Net@Work Day 4 - Panel 2: Food Security and Safe Food

The COVID-19 pandemic has shed new light on the importance of a stable food chain and food security. In order to prevent food supply breakdowns, it is of the utmost importance to raise awareness of the importance of self-sufficiency in the Member States, and in the European Union as whole; find suitable ways to ensure food security in connection with sustainable food production; ensure fair price ratios between safe locally produced food (organic food) and cheaper imported food of inferior quality; ensure fair trade and concern for the social status of all those involved in the food chain; make consumers aware of the importance of healthy food. The panellists will also tackle the Farm to Fork Strategy – a political vision for the future of food and farming systems in the EU to 2030 and 2050 aligned with the UN SDGs, identifying the priorities for food- related policy areas.