Introduction to Food Systems and the Sustainable Development Goals

This session was recorded on September 26, 2024 at the University of Washington and provides an introduction to the quarterly NUTR 400/500 seminar on the topic of Food Systems and the Sustainable Development Goals.

SPEAKER INFORMATION
Yona Sipos is an associate teaching professor in the University of Washington Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, and a core faculty member of the Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health program in the University of Washington School of Public Health. Sipos teaches food systems and food justice topics, co-chairs the advisory team for the UW Farm and also contributed to the UW Sustainability Action Plan. She collaborates with multiple regional leaders on community-based projects for senior UW students who major in Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health and serves as associate director of undergraduate experiential learning in the program.

ABOUT THE SERIES TOPIC
With five years left to achieve the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, food systems have emerged as a guiding framework to achieve progress on all 17 goals. Food systems are transdisciplinary, cross-sectoral, and fundamental. Exploring solutions in this space therefore often works across multiple goals and toward the aim of “peace and prosperity for people and the planet”. In this seminar, we’ll explore a cross-section of food systems and these global goals, across economic, social, and ecological agendas, and hear from leaders and practitioners contributing to these spaces.

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