Food and Farming: well-fed or fed up?

Addressing the disconnect between public perception and sustainable production of fish, meat, milk and eggs.

With high standards for animal health, food safety and an increasingly sustainable livestock sector, Europe's population is generally considered to be well-fed in terms of choice, nutrition, quality and assurance of safe food.

Despite these high standards and the willingness of the livestock chain to continue making improvements, conversations and reporting on livestock gives a growing impression of people feeling fed-up with our current food system.

Participants debated the why, how and wherefore at our event on 6 June.

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Moderator: George Lyon, Hume Brophy

Keynote speeches:

Professor Frédéric Leroy , Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Defining the place of meat in 21st century diets: science, scientism or post-truth?

Dr. Henning Steinfeld, UN Food & Agriculture Organisation

The role of livestock in sustainable development