School meals and food systems: Rethinking the consequences for climate, environment, biodiversity, and food sovereignty

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.contributor.affiliationLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Wildlife Fund
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Food Programme
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity International
cg.contributor.affiliationFinnish Environment Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationImperial College London, School of Public Health
cg.contributor.affiliationLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
cg.contributor.affiliationRockefeller Foundation
cg.creator.identifierDanny Hunter: 0000-0002-4267-595X
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17037/pubs.04671492
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatAGRICULTUREen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatBIODIVERSITYen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatFOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatHOME GARDENSen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatKNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatNUTRITIONen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 17 - Partnerships for the goalsen
dc.contributor.authorPastorino, Silviaen
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Darrenen
dc.contributor.authorSchultz, Lindaen
dc.contributor.authorOwen, Samanthaen
dc.contributor.authorMorris, Kateen
dc.contributor.authorBacklund, Ulrikaen
dc.contributor.authorBellanca, Raffaellaen
dc.contributor.authorHunter, Dannyen
dc.contributor.authorKaljonen, Minnaen
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Samraten
dc.contributor.authorEustachio Colombo, Patriciaen
dc.contributor.authorMilani, Peimanen
dc.contributor.authorResearch Consortium for School Health and Nutritionen
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T11:03:05Zen
dc.date.available2024-01-10T11:03:05Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/137479
dc.titleSchool meals and food systems: Rethinking the consequences for climate, environment, biodiversity, and food sovereigntyen
dcterms.abstractThere is an urgent need to rethink our global food systems. The world is facing a nutrition crisis, and the way we produce and consume food is altering the equilibrium of our planet, causing environmental damage and biodiversity loss, and climate change which further compromises food security. Children are disproportionately affected, and school meals are being increasingly recognized as a key investment for governments to tackle these challenges. Through national school meals programs, around 418 million children currently receive a meal at school every day. This provides an exceptional opportunity for the implementation planet-friendly policies which have enormous co-benefits for child health and the wider society. To explore these opportunities, this White Paper was prepared by The Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition, an initiative of The School Meals Coalition (SMC), a multilateral coalition of 95+ countries aiming to improve and expand national school meal programs for all children. The White Paper, written in collaboration with 85 organizations worldwide, explains how implementing planet-friendly school meal programs can provide far reaching co-benefits for public health and human capital. The paper proposes that to maximize the transformative potential of school meal programs, governments should focus on two sets of policies. First, those that can create immediate benefits for children and the planet, including: adopting nutritious, diverse, whole foods menus; switching to clean, efficient and sustainable energy for cooking; minimizing food and package waste; and empowering children by establishing life-long healthy and sustainable food habits through holistic food education. Secondly, leveraging the power of procurement, governments can create demand-driven changes to support sustainable ecological and regenerative agriculture practices, which promote biodiversity, resilience, and food sovereignty.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPastorino, S.; Hughes, D.; Schultz, L.; Owen, S.; Morris, K..; Backlund, U.; Bellanca, R.; Hunter, D.; Kaljonen, M.; Singh, S.; Eustachio Colombo, P.; Milani, P. (2023) School meals and food systems: Rethinking the consequences for climate, environment, biodiversity, and food sovereignty. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 166 p.en
dcterms.extent166 p.
dcterms.issued2023-12
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjectschool feeding-school mealsen
dcterms.subjectbiodiversity conservationen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectenvironmental healthen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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