INNOVATIONS
in the
FOOD SYSTEM
EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF FOOD
PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP
Melissa Maitin-Shepard, Rapporteur
Food Forum
Food and Nutrition Board
Health and Medicine Division
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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR A WORKSHOP ON INNOVATIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR MODERN FOOD SYSTEMS1
YVETTE CABRERA, Project Manager, Food Matters, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
NAOMI K. FUKAGAWA, Director, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
JEAN HALLORAN, Director, Public Policy Initiatives, Consumer Reports
HELEN H. JENSEN, Professor Emerita, Department of Economics, Food & Nutrition Policy Division of the Center for Agricultural & Rural Development, Iowa State University
CHRISTINA KHOO, Director, Research Sciences, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
RONI NEFF, Associate Professor and Director, Food System Environmental Sustainability and Public Health, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins University
JENNIFER OTTEN, Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Nutritional Sciences Program, Center for Public Health Nutrition, University of Washington
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FOOD FORUM (AS OF AUGUST 2019)1
SYLVIA ROWE (Chair), President, SR Strategy, LLC, Washington, DC
ARTI ARORA, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia
WENDY BOLAND, Kogod School of Business, American University, Washington, DC
CINDY DAVIS, Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
ERIC A. DECKER, University of Massachusetts Amherst
JOY DUBOST, Unilever Research and Development, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
DENISE R. EBLEN, Food Safety and Inspection Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC
NAOMI K. FUKAGAWA, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
M. R. C. GREENWOOD, University of California, Davis
JEAN HALLORAN, Consumer Reports, Yonkers, New York
KATE J. HOUSTON, Cargill, Inc., Washington, DC
HELEN H. JENSEN, Iowa State University, Ames
RENÉE S. JOHNSON, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
WENDY L. JOHNSON, Nestlé Corporate Affairs, Arlington, Virginia
CHRISTINA KHOO, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Lakeville, Massachusetts
VIVICA I. KRAAK, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
CATHERINE KWIK-URIBE, Mars, Inc., Germantown, Maryland
PETER LURIE, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC
CHRISTOPHER J. LYNCH, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
SUSAN T. MAYNE, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland
DEIRDRE McGINLEY-GIESER, American Institute for Cancer Research, Arlington, Virginia
KAREN McINTYRE, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
MEGAN NECHANICKY, General Mills, Inc., Golden Valley, Minnesota
RONI NEFF, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
S. SUZANNE NIELSEN, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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SARAH OHLHORST, American Society for Nutrition, Rockville, Maryland
JILL REEDY, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
KRISTIN REIMERS, Conagra Brands, Omaha, Nebraska
CLAUDIA RIEDT, Keurig Dr Pepper, Plano, Texas
SHARON A. ROSS, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
PAMELA STARKE-REED, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
ALISON L. STEIBER, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, Illinois
PATRICK J. STOVER, Texas A&M University, College Station
CHERYL TONER, American Heart Association
DOROTHEA K. VAFIADIS, National Council on Aging, Arlington, Virginia
JEFFREY J. ZACHWIEJA, PepsiCo, Barrington, Illinois
Health and Medicine Division Staff
HEATHER DEL VALLE COOK, Food Forum Director
SYLARA MARIE CRUZ, Research Associate (through August 2019)
CYPRESS LYNX, Senior Program Assistant
ANN L. YAKTINE, Director, Food and Nutrition Board
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Contents
2 TAKING A BROAD LOOK AT THE FOOD SYSTEM
The Usefulness of Systems Approaches in Addressing Food Systems Innovations
The Future of the Future of Food Systems
3 INNOVATIONS IN FOOD PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FOOD SYSTEMS
Food Systems Linkages to Rural Economic Development
Urban Food System Innovations: Multiscale Modeling and Action Analysis
Blockchain and Implications for the Food System
4 INNOVATIONS IN ALTERNATIVE FOOD PRODUCTION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FOOD SYSTEMS
How Game Changing Is Alternative Food Production for the Entire Food System?
Alternative Food Production Systems: The Science and Implications
5 INNOVATIONS IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FOOD SYSTEMS
Considerations for the Use of Autonomous Vehicles and Drones in Sustainable Food Distribution
6 INNOVATIONS IN FOOD MARKETING AND FOOD VALUE CHAINS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FOOD SYSTEMS
Water and Land Use: Considerations for the Feasibility of Value Chains and the Food System
Innovations in Support for Contracting in Supply Chains
Marketing Channels and Production Claims/Consumer Behavior Related to Food Labels
7 EXPLORING CASES OF FOOD SYSTEM EVOLUTION: FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR
How Food Systems Are Evolving Within Federal Programs
Recap of Day 1 of the Workshop
8 INNOVATIONS IN FOOD DATA AND ANALYTICS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FOOD SYSTEMS
Scaling Food Waste Prevention Globally Through Measurement and Analytics
Innovations to Mitigate Food Loss: From the Farm to the Consumer
Modeling the Nutritional Implications of Food Waste Mitigation
9 INNOVATIONS IN FOOD ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FOOD SYSTEMS
Black Church Food Security Network
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