Sustainable Food Systems for Human and Planetary Health

Human action and inaction related to food, nutrition, and agriculture influence the health and wellbeing of the planet, which in turn, affects human health and wellbeing. Our future existence demands the creation of sustainable, healthy food systems in the US and globally, with decent working conditions, cultivation of new sources of food, and development of novel approaches to climate risk management and adaptation. At Friedman, we take a “whole systems” approach to research that sits at the intersection of food systems, climate change, and health.  We work to understand the dynamic feedback and interconnections among food production and consumption, innovation, markets and policy, and climate across terrestrial and marine systems using quantitative and qualitative approaches.