The Beacons are a collaboration between Biovision and the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, a network of philanthropic foundations working together to transform the food system for now and the generations to come. 

The launch follows hot on the heels of the release of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report on Climate Change and Land of last Thursday as the project is presenting and analyzing initiatives that are addressing and promoting the required food system transformations, particularly under a changing climate.

It profiles 21 inspiring people and initiatives that are currently working to build sustainable food systems. Each contributes inspiring, creative, and necessary solutions to urgent global issues such as climate change, migration, urbanization, and the need for healthier and more sustainable diets. They are drawn from across the world -- from the COMACO initiative in Zambia that trains poachers to be farmers to the pioneering Zero Budget Natural Farming initiative in India. 

The report also provides policymakers, investors, funders, businesses, and researchers with a comprehensive Food Systems Transformation Toolkit built on the Global Alliance’s principles of renewability, health, equity, resilience, diversity, and interconnectedness as a guide for collective action. It sets out practical recommendations – gleaned from the experiences of the Beacons of Hope profiled – on how to accelerate meaningful food systems transformations at this critical time.

Click here to read the 21 stories

Access to Food Systems Transformations Report

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