Food sits at the heart of interconnected crises, spanning climate change, biodiversity loss, malnutrition, poverty and injustice. There is growing awareness that we urgently need to act to transform our food systems. Yet at the same time, debates about what to do are becoming more intense, divisive and polarised, as different actors bring forward competing visions of a food future.
TABLE explores both the scientific evidence and the underlying values that support and inform these visions. These values (as well as assumptions, desires and cultural preferences) influence how we interpret the evidence, understand the world around us, judge what is most important in a food system, and think about possible and desirable futures. By mapping both evidence and values in debates, we highlight critical differences and areas of agreement, identify research questions to help resolve uncertainties, and suggest paths forward.
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