At this year’s Annual Meeting we have followed the nutrition trail to see how better nutrition can unlock sustainability pathways. This post shares the highlights brought by the speakers at our event.

Presentation held by Paulina Nowicka, Karolinska Institute, at the SIANI Annual Meeting 2018

Presentation held by Annelie Barkelund, Nestlé Sweden, at the SIANI Annual Meeting 2018

Every year the SIANI secretariat organises a meeting to provide an opportunity for members to interact with each other and to reflect on the work-plan of the year ahead. This year we have chosen...

How do we reconcile our nutritional needs and our taste for animal-based foods with environmental sustainability?

The 2016 World Food Prize, often called the “Nobel prize for food and agriculture” was granted to the International Potato Center (CIP). CIP is a research center that successfully bred a variety of orange sweet potato that is rich in beta carotene. Beta carotene is a nutrient that our bodies use to produce vitamin A.

Clearly, interactions between livestock and people can pose high public health risks. However, keeping animals for food production is an undeniable part of human reality.

Globally, about 842 million people are undernourished – about 12% of the population – and more than 2 billion suffer from micronutrient deficiency, or “hidden hunger,” according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

A food system is made up of the environment, people, institutions and processes by which food is produced, processed and brought to consumers. With millions of people around the world still...