member the Food Research Collaboration, Professor Lang charts the policy progress of sustainable dietary guidelines. He makes a compelling case for their adoption to tackle health inequalities and the environmental and social harm caused by current eating patterns. He shows that while official progress is slow, a host of new actors and activists – from cities and local authorities to academics and progressive businesses – is emerging to take the lead in making sustainable diets a reality from the bottom up.
Read the paper here.
The Sustain alliance campaigns across a range of issues for a healthier, greener and fairer food supply. Find out more about our work here.
Published Sunday 2 April 2017
Sustain: Sustain The alliance for better food and farming advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich society and culture and promote equity.
