Sustainable Gastronomy Day 18 June
The UN General Assembly adopted 18 June as an international observance, Sustainable Gastronomy Day.
Sustainable Gastronomy Day emphasizes the need to focus the world’s attention on the role that sustainable gastronomy can play.
It also reaffirms that all cultures and civilizations are contributors and crucial enablers of sustainable development.
The Five Principles of Sustainable Food and Agriculture
The principles that can collectively guide the process of transition to greater sustainability are:
- Improving efficiency in the use of resources is crucial to sustainable agriculture.
- Sustainability requires direct action to conserve, protect and enhance natural resources.
- Agriculture that fails to protect and improve rural livelihoods and social well-being is unsustainable.
- Enhanced resilience of people, communities and ecosystems is key to sustainable agriculture.
- Sustainable food and agriculture requires responsible and effective governance mechanisms.