Symposium 2022 review – Food makes a difference!

By

Margarete Sotier, Editor Biovision, Fotos: Peter Lüthi

Together towards a sustainable food system – How do we get there? At the 2022 Biovision Symposium we learned about solutions and challenges for a food system of the future. Here you find impressions from the event and info about “food movements” that strengthen local communities and promote a shift towards organic agriculture.

Together towards a sustainable future

For a sustainable future with enough healthy food for all, our current food systems have to change. Initiatives from Switzerland and Malawi are encouraging: together we can make the change to ecological agriculture with agroecology and to a food policy that is fair for all – from farm to fork.

Changing food systems! How can we do it?

In his talk, Frank Eyhorn, Executive Director of Biovision, looks at how we can meet food system challenges and become part of the solution.

Food Movements in East Africa

East Africa is on the move: People and initiatives are campaigning for agroecological change. Like Esther Lupafya and Mwapi Mkandawire in Malawi, whose initiative has strengthened local communities, promoted organic farming and improved the food situation of thousands of people.

Video recording of the symposium part 1

How does a Citizens Assembly work?

What should a food policy for Switzerland look like that makes healthy, sustainable, animal-friendly and fairly produced food available to everyone by 2030? Over a period of five months, around 80 people, randomly selected by a market research institute, dealt intensively with the complex challenges of our food system and together developed viable solutions.

Solutions for the future of food

Project coordinator Gabriel Pelloquin talks about a Biovision project that aims to make Swiss food policy more sustainable and resilient. Participants of the Citizens’ Assembly for Food Policy talk about motivation, experiences and hopes for the food of the future. Green politician and organic farmer Maya Graf looks at the role of politics and gives an outlook on how the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly can be implemented.

Teilnehmende des Bürger:innenrats sitzen an einem runden Tisch

Video recording of the symposium part 2

Stories

Agriculture, Knowledge

Biovision in action at the world’s largest organic trade fair

Biofach in Nuremberg is the world’s largest trade fair for organic products and sustainable agriculture. It offers producers, traders and anyone interested a platform for exchanging ideas and networking. Recently, Biovision employees were also among the participants.
About us

We celebrate the Symposium 2023 – and 25 years of Biovision

Around 600 guests and about 200 online viewers attended the annual Biovision Symposium at the Volkshaus in Zurich. There, we looked back together on the successful year 2023, the 25th anniversary of our foundation and the greatest challenges and opportunities for a sustainable future.
About us, Politics

Swiss Citizens’ Council: Majority Recommendations for a Sustainable Food Policy

Creating a more sustainable food system is an urgent task for all of society. A citizens’ council, composed to represent the views of the Swiss public, shows how it can be achieved.
Knowledge, Politics

Healthy soil is life!

Soil is the fundament for life on Earth, provides food and feed for all creatures above and below ground and plays a major role in climate protection! Soils bind atmospheric CO2, absorb rain water while prevent flooding, store water in long dry seasons, and buffer the extreme adverse impacts of the fast changing climate.