SUSTAINABLE FOOD

Health for people and the planet

What does really ‘sustainable food’ mean and how we can become more ‘sustainable’ in few easy steps?

What’s that all about?

What actually is ‘sustainable food’? Food that is healthy for consumers and

animals, does not harm the environment, is humane for workers, respects animals, provides a fair wage for the farmer, and supports and enhances rural communities.

It’s enviormentallyfrindly, sociallyjust and economicallybeneficial

Principles os sustainable food

Exclude fish species identified as most 'at risk‘; choose those from sustainable sources

Choose Fairtrade -certifade products

Promote health and well-being

Use local, seasonally available ingredients

Specify food from farming systems that minimise harm to the eviorment

Avoid bottled water Limit foods of

animal origin

What are the main problems of our enviorment and our planet? How can sustainability help us solve them in an easy and healthy way?

We can do better

Eat the seasons!

Food is being transported further than ever

Wide range of ready-prepared and exotic out-of-season produce

Buy seasonal food Buy fresh

products from farmers’ markets

Ask for food from your country

Join a food co-op

What’s the problem? What can we do about it?

Farming for the planet

Industrialised agriculture has caused many damages as soil erosion, water pollution & damage to wildlife by using pesticides or intensive farming techniques

Ensure that you are buying food accredited to a recognised standard, which guarantee that the legal minimum standards (or higher) have been met

What’s the problem? What can we do about it?

Meat and dairy products: less is more

Animal farming causes emission of more greenhouse gases

Intensive production of meat, with n regards for animal welfare

Eating red meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer

Reduce the amount of red and processed meat you use

Try out more vegetarian options

Buy only certified meat

What’s the problem? What can we do about it?

Plenty more fish in the sea...?

Poor ‘feed conversion ratio’

Pollution Animal welfare

problems Destruction of

natural habitats

Don’t buy fish from overfished stocks or badly managed fisheries

Support organisatios that promote sustainably cought fish

What’s the problem? What can we do about it?

Fair Trade

Market prices of crops are falling below the cost of production

Bad working conditions, farmers are unable to afford basic necessities (food, education, healthcare)

Buy Fairtrade certified products

Support Fairtrade:ask for Fairtrade products in restaurant, use them at work, recomend to colleagues

What’s the problem? What can we do about it?

Don’t bottle it!

Bottled water is much more expensive, envioremental costs (energy costs of production and transport & disposing or recycling the bottles)

In restaurants and canteens ask for tap water

Buy water from brands supporting development projects (One Water, Frank Water)

What’s the problem? What can we do about it?

Well-being of you and your family

Obesity crisis Fatty, sugary &

salty diet leads to many diseases, some of them are deadly

People don’t care about their food to be healthy

Be more concerned about what you eat

Cut back on salt, fats and oils

Offer children smaller portions of normal dishes

Don’t eat many snacks

What’s the problem?

Social issues

We’re all in it together

How many?

There are 1.1 bilion people working in agricultural production. Nearly half of which labour for wages. Add to this the numbers in processing, distribution and preparation. That totals ¼ of the world’s workforce.

How much?

Producers are getting less and less of the price you pay for food. In UK producers get ¼ of the price, but the overseas ones get only about 10% or less (coffee or banana growers). Farmers from Africa get about 17%; about 45% of the price goes to supermarkets.

For what?

Working conditions are very tough; some of producers have to work 24/h, in factories, without sunlight or fresh air. Mostly are on minimum wages, rely on tips. They don’t have a chance to change something.

Buy Fairtrade certified food, make sure you know what you’re eating, don’t be afraid to talk about enviormental and social problems; together we can solve them. Sustainability isn’t about being green; it’s a process, a target which we should be trying to reach. It’s not only about us, it’s about the whole planet.

We CAN help

THANK YOUPaulina Stencel

Dominika Szenkelbach

THANKS TO:

www.sustainablefood.comwww.sustainweb.org/sustainablefood/ www.sxc.hu