Future Food Publications

Future Food Thought Leadership

The Future Food team of researchers, innovators, and design-thinkers collaborate with organizational partners to conduct extensive, original research on our most pressing food system challenges. Provided through articles, reports, and whitepapers we invite you to explore the future of food.

2021 Annual Report

In our call to forge a path towards a new direction, the Future Food actions of 2021 were guided by three keywords: Reconnect, Reaffirm, and Regenerate.

Through these lenses, our ecosystem sought to ‘be the change’ so urgently needed in the world today. 

Explore our efforts, activities, and breakthroughs of the past year in our annual report below. 

Download our 2021 Annual Report

large scale publications

Food Shapers

This four-part book series was authored by Food Innovation Master’s students, in collaboration with industry experts, discussing the Future of Proteins, the Future of Food Service, Agro-Innovation in Smart Cities,  and Scalable Sustainability and Circular Systems.

Food for earth

Developed in partnership with FAO, this booklet aggregates insights provided during the Food for Earth 24-Hour Global Marathon for Sustainability, providing a powerful compendium of the latest ideas and initiatives for transforming global food systems. 

Food For Earth

Developed in partnership with FAO, this booklet aggregates insights provided during the Food for Earth 24-Hour Global Marathon for Sustainability 2021, providing a powerful compendium of the latest ideas and initiatives for transforming global food systems.

Nutrition Unpacked

How might we ensure access to (quality) nutrition for all people regardless of their gender, race, or socioeconomic status, without compromising the livelihoods of (small) farmers and the boundaries of our planet?

Transdisciplinary Learning

Transdisciplinary learning turns out to be a comprehensive innovation process in response to the major global challenges such as climate change, urbanization or migration. A reference work for students, lecturers, scientists, and anyone wanting to understand the profound changes in higher education.

Next generation schools

Collection of cases of schools that have designed and learned to use innovative learning environments published by Asvis. Future Food Institute contributed with the case study 10: NEW LEARNING SPACES IN LIVING LABS.
The case Paideia Campus in Pollica.

Publications Focused on Future Food INitiatives

WASTE & CIRCULAR SYSTEMS

Promoting circular mindset through reimagination of waste value to facilitate transition to climate-smart lifestyle.

WATER SAFETY & SECURITY

Discovering new technologies for the transformation of food products; playing, co-designing and prototyping the role of “food” and its lifecycles in the modern society: the epicenter of the Circular Systems.

CLIMATE

Catalyzing pro-planet transformation through empowerment of Climate Shapers, industry leaders, and communities to implement actionable initiatives.

EARTH REGENERATION

Facilitating reforestation and biodiversity protection through Future Farm and regeneration projects.

MEDITERRANEAN FOODSCAPE

Protecting cultural epicenter, threatened biodiversity reserve, and treasured lifestyle as a diet and learning tool to unleash the sustainable power of the Mediterraneo as a bridge between history and the future for planet and people.

NUTRITION FOR ALL

Fostering access to essential nutrients through identification of nutritional gaps and development of nourishing new foods that honor cultural identity.

HUMANA COMMUNITAS

Studying integral role of food in the evolution of thriving societies and investing in platforms that feed cohesion and compassion between planet and people.

CITIES OF THE FUTURE

Co-creating sustainable URBANITY through collaborative "Living Lab" experimentation on synthesis of circular systems and community wellbeing.

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