Sustainable Food Systems

Stacia Nordin, RD

1. ICDA Sustainable Food System Toolkit Coordinator
2. NeverEndingFood Permaculture, Chitedze, Malawi

The SFS toolkit is for & by

Dietitians & Nutritionists to learn & grow together:

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Sustainable Food Systems foundation:

1. Who is ICDA? Our vision for SFS
2. My role in the SFS vision, especially with universities
3. Our role together in SFS & how the toolkit aims to help.

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We welcome you to take part!

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About International Confederation of Dietetic Associations (ICDA)

• An international membership organization for National Dietetic Associations with over 200,000 Dietitian-Nutritionists (D/N).
• The largest body of dietetics professionals worldwide.
• Established in 2000 after 50 years of collaboration.
• Affiliated to
• AFDA - Asian Federation of Dietetic Associations
• EFAD - European Federation of Association of Dietitians
• IUNS - International Union of Nutritional Sciences
• ICDA supports National Dietetic Associations (NDAs) and their members through multiple activities.

ICDA Secretariat: ICDA@InternationalDietetics.org

https://InternationalDietetics.org

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1. Argentina
2. Australia
3. Austria
4. Belgium
5. Benin
6. Brazil
7. Canada
8. Caribbean (several nations)
9. Chile
10. Denmark
11. Finland
12. France
13. Germany
14. Greece
15. Haiti
16. Hong Kong
17. Hungary
18. Iceland
19. India
20. Indonesia
21. Ireland
22. Israel
23. Italy

24. Japan
25. Korea
26. Luxembourg
27. Malaysia
28. Mexico
29. Netherlands
30. New Zealand
31. Nigeria
32. Norway
33. Pakistan
34. Philippines
35. Portugal
36. Singapore
37. South Africa
38. Spain
39. Sri Lanka
40. Sweden
41. Switzerland
42. Taiwan
43. Thailand
44. Turkey
45. United Kingdom
46. United States

ICDA Members’ SFS Vision

Sustainable Food Systems

nourish all people,

now and into the future,

with sufficient, nutritious, affordable,

tasty, diverse, and culturally appropriate food.

Such food systems support

physical & mental health while

preserving, promoting, & respecting

the integrity of ecological & social systems.

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My Key Role:�Sustainable Nutrition�Planet – People - Profits

• Soil
• Production
• Processing
• Marketing
• Buying
• Preparing
• Eating

Biodiversity

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�1 year���12 years�

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2022.09.26-27 OSU Dietetics

Our Home�Chitedze, Malawi

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April 2022��Year 18 at NEF��Year 25 in Malawi

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But… there are challenges to doing our work

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Environmental Degradation

Profits as priority,

Food Prices, Food safety,

Differing trends between regions

Professional Culture

Finding Common Ground

Topic Complexity

Competence

Carlsson L., Callaghan E. (2022) The social license to practice sustainability: Concepts, barriers and actions to support nutrition and dietetics practitioners in contributing to sustainable food systems. Journal of Hunger & Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2034559

SFS Toolkit focus areas

D-Ns are well positioned to foster change…

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Goodridge L., Carlsson L., Callaghan E. (2022) Mapping the roles of nutrition and dietetics professionals in sustainable food systems and exploring opportunities for strategic collaboration. Perspectives in Practice, DOI: 10.3148/cjdpr-2022-008

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Diversity

Networks

Coordination

Systems

Collaborating

Connecting

I work a little in all of them, mostly agriculture & ecology

Vision for the Toolkit

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• Dietitians-Nutritionists (D-Ns) bring a deep understanding of SFS into their practice.
• Access to a range of practical, evidence-based and context-specific tools and resources supports all D-N in making positive contributions to sustainability.
• D/N play key roles in creating healthy communities and accelerating a shift towards SFS.

We welcome YOU

to take part!

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