Food Systems

Sustainability Themes, such as Food Systems, cut across all specializations—and give students and partners a chance to dig deeper in a particular area of impact and interest. Explore how our teaching, research and engagement is making an impact to tackle these global challenges.

Changing the game in agriculture and access

Feeding the growing human population in a sustainable fashion requires transforming food systems to be health-promoting, economically viable, equitable, and ecologically sound. Solving this challenge involves tackling issues around food production systems, food security, and food sovereignty at local, national, and global scales.

Our community responds to this challenge by working to generate food security for human needs. That’s the SEAS approach.

Lightning Talks

FOOD SYSTEMS PLAYLIST

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U-M study finds reusable take-out food containers can significantly reduce plastic waste, emissions, costs

In the effort to reduce plastic waste in the restaurant industry—single-use takeout containers specifically—SEAS researchers compared the lifetime environmental impacts of single-use and reusable food containers. Their findings support the idea that the number of times a reusable takeout container gets used is a key factor impacting its sustainability performance.