Abstract
The EU Think Tank (as part of the FIT4FOOD2030 Coordination and
Support Action) strongly supports the development of the Farm to
Fork Strategy as a key component of the European Green Deal,
recognising the need to transform the food system as a whole.
This policy brief calls for innovative approaches to the Farm to Fork
Strategy to provide practical answersto two central questions: i) how
can a shift towards healthier and more sustainable diets be
facilitated?; and ii) how can all actors in the food system be
empowered to adopt more sustainable practices?
Answers to these questions raise the need for new transdisciplinary,
multi-actor and participatory Research and Innovation (R&I)
approaches that enable citizens, farmers, fishers, food processors,
distributors, retailers and consumers to contribute to more coherent,
cross policy-sector food initiatives that leverage on European food
systems to deliver a balance of public goods (including food security
and environmental integrity).