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Sustainable Foods Summit 2025

January 2, 2025
NSF is pleased to support The Sustainable Foods Summit in San Francisco, taking place 22-23 January 2025. The North American edition will delve into sustainability schemes, regenerative agriculture, ecological and packaging impacts.

Session 1: Sustainability developments

The opening session covers wider sustainability issues, focusing on ecological impacts and regenerative agriculture.

  • Keynote: Social Equity in Food Systems
  • Ecological Overshoot: The Power of Possibility
  • Decarbonization of Supply Chains
  • Strengthening Supply Chain Integrity
  • Panel: Prioritising Ecological Impacts
  • Defining Regenerative Agriculture
  • Regenerative Agriculture Standards Outlook
  • Panel: Taking Regenerative Agriculture Mainstream.

Session 2: Food ingredients

This session delves into new and emerging food ingredients for sustainability, highlighting the role of new technologies and value chains.

  • Proteins from Carbon-Captured Molecules
  • Novel Upcycled Ingredients
  • Artificial Intelligence & Plant-Based Ingredients
  • Panel: Sustainability Merits of Artificial Intelligence
  • Regenerative Agriculture Transition Case Study
  • Building Supply Chains for Regenerative Organic Ingredients
  • Traceability Solutions for Ingredients
  • Panel: Futureproofing Ingredient Supply Chains.

Session 3: Marketing and packaging impacts

This session covers marketing developments and approaches to reduce the packaging impact of food & beverage products.

  • Keynote: Overcoming Distribution Hurdles
  • Plant-Based Food Market Update & Outlook
  • Artificial Intelligence to Monitor Consumer Trends
  • Green Marketing Claims & Regulations Update
  • Panel: Effective Marketing Communications
  • Sustainable Packaging Trends
  • Measuring Plastic Footprint of Packaging
  • Green Alternatives to Plastics
  • Panel: Innovative Packaging Solutions.

Session 4: Sustainability schemes

This session gives an update on sustainability schemes, focusing on prominent third-party standards and eco-labels.

  • Emerging Certification Schemes
  • Adding Value to Organic Farming
  • Consumer Trends on Organic Foods
  • Panel: Future Direction of Organic Labels
  • The Potential of Climate-Neutral Labels
  • Sustainability Schemes: Retailer’s Perspective
  • Consumer Insights on Certified Foods
  • Panel: Consumer Attitudes Towards Eco-Labels.

Other editions in this international series will take place in the Asia-Pacific (25-26 Feb, Singapore), Europe (26-27 June, Amsterdam), and Latin America (São Paulo). Each edition brings together some of the leading organizations involved in sustainability and eco-labels in the food industry. 

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