At Acumen, we see the world as it is and imagine it as it could be. With support from The Rockefeller Foundation, we’re asking pressing questions about our current and future food systems.

What does it take to build an ideal food system? How can we create a food system that takes into account all other systems at play — including the environment, culture, diet, the economy, technology, and policy?

In today’s global climate, transforming the future of food is no longer just about tackling food nutrition, sustainability, or equity. It’s about the interconnectedness of many elements — human and animal health, land, water, climate, biodiversity, and the economy — and understanding how these converge to create the food systems we have today, and those we want for a better tomorrow.

Sara Farley, Managing Director, Integrated Operations, Food Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation, helps us see the interconnectedness of food systems when she says, “Humanity is out of time to simply work to make food systems more nourishing. We must work at a level of integration never before witnessed. This means working toward nourishing AND regenerative AND equitable food systems. Operating at so many intersections simultaneously requires skill sets, mindsets, and a dexterity with tool sets that we hope to avail via The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Food Systems Fellowship.”

Designed to create system-level impact in food over the long term, The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Food Systems Fellowship is a one-year program supporting a cohort of systems leaders — individuals who can see the complexity of food systems, with the ability to influence them at multiple levels to drive meaningful change.

Read the full article about food systems by John Spangler and Kinza Mahmud at The Rockefeller Foundation.