Our food system is broken. Here are 3 ways to fix it

The author contends that the global food system is failing despite high productivity, citing high levels of hunger, food waste, and environmental degradation. To fix this, the document proposes three primary shifts: adopting a systemic 'farm to fork' perspective, establishing metrics focused on health and sustainability rather than just economic efficiency, and aligning financial investments with the production of nutritious food and resilient ecosystems.

• The global food system is characterized by a contradiction between high productivity and systemic failure, where 815 million people are estimated to be hungry due to conflict and climate-related shocks.
• The food system has significant negative environmental and efficiency impacts, contributing to approximately 30% of greenhouse gas emissions and resulting in 30% of produced food being lost or wasted.
• Environmental degradation is a major risk to food productivity, with one third of the world's land currently degraded.
• To transform the food system, the author proposes three actions: recognizing food as an interconnected system from 'farm to fork', implementing metrics that prioritize health, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion over economic efficiency, and redirecting financial resources toward nutritious foods and resilient ecosystems.

APA

Voegele, C. H. J. (2018). Our food system is broken. Here are 3 ways to fix it. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/food-water-air/our-food-system-is-broken-three-ways-to-fix-it/

Chicago

Voegele, Corinna Hawkes, Juergen. Our food system is broken. Here are 3 ways to fix it. World Economic Forum, 2018. https://www.weforum.org/stories/food-water-air/our-food-system-is-broken-three-ways-to-fix-it/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Voegele |first1=Corinna Hawkes, Juergen |title=Our food system is broken. Here are 3 ways to fix it |publisher=World Economic Forum |date=19 January 2018 |url=https://www.weforum.org/stories/food-water-air/our-food-system-is-broken-three-ways-to-fix-it/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{voegele2018our, author = {Voegele, Corinna Hawkes, Juergen}, title = {{Our food system is broken. Here are 3 ways to fix it}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2018}, month = jan, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/food-water-air/our-food-system-is-broken-three-ways-to-fix-it/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }