Sustainable Food Monitor

PUBLIC FOOD AND THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

FOOD has a crucial role in advancing the sustainable development agenda. Food production and consumption affect our individual and communal health, the integrity of our eco-systems, our quality of life. Hence, political intervention on the various stages of the food chain means addressing multiple forms of deprivation.

Throughout the world, governments are beginning to discover the development potential of PUBLIC FOOD systems, especially in relation to school food, which is increasingly seen as a strategy that can contribute to food security, childhood education and market access for farmers.

An event at the United Nations on Monday May 4, day 1 of the two week long 17th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, features Professors Kevin Morgan and Roberta Sonnino, leading researchers in sustainable agri-food systems from the School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, Wales, UK.

Advocating the need for development strategies that emphasize, rather than undermine, the interdependence of economy, society and nature, Morgan and Sonnino, authors of The School Food Revolution - Public Food and the Challenge of Sustainable Development, focus on food as a crucial planning and development tool.

They will describe the results of their research on school food and the lessons learned. In collaboration with leaders from the New York City public school system and guests from around the world, the group will make recommendations for government delegates looking for concrete examples to support and “scale up” sustainable school food systems. What are the practical and policy interventions needed to help these initiatives succeed and realize their full sustainable development potential?  Success stories, constraints and challenges will be explored by participants looking to ensure that all children everywhere, and the farmers who grow the food they eat, mutually benefit from a win-win approach to feeding a hungry world in ecologically, socially and economically sustainable ways.

All registered CSD participants are invited to attend this event at the UN on Monday, May 4 from 3-6 pm in Conference Room 6. Look for the table in the display area for further information and a 20% discounted flyer for ordering the book.

Order the book directly from Earthscan Publishing.

This book is the result of research that began in 2001.

For further research by Morgan and Sonnino.

The World Food Programme website provides a view of their work on school feeding.

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