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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

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

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

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