Conscious Food Systems Alliance

Exciting news! 🚀 Tomorrow, we’ll be joining the Sustainable Agriculture Network Agri Talk to share our insights on "Cultivating Inner Capacities for Regenerative Food Systems." 🌱✨ We look forward to discussing how inner transformation can drive sustainable change in agriculture. Join us for an inspiring conversation! Charlotte Dufour Noemi Altobelli Ana G. #RegenerativeAgriculture #Sustainability #AgriTalk #InnerCapacities

🌍 We're officially launching our Conscious Food Systems Leadership Programme (GLOBAL COHORT), delivered and designed in partnership with Inner Green Deal🌍 This programme aims to help food systems practitioners around the globe to enhance their sustainability efforts through #consciousness-based practices. By adopting a #holistic approach, it addresses the #food system #crisis by fostering inner capacities aligned with the Inner Development Goals (IDG) Framework's five dimensions: being, thinking, relating, collaborating, and acting. Programme Start Date: May 13th, 2025  Target Audience: Professionals working in food systems #globally. This programme will help participants:  🌱 Develop relevant inner capacities and skills to support the transformation towards regenerative food systems.   🌱 Have the capacity to integrate the inner dimension into their work (into their way of working, team, organisations and projects) with outer challenges (food system change).   🌱 Become familiar with COFSA key concepts and approaches (inner capacities, consciousness approaches and practices, CoFSA model of transformation, CoFSA areas of intervention, etc.)   🌱 Nurture a sense of belonging and connection to the CoFSA community. 💡 This programme is free to CoFSA Members. To become a member, you need to fill the form: https://lnkd.in/eZ9ha8Ja  🔍Read more about the course content and application process here: https://lnkd.in/eGxfrDXx  🧠 Information session: April 10th 2025 from 3 to 4 pm CEST. Register: https://lnkd.in/dw_6YnzW  📍 Application deadline: April 20th 2025! If you have any questions, please email noemi.altobelli@undp.org Jeroen Janss Liane Stephan Charlotte Dufour Thomas Legrand Noemi Altobelli Camila Rosado Cuervo Luz Elena Navarro Díaz

For all women working in food systems, sustainability or regeneration fields anywhere in the world, please check out this offering from CoFSA friend Michelle Grant. 🦋 "Lead the Change. It's a transformative 6-month leadership and facilitation journey for women working in food systems, sustainability and regeneration. A space that offers you groundedness, inspiration and support to do your work in the world in a way that is both impactful and fulfilling."

🌽IT’S TODAY! #IndigenousPeoples' food systems: reviving traditional wisdom ✨ Join us today with Dr. Lyla June Johnston for a powerful session on Traditional Wisdom for #FoodSystems Transformation. Discover how Indigenous Peoples are reclaiming their food systems through culture, knowledge-sharing, and regenerative practices. 📅 31 March 2025 | 10 AM PST 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gb4GVfts #CoFSAevent #IndigenousKnowledge #RegenerativeFoodSystems UNDP Food Systems

🌳 “The forest is sacred. We depend on each other. The forest needs us Mikea, and we need the forest. We need each other. Without us, they can’t reproduce. And without these forests, we can’t live.”  – Tsivahora, Mikea Indigenous Leader from Madagascar Would you like to know more? Join us for a powerful session exploring Indigenous Peoples' perspectives on food systems transformation. 📅 31 March 2025 | 10 AM PST  🔗 Link to register: https://lnkd.in/gb4GVfts 🌻 In this session we will launch our Learning Report & Case Studies Collection from the Collective Inquiry on Traditional Wisdom for Food Systems Transformation we started in 2023. #TraditionalWisdom #IndigenousPeoplesKnowledge #FoodSystemsTransformation

We have kicked off a new cohort of our Conscious Food Systems Leadership Programme, bringing together food practitioners from across Africa!  Grounded in the Inner Development Goals, this program has guided us through a deep exploration of how our values and inner qualities shape not only our relationship with ourselves but also how we engage with the world around us. 🌱 “The mind is like a fertile garden; it will grow whatever you plant—flowers or weeds.” African proverb  Ibrahim Gadzama Dr Praline Ross (DBA) Mindset/Heartset Practitioner Wiem Haouari Abebaw Ayele Aloro Babanju Angela M. Kimani Atiku Bran Bonaventure NYIRIMANA Dalmas Tiampati DAVID RABUOR Degnet Teferi Domingos Mazivila Daniel Muvengi Bright Conne Ebong Elisha Kemboi Eta Kelvin Ayuk Eyoel Legesse Arega Ezirim Chinedu Grace Longwe-Matemba Harrison Rware Julius Otieno Ochieng Kassahun Lemi Kwabena Afrane Okese, PMP® Linda Likoko Lusia K. Mabulara Tsuene Prisca Madu Mafah Malcolm Koh Mengistu Gizaw Bitange Naphis ph.D Nathalie Venis-Randabel Odaphus Dahn Robert Shumari Roy Machoko Shirley Mambadzo Nomsonh ThankGod Uazamo Kaura Yvette Tuyambaze Romuald kiswendsida ZONGO #ConsciousLeadership #FoodSystemsTransformation #CoFSA #UNDP

🌱 Cultivating change at the Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) 2025 The ORFC —the world’s largest agroecological gathering—brought together nearly 2,000 farmers, food producers, and advocates to drive action for a just and resilient food system. At this year’s event, the UNDP-convened, Conscious Food Systems Alliance Alliance (CoFSA) and Animate Earth Collective, co-organized "Listening to the Land," a session engaging over 120 participants in deep conversations regarding our connection to food and Nature. "The Listening to the Land strand of the conference came out of a desire from delegates to address (…) how a more mindful, conscious, even heart-based approach to our work can support the transformation of our food and farming system," said Francesca Price, Real Farming Trust Executive Director. Learn more about how our inner capacities shape our approach to food systems transformation in our latest blog: https://lnkd.in/d_D3CZ95 #ORFC2025 #SustainableAgriculture #ConsciousFoodSystems

🌳🌿 Consciousness and Forests: A Symbiotic Connection Forests—nature's guardians—are essential for our planet, providing life-giving oxygen and nurturing diverse ecosystems. Yet, our current food systems drive deforestation, threatening these vital allies. Let's shift our consciousness to see forests as communities we tend, not resources we take. Together, we can embrace regenerative practices, protect "Mother Trees," and foster sustainable food systems that harmonize with nature. Share this message on #ForestDay and let's act for a thriving planet! 🌳🌱 📸 Ed Van Duijn

Traditional Wisdom for Food Systems Transformation 🌿  Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Perspectives Join us on March 31st for a session where we will explore the importance of cultural and consciousness approaches for #foodsystems transformation, the sacredness of food, #culture as key dimension of food sovereignty and sustainability, the preservation and transmission of Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and the transformative power of intercultural collaboration. p.s. the amazing artist, historical ecologist, scholar and community organizer Dr. Lyla June Johnston from the Diné Nation (New Mexico) will be joining us! ❤️

🌾 How can we honour and reconnect with the land? The way we grow, share, and consume food is deeply connected to our relationship with nature. But to truly transform food systems, we must look beyond policies and economics—we need a shift in mindsets and values. "We know our connection to land, nature, and food is critical, yet expressing this and integrating it into our work remains a challenge. Creating spaces for these conversations is essential to shaping the future of food systems", stated Andrew Bovarnick, UNDP Food Systems Global Head. That’s why UNDP’s Conscious Food Systems Alliance (CoFSA) was created—to bring together members worldwide to lead the way towards regenerative, agroecological, and nature-connected food systems. Dive into CoFSA’s sessions at the 2025 Oxford Real Farming Conference (#ORFC) in our latest blog: https://lnkd.in/d_D3CZ95 #FoodSystems #ConsciousFoodSystems