JustFood

Our food system suffers from many intertwined sustainability problems. To solve them, we need a fundamental change in the whole food system: a food transition. The just food transition can be achieved through cooperation between all actors in the food system and firm public guidance.

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Welcome to events focusing on food systems’ sustainability, in Helsinki 26–28 May 2025 2025-04-11

We are organizing a series of three events to review the results of the FOOD program, learn about Nordic and Baltic food policy, and research into the food system through current issues of security of supply and resilience.

Transdisciplinary research via a living lab 2024-12-02

Despite substantial focus on sustainability issues in both science and politics, humanity remains on predominantly unsustainable development trajectories, writes Ellen Huan-Niemi in her Just food Blog.

Solutions to the peatland issue through collective action 2024-11-15

The goal of the The Future Pathways workshop for peatlands was to collaboratively identify incentives and develop shared understanding between actors in the food system.

Towards sustainable diets in Finland 2024-06-19

Moderate dietary changes could reduce food-related Finnish greenhouse gas emissions by up to one third while improving health and reducing diet costs.

Plant and fish-based diets promote health in humans and the environment – dietary changes can be supported in many ways 2024-01-31

Finns are advised to eat more vegetables, whole grains and sustainably caught and farmed fish. At the same time, they should reduce their consumption of red meat, processed meat and foods rich in salt, fat or sugar. A change in diets would not only promote people’s individual health but also planetary health.

Transformative power of school meals 2023-12-18

At COP28, the school meal consortium unveiled a white-paper showcasing the global impact that school meals can have in fostering sustainability. The Just food consortium contributed to this paper by highlighting some study results on engaging students to the development of sustainable school meals in Finland.

Just food Consortium Days 2023 - unveiling the path to a just food system 2023-12-05

The Just food consortium kicked off its ninth meeting on 27 November 2023. The primary goal was to gather Just food researchers to discuss and share the outcomes of their empirical work and brainstorm the next steps in strengthening the transdisciplinarity of their work.

Our second Just Food Policy Brief published 2023-11-07

The just food transition can be achieved through cooperation between all actors in the food system and firm public guidance, summarizes the project’s second policy recommendation.

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The Just Transition – JUST FOOD project studies ways to transition to a climate-smart and healthy food system in a sustainable, acceptable and just manner.