Just Food Transition: White Paper and Roadmap
From industrial animal production to equitable, humane and sustainable food systems
WHAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR
The global system of industrial animal production, including industrial fishing and aquaculture, favours high-quantity, low-quality meat, dairy, eggs and seafood and maximises corporate profits at the expense of workers, local communities, women, animals, public health and the planet. This system is fundamentally inequitable, inefficient, financially flawed and environmentally unsustainable.
This paper unites civil society organisations dedicated to a common vision of food system transformation from farm to fork that protects and empowers smallholders, pastoralists, peasants, fisherfolks, farm and food chain workers, women, Indigenous, youth, people of color, and other marginalised communities and makes a livable future on our planet possible.
To be true to the principle of Just Transition, the white paper and roadmap have gone through extensive consultation amongst frontline communities and impacted groups with over 120 individuals representing 72 organisations from youth, women, farmer, and worker constituencies across 35 countries. Their feedback and voices are reflected in the final paper.
This is a global framework to guide the development of local roadmaps tailored to regional contexts, cultural sensitivities, and community-based solutions. The future we advocate for is a phaseout of industrial animal agriculture, fishing and aquaculture through a just transition to a climate-resilient, locally and democratically governed food system that mitigates greenhouse gas emissions, promotes biodiversity, protects animal welfare, empowers workers, and advances food sovereignty that fulfils food security.
TO ACHIEVE THE TRANSITION, WE MUST PULL THREE KEY LEVERS OF CHANGE:
- Strengthen food system governance: We must challenge the dominance of the food system by multinational corporations and put policies in place to foster transparency and hold them accountable for their social and environmental impacts. At the same time, we should support environmentally and socially responsible companies and protect and elevate traditional and local food systems.
- Promote agroecological practices: A just transition necessitates the embracing of agroecology to promote human rights, environmental protection and animal welfare, and to ensure food sovereignty meets food security needs while providing dignified and sustainable livelihoods.
- Shift towards diets within planetary and social boundaries: Countries with high per capita consumption of animal-based products must transition to plant-rich diets with reduced meat and dairy to stay within planetary and social boundaries. This shift will benefit public health and free up land and resources to support diversified agroecological production systems.
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