Consumer strategies towards a more sustainable food system: insights from Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To improve the sustainability performance of food systems, both consumption- and production-side changes are needed.

Objectives

To this end, we assessed multiple sustainability impacts of 6 consumer strategies together with production-side aspects such as organic and circularity principles for Switzerland.

Methods

Two strategies encompassed dietary changes: following a pescetarian diet and adhering to the national dietary guidelines. Two strategies employed alternative farming systems: increasing the share of organic production and, in addition, applying the circularity principle of avoiding feed-food competition by limiting livestock feed to low-opportunity-cost biomass. A fifth strategy reduced food waste. The sixth strategy increased the share of domesti

SUBMITTER: Frehner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8971011 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature