Food Systems and Sustainability

Discuss the questions. Ask follow-up questions and push for examples, evidence, and qualification.

• Should sustainable food be a personal choice or a public policy goal?
• Why is food waste difficult to reduce even when people know it is wrong?
• Should governments make unhealthy or environmentally damaging food more expensive?
• How can food systems become fairer to farmers, workers, and consumers?
• Would you accept fewer food choices if it reduced environmental harm?

Create a sustainable food plan for a school, workplace, or neighbourhood. Choose three changes and defend them.

• food waste
• local suppliers
• meat consumption
• affordability