Information about the Aspen Ideas Festival is here. I am scheduled for a session, The American Wellness Paradox, currently scheduled from 11:00-11:50 a.m., at the East Lawn Tent. This will be a discussion with senior HHS policy advisor, Calley Means. Here’s the blurb on it: “Americans are spending more than ever on healthcare, supplements, wellness trends, and “clean eating,” yet rates of chronic disease and metabolic illness continue to climb. As skepticism fuels the rise of movements like MAHA, debates over what Americans should eat have become deeply cultural, political, and economic. Two influential voices with sharply different perspectives on nutrition and food science explore how food systems, farming practices, consumer culture, and the wellness industry collided to create one of the defining public health debates of our time.”
Weekend Reading: FAO food systems how-to
My former NYU colleague, Corinna Hawkes, who now directs the Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division at FAO in Rome, sent a link to its new publication, Transforming Food and Agriculture through a Systems Approach.
This publication provides an organizing framework for applying a systems approach to the transformation of food and agriculture. Building on evidence from systems science and practical real-world examples from countries, it identifies six core elements of a systems approach and specifies key practices and shifts needed to implement in practice. It includes examples from across the world of how systems-based practices are already being taken forward at different scales.
This publication is about food systems, why they matter, and how to use a food systems approach to improve food quality and access.
It is beautifully illustrated. The definition:
And here’s how it works.
There is much more in this report. I view it as a how-to manual. Use it!
Resources
- Download the publication: https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en
- Dr. Hawkes’ Tweet and Post about the report
- Register for briefing sessions: 12 September (11-12 CEST) or 15 September (15-16 CEST)
