Sustainable food allows people to have access to enough, cheap, and healthy food that is produced sustainably, now and in the future. With a growing world population, sustainable food production is vital to ensure food security while maintaining our planet's resources for the long term, and to prevent the negative effects of climate change.

Healthy, affordable and nutritious food that is produced sustainably is vital for a green society. The world is indeed producing more food than ever; however, a growing world population and rising income levels, combined with serious natural resource degradation and climate change, pose enormous challenges to our global food system. Over 800 million people are unable to consistently access or afford adequate food, and several billion of the world’s population suffer from malnutrition, both undernutrition and obesity.

Currently the world wastes food on a large scale, depletes ecosystems, and erodes agro-biodiversity, all of which threatens our future food security. Both producers and consumers can be affected by climate impacts. We therefore need a radical rethinking of and change to the way we produce and consume food.

source: https://www.hivos.org/focus-area/sustainable-food/