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Policy recommendations for just food system transition - Just Food Policy Brief published 2020-12-09

Just food system transition requires a policy bringing together different objectives and a broad range of stakeholders, summarizes the project’s first policy recommendation.

YHYS Colloquium collected together an interdisciplinary group of researchers to share insights on just transition 2020-11-30

Just transition is a hybrid concept for the need to consider and reflect upon the issues of social and economic justice in the context of sustainability transitions.

Still going strong, despite COVID-19! 2020-11-10

What a year it’s been! The the inspiration that springs up from face-to-face encounters and interactions is hard to replace. We've had to learn flexibility, tolerance for uncertainty and new ways of working. We have made progress, despite the difficulties writes Kaisa Karttunen.

Transition towards plant-based diets is challenging the food system 2020-10-15

The environmental effects of the food system can be lessened through dietary changes towards plant-based diets along with reductions in food waste. According to Saarinen et al. (2019), greenhouse gas emissions from the food system in Finland can be reduced from 13% to 37% in alternative plant-based and fish-rich diets, writes Ellen Huan-Niemi.

Payment models in Community Supported Agriculture - How to distribute crop payments fairly? 2020-09-21

The CSA meeting considered taking into account the economic or social situation of the members in the crop payments collected from them, while also ensuring an adequate livelihood for producers.

The consortium meeting summed up the results of the first year of the project 2020-09-14

The Just food system project now has been going on for one year. A lot has already happened and researchers are facing a busy autumn when the research data can be studied properly.

New models of Community Supported Agriculture in test 2020-05-11

The Just food project researches and tests different models of Community Supported Agriculture together with two cooperatives.

Just food system from a milk producer’s point of view 2020-05-11

The Just food project investigates in cooperation with Valio the views of milk producers concerning the fairness of the ongoing food transition.

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