Global Alliance for the Future of Food

🌿 As we end 2024, we are grateful to our members and partners for all our collective work this year. We look forward to deepening our commitment and partnerships in 2025 as we continue to address the harms of industrial food systems, strengthen our work on the aquatic-terrestrial foods nexus, expand support for agroecological and regenerative agriculture practices, and elevate powerful stories of transformation and leadership. Read more from our last newsletter for the year, with a message from our Executive Director Anna Lappé: https://shorturl.at/ddw3s

“This is not a future of food I will accept. Nor should you.” 📢 Remember that The New York Times op-ed claiming factory farms are the future of food? Our Executive Director, Anna Lappé, pushed back in a powerful Letter to the Editor—dismantling the myth that industrial agriculture is our only path forward. She shines a spotlight on its true costs: #biodiversityloss, environmental devastation, and harm to workers and communities. Anna’s voice joins many others, underscoring why advocacy for sustainable, agroecological food systems is more urgent than ever. 🌱 Read the Letter to the Editor: https://lnkd.in/ex8anzUn #FoodSystems #Sustainability #Agroecology

💡 We’re expanding our digital footprint! The Global Alliance is now on #Bluesky. Why Bluesky? It’s a space for forward-thinking conversations—and we’re here to share insights, spark discussions, and drive collaboration for a more sustainable, equitable food future. 🌱 Follow us for the latest updates, bold ideas, and inspiring stories: https://lnkd.in/eQT_gGSc #FoodSystems #FutureOfFood #Sustainability #FoodSystemsTransformation

Late last year, The New York Times published “Sorry, but This is the Future of Food,” an opinion essay by Michael Grunwald. The piece is the final essay in “What to Eat on a Burning Planet”, a series that claims to explore bold ideas to secure our food supply. In the essay, Grunwald holds up outdated narratives and “solutions” while encouraging us to embrace industrial food models as the only way to feed a growing human population. It will come as no surprise to most of you reading this that the Agroecology Fund (and many partners and allies) were terribly disappointed in this narrow, and incorrect view about the future of food. Never pass up the opportunity for healthy debate! When these false narratives are given editorial space, it’s a chance to push back and help readers understand viable alternatives. With good science behind it, #agroecology is the future of food. Agroecology Fund Co-Director, Daniel Moss submitted a response, as did many, many people who are close to agroecology movements. Although our letter was not published, we share it as a way to deepen the conversation about the importance of investing in grassroots agroecology movements around the world. We were however thrilled to see that on January 4, 2025, The New York Times published “Changing How We Grow Our Food: Readers disagree with an essay about factory farms.” Agroecology Fund partner and ally, Anna Lappé, Executive Director, Global Alliance for the Future of Food had her response published. Read both responses here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/geeGnFVe

Keep reading for some good insights and resources on the roles of financial capital for equitable, restorative systems. For more on the "how" of investing in regenerative food systems, check out: Global Alliance for the Future of Food; Transformational Investing in Food Systems; TransCap Initiative; Overstory Ventures; Rootical; The Neycha Accelerator & Fund

Congratulations to National Young Farmers Coalition, Global Alliance for the Future of Food, GRACE Communications Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, and the many other deserving organizations featured in Food Tank’s 2025 Food and Agriculture watch list! https://lnkd.in/eEgwZezV

“This is not a future of food I will accept. Nor should you.” 📢 Remember that The New York Times op-ed claiming factory farms are the future of food? Our Executive Director, Anna Lappé, pushed back in a powerful Letter to the Editor—dismantling the myth that industrial agriculture is our only path forward. She shines a spotlight on its true costs: #biodiversityloss, environmental devastation, and harm to workers and communities. Anna’s voice joins many others, underscoring why advocacy for sustainable, agroecological food systems is more urgent than ever. 🌱 Read the Letter to the Editor: https://lnkd.in/ex8anzUn #FoodSystems #Sustainability #Agroecology

Factory farms are our best hope for feeding the planet, according to Michael Grunwald in the New York Times (December 15 2024). “These systems are “efficient,” only if you ignore their true costs — to our health, environment, climate and more”, Global Alliance for the Future of Food Director Anna Lappé responds. Read Anna’s, and other Letters to the Editor: https://lnkd.in/ex8anzUn These Letters reference the “myriad detrimental effects of industrial agriculture beyond the environmental consequences” and highlight the multiple benefits of embracing alternatives to factory farms.

🌱 "Strengthening local markets creates a mutually generative cycle of food and ecological resilience—essential to strong local incomes and livelihoods." In this op-ed, Agroecology Fund advisor Jennifer Astone delves into the transformative power of local markets. By investing in these vital hubs, we can amplify the benefits of agroecology, drive climate resilience, and promote equitable livelihoods for smallholder farmers and their communities. Discover how territorial markets are reshaping food systems and unlocking sustainable solutions: https://lnkd.in/ecEWNSwD #Agroecology #ClimateResilience #LocalMarkets #FoodSystems

We were delighted to host this Regional Dialogue with Harpinder Sandhu and Cerasela Stancu for Australia and New Zealand - part of our True Cost Accounting Dialogue Series and Summit. We are excited to see where this influential group of stakeholders go next - thank you all for attending. If you are interested in joining this working group and contributing to scaling implementation of TCA in Australia and New Zealand, please reach out to Harpinder and Cerasela.