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Food environments
Nutrition
Planetary
Food System Safety
Fuel for the Future: Eating with Sustainability in Mind
First International Affiliate of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (IAAND) | 2023
Discusses the Planetary Health Diet Index, a tool used to assess adherence to a diet that is…
1 - Beginner | 1 hour
Planetary
Food System Safety
Hestia Data Platform
Hestia | 2024
Database that aggregates agricultural production data across many farms and uses a calculation tool to indicate which…
1 - Beginner | Full day
Sociocultural
Health Equity
The Shift Wheel
World Resources Institute | 2016
The Shift Wheel comprises four complementary strategies used successfully by private sector marketing strategies: minimize disruption, sell…
1 - Beginner | 5 minutes
Planetary
Biological Diversity
Plummeting Insect Numbers ‘Threaten Collapse of Nature’
The Guardian | 2019
This news article shares new research quantifying the alarming decrease in insect populations over the past few…
1 - Beginner | 10 minutes
Nutrition
Diet Quality & Diversity
Food Choices for a Healthy Planet
Green Brown Blue
This website provides information regading food, climate, culture, environment, health, and healthcare. The information hopes to encourage…
2 - Intermediate | 30 minutes
Nutrition
Reliable Food Access
Healthier Food Purchasing Standards
Practice Green Health | 2021
These healthier food purchasing standards contain a comprehensive and vetted list of third-party certifications and label claims…
2 - Intermediate | 10 minutes
Economic
Responsible Governance
The COVID-19 Pandemic is Disrupting People’s Food Environments
United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition | 2020
A list of available resources and key readings with a focus on nutrition and food systems that…
2 - Intermediate | 5 minutes
Planetary
Water, Land & Soil Use
Nature-Based Solutions in Agriculture: Sustainable Management and Conservation of Land, Water, and Biodiversity
FAO | 2021
Paper that discusses nature-based solutions that improve ecosystem functions in the environment that are affected by agriculture,…
3 - Advanced | 10 minutes
Economic
Circular Economy
What are Food Systems?
GAIN | 2021
The white paper describes the nine major parts of the food systems-food system drivers, supply chain, food…
1 - Beginner | 15 minutes
Planetary
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Environmental Impacts of Food Production
Our World in Data | 2020
An interative visualization of evidence featuring the climate impacts of various types of food production.
3 - Advanced | 30 minutes