Food security, regulation, industry and cities: Challenges

The dialogue focused on: urban food systems, food security, food industry, food waste and food loss and communication and social media.

Urban food systems: Discussed the importance of cities integrating most of the SDG’s, as well as a chance to concomitantly address the need for behavioral change through education and social marketing, and regulatory change through local government.

Food security:  The dialogue focused on exploring and identifying the policy challenges that Israel faces in achieving Sustainable Food Security, primarily from the perspective relevant to various government agencies (Health, Welfare, Community Resilience, Agriculture, Finance, Defense), with input from academicians and NGOs.

Communication and social media: Discussed how different approaches to change food preferences through communication and social media.

Food waste and food loss: Focused on the main challenges and/or barriers to reducing food waste?

Food industry: Promotion of healthy food and reducing nutrition related diseases facing the food industry challenges