The Rockefeller Foundation has revealed the 10 finalists for the Food System Vision Prize, a contest for organizations, institutions, companies, universities, and governments to develop actionalble solutions for the food systems of tomorrow.
The finalists were selected from a pool of 76 semi-finalists due to their potential to inspire real, positive, and bold transformation of a specific food system that is actionable, concrete, and believed to be attainable by 2050. In September, the finalists will advance to a three-month virtual accelerator phase during which they will receive support to refine their visions and find pathways for implementation and impact. Each Finalist is eligible to become a Top Visionary and to receive a prize of $200,000. Top Visionaries will be announced in December 2020.
The finalists include:
- 7Gen Food System: Led by the Sicangu Lakota people, this vision for the Rosebud Indian Reservation of South Dakota, outlines a regenerative agricultural system that creates economic opportunities for tribal members.
- Arakunomics: Focusing on the regions of Araku, Wardha, and New Delhi, India, this vision empowers tribal communities and seeks to ensure environmental sustainability, fair profits for farmers, and food and nutrition security for all.
- Eat Right: This vision from New Delhi, India looks to create a national movement towards healthier diets through a systems-based approach of reducing food waste; improving hygiene and sanitation across the value chain; and increasing access to and affordability of healthy foods.
- Food Innovation Nervecenter: This vision from Lagos, Nigeria identifies six key food challenges for the region, from food waste to aging farmers, and outlines a multi-faceted plan to build a more regenerative and nourishing food system.
- From Mama's Kitchen to Metropolitan Beijing: This vision from Beijing, China imagines a plant-based dietary transformation for the world's most populous nation, contributing to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and pollution.
- Kwayeskastasowin Wahkohtowin: Led by local First Nations communities, this vision from Manitoba, Canada aims to create a just and sustainable agrifood system while addressing the process of decolonization and reconciliation between Indigenous and settler populations.
- Lima 2035: This vision for Lima, Peru imagines a regenerative and nourishing food oasis by 2035, with the aim of securing climate-resilient running water for all in Lima's fragile desert environment.
- Re-rooting the Dutch Food System - From More to Better: This vision from the Netherlands outlines a transformed, circular Dutch food system that safeguards natural resources, promotes a healthier and more sustainable plant-based diet, and recycles unavoidable losses and wastes.
- Restoring Nairobi to "A Place of Cool Waters": This vision for Nairobi, Kenya aims to develop a more equitable, just, and sustainable urban space, where access to nutritious food is a reality for everyone.
- Stone Barns Center: This vision from the Hudson Valley in New York, seeks to bring about a new food culture—rooted in the ecological, nutritional, and communal potential of organic agriculture—through groundbreaking culinary experimentation.
Related: Rockefeller Foundation Introduces Food System Vision Contest; Food System 6 Launches Fifth Cohort of Accelerator Program.
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