What are food environments and why do they matter?

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Food environments encompass the human-built elements that impact food consumption and distribution, including physical, social, economic, and political aspects.

GFFN Founding Partner, EAT Forum researchers are developing a classification approach to better understand the intersection between food environments, gender, nutrition, and other factors.

  • Check out EAT’s latest video and explore their work studying food environments here.
  • Read thePolicy Brief, in partnership with UNICEF: discover 3 sets of actions cities can implement to improve food environments for all citizens.
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The Good Food Finance Network Secretariat is comprised of the convening core partner organizations’ dedicated team members, who share responsibility for coordinating the Network and its activities. The Network was co-founded by EAT, FAIRR, Food Systems for the Future, the UN Environment Programme, and the World Business Council on Sustainable Development. As of January 2024, the operational core partners are the Access to Nurition Initiative, Citizens' Climate International, UNEP, and WBCSD. The GFFN is working to establish a first-of-its-kind global co-investment platform for food systems finance.