The COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine crisis and ongoing extreme weather conditions caused by climate change, have disrupted global food supply chains and communities around the world, causing a risk of food insecurity and food related health threats such as hunger or obesity. In addition, current food production, transport and processing methods are one of the largest contributors to global warming with 21-37% of GHG emissions attributed to food chains.
As part of its Green Deal, the EU has put in place the Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy to tackle sustainability and environmental issues across the entire food chain. As climate and food production transcend borders, the effort demands multi national cooperation. “COVID-19 highlighted the need to be more resilient and robust and have food systems that work in all circumstances and provide food for all citizens", Said Mrs. Sandra Gallina, Director General, DG Sante, European Commission. "The Farm to Fork Strategy involves producers, operators, consumers, everybody who is in the food chain, but to make this transition a success we need to go global". Mrs. Gallina addressed this issue during the first F2F EU-Israeli workshop held last week, in which some 80 policy makers, environment and agriculture experts, as well as other stakeholders, met to discuss strategies of coping with a looming food and climate crisis. READ MORE
