The concept of a 'sustainable food value chain' involves making our food systems financially sound and durable. It includes making sure every step along the way is sustainable, from the start with farming supplies, through processing and delivering food, all the way to when we eat it and throw away any waste. Its end goal is to ensure our food systems stay healthy for a long time to come.

8 000 000 000. On November 15, 2022, according to the United Nations, the world population reached eight billion people. Although the growth rate is slowing, the UN projects that by 2050 there will be 9.7 billion on the planet.

On the 1 August 2024 it’s Earth Overshoot Day – the day that we have used all the natural resources produced by our planet in one year. This means that we use as many ecological resources as if we lived on 1.71 earths. The results include water stress, desertification, soil erosion and damage to biodiversity in addition to a host of other negative impacts.