Sustainable Food Systems Conference
20 June 2016, 8:00
The Manna Center Program for Food Safety & Security, Forum for Sustainable Nutrition, and New York Univeristy in Tel Aviv invite you to a special two-day conference on Sustainable Food Systems: Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition.
Learn and interact with renowned academic experts, government officials, industry leaders and activists in the global and local food movement.
Sustainable food systems takes into account environmental, health, social and economic concerns in the production and consumption of food. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the UN, “Sustainable Diets are those diets with low environmental impacts which contribute to food and nutrition security and to healthy life for present and future generations. Sustainable diets are protective and respectful of biodiversity and ecosystems, culturally acceptable, accessible, economically fair and affordable; nutritionally adequate, safe and healthy; while optimizing natural and human resources”. Sustainable diets are the outcome of sustainable food systems.
The aim of the conference is to draw on the themes of sustainability and food security, public policy, nutrition, and food justice, by bringing students and experts involved in these topics. The outcome will enable tackling the question of how best to integrate sustainability in our food system.
For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.foodsystemsconferenceisrael.com/
