The concept of food sustainability embodies an integrated model of food production and management, able to guarantee access to food resources for the entire world population without compromising the resources of the environment. Today, food and environmental sustainability are two essential objectives of development programs, considered crucial by plans such as the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development 2030 Agenda and the agri-food strategies of the European Union (EU) included in the European Green Deal and in the Recovery Plan/Next Generation EU. Sustainable nutrition means not only ensuring the food security of all people globally, but also promoting environmentally friendly solutions to reduce the ecological footprint and decrease the carbon footprint. In this chapter we will address this complex issue, to understand what food sustainability is, which are the consensus indicators to describe and quantify its achievement and what are the main initiatives taken by the different countries to pursue it. Finally, the case of “novel foods”, foods that do not have a story of consumption in EU countries but strongly pushed by the research and to improve dietary shift to more sustainable protein sources will be examined as exemplary case studies.
The Indicators of Food Sustainability / D'Auria, G.; Velotto, S.; Ferranti, P.. - 1-4:(2023), pp. 1-28. [10.1016/B978-0-12-823960-5.00071-8]
The Indicators of Food Sustainability
D'Auria G.
Primo
;Velotto S.
;Ferranti P.
Ultimo
2023
Abstract
The concept of food sustainability embodies an integrated model of food production and management, able to guarantee access to food resources for the entire world population without compromising the resources of the environment. Today, food and environmental sustainability are two essential objectives of development programs, considered crucial by plans such as the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development 2030 Agenda and the agri-food strategies of the European Union (EU) included in the European Green Deal and in the Recovery Plan/Next Generation EU. Sustainable nutrition means not only ensuring the food security of all people globally, but also promoting environmentally friendly solutions to reduce the ecological footprint and decrease the carbon footprint. In this chapter we will address this complex issue, to understand what food sustainability is, which are the consensus indicators to describe and quantify its achievement and what are the main initiatives taken by the different countries to pursue it. Finally, the case of “novel foods”, foods that do not have a story of consumption in EU countries but strongly pushed by the research and to improve dietary shift to more sustainable protein sources will be examined as exemplary case studies.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
