PLENARY
This session featured a presentation by Jean-François Timmers and Sheila O ’ Connor about the direction of the Food Practice - vision , key questions , narrative etc . - and invited participants to share their perspectives on frameworks that might work best to foster open collaboration across geographies and contexts . The session surfaced two main elements ; The need to develop an inclusive vision which takes into account the diversity in context around the world , as well as identifying key issues that extend across the practices that must be addressed through cross-practice collaboration .
“ There is a lot of overlap with different practices , or should be , but not all practices are maybe aware of the key issues within the food practice , work on aligning the goals of the different practices is important .”
“ How national and global approaches will be linked in a holistic way needs to be elaborated in a future strategy .”
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COMMUNITY BRAINSTORM
The Community Brainstorm began with an open call for topics and questions to explore . Participants chose two topics for the session to focus on :
1 “ Putting the Planet on the Plate - How do we do this for each person ?”
2 “ How might we effectively work together across practices ?”
“ Missing a vision ! Where do we want to be 2030 ? What are the steps for a sustainable supply chain for food ?”
The first topic group had a wide ranging discussion about values , personal choices , culture and human behavior , and determined that while many people are sympathetic to sustainability , few understand how their food consumption
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