May

Food Systems Transformations for a Sustainable and Resilient Future

8 May 2025 09:45 to 11:30 | Lecture/talk

Hands dirty with soil, a cow, a plant, a drone, a person planting seeds. Photo collage.

Your food choice matters! Learn more about the major environmental and socioeconomic challenges of today’s food systems. Explore the innovations and solutions that can address these challenges and fix our broken food systems. Come and join us to be a part of the food systems transformations!

This event is organised to explore the urgent need to transform our food systems for a sustainable, more resilient, healthier and equitable world. We'll first dive deep into the challenges of today's food systems, from extensive resource use, climate impacts, food waste and biodiversity loss to food insecurity, inequality, and human heath impacts.

We’ll then explore the innovative solutions that can nourish both people and the planet Earth. We will look into the principles of sustainable agriculture, including regenerative agriculture, digitalisation, circular bioeconomy and discover how certain practices can improve soil health, reduce emissions, and enhance biodiversity.

We'll also delve into the exciting world of alternative proteins from insects, algae, microorganisms and animal cells showcasing how innovations in biotechnology can diversify our food sources and address most of the challenges we face. The importance of just transition, supporting regulatory frameworks, governance, funding, R&D, consumer acceptance, public procurement etc. in the food systems transformaitons will be addressed during the panel discussions.

Event Highlights:

Understanding the Crisis: Unveil the hidden costs of our current food systems, exposing the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of unsustainable practices
Discovering Solutions for Sustainable and Resilient Future: Explore groundbreaking innovations, from sustainable agricultural practices to protein diversification, that are paving the way for future sustainable food systems
Empowering Change: Discover how your food choices can make a difference, and explore practical steps you can take to support sustainable food systems in your daily life
Ethical Considerations: Discuss the just transition and inclusivity, to make sure that the change is fair for everyone
SDG Alignment: Understand how food systems transformation contributes to achieving several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Zero Hunger (SDG 2), Climate Action (SDG 13), and Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12)

Event Program:

09:45 | Coffee mingle

Join us for coffee and a friendly mingle just before the event kicks off! Let's connect from 9:45 outside of the room Amfi on the second floor at Stadshallen.

10:00 | Key Note: Denis Koca – The Urgent Need for Change

Unveiling the environmental and socio-economic shortcomings of current food systems
Exploring sustainable agricultural production: regenerative agriculture, digitalisation and the circular bioeconomy
Exploring protein diversification with alternatives to meat and dairy

10:20 | Panel Discussion: Scaling Change in Food Systems

Moderated discussion with diverse panelists representing key actors in the food supply chain, including farmers, food industry, consumers, and policy experts
Focus on practical strategies for scaling up regenerative agriculture and protein diversification

11:15 | Audience Q&A: to encourage participation and dialogue

Key Note Speaker:

Deniz Koca, Assist. Prof at Lund University, Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), is the Project Coordinator for Securing Holistic and Impactful Food Systems Transformation with Novel Foods based on alternative proteins (EPIC-SHIFT), a HORIZON Europe funded project. He is also involved in Fostering European Cellular Agriculture for Sustainable Transition Solutions (FEASTS), another HORIZON Europe funded project, and a Coordinator for the EIT Food - GROW: Empowering Farmers for a Sustainable Journey, an EIT Food funded capacity building project, and involved in the EIT Food INSPIRE programme - Digital Technologies in the Food System.

Panelists:

We have a fantastic panel of experts joining us for this important discussion.

Deniz Koca, Assist. Prof at Lund University, Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC).
Jan Jönsson, Farmer and manager at Ly-ros Lantbruk.
Gittan Schiöld, Chief Commercial Officer & co-founder at Remeat.
Marie-Louise Boisen Lendal, Director and co-founder at Frej.

Moderated by Jesica López, Postdoctoral fellow at Lund University, Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC).

The event is co-organised by Lund University Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), BIOECONOMY Graduate Research School, EIT Food GROW project, EU Horizon Europe EPIC-SHIFT and FEASTS projects.

Logotypes for Lund University, Bioeconomy graduate research school, Grow, EIT, Epic shift, Feasts, as well as logos that says Funded by the European Union. Collage of logos.

The event is part of Sustainability Week 2025, which runs between 5-10 May. Sustainability Week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. The week serves as a platform for bringing together ideas, raising public awareness and for inspiring sustainable change.

See the full programme at hallbarhetsveckan.event.lu.se