- Partnerships between local government and civil society can be very useful in building local food systems, especially through Local Food Policy Councils
- SDG 12 on responsible production and consumption finds its natural echo in Community Supported Agriculture, where there is a direct relationship between producers and consumers that enables farmer-led prices that support decent livlihoods for the producer, and access to affordable nutritious food leading to social inclusion and improved eating habits for consumers. The concept of agroecology also includes revisitng the traditional producer-consumer relationship
- Public procurement policies that favour groups of local small-scale agroecologically grown food producers also support responsible production and consumption, as well as ensuring nutritious fresh food forchildren/those in hospitals/homes for the elderly.
- All of the above relocalise food systems and therefore contribute to SDG 13, the fight against climate change.
Judith Hitchman