The link between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet places sustainable food systems at the heart of the European Green Deal – the EU strategy for sustainable and inclusive growth.

It is designed to stimulate the economy, improve citizens’ health and quality of life and protect nature.

European food products are already a global standard, synonymous with safety, abundance, nutrition and high quality. This is the result of years of EU policies aimed at protecting human, animal and plant health and is the result of the efforts of farmers, fishermen and producers in the aquaculture sector. European food products should now become the global standard in sustainability as well.

In agriculture, the key strategy to make the EU food supply chain more sustainable has been called the “Farm to Fork strategy”.”.

Food systems need to be redesigned and put on a sustainable path because today they account for nearly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, consume large amounts of natural resources, cause biodiversity losses and negative health impacts (due to undernutrition and overnourishment ) and do not allow a fair economic return and means of subsistence for all actors, especially primary producers.

All actors in the food supply chain must do their part to ensure its sustainability.

O.P. Sole e Rugiada intends to contribute to the European Green New Deal by investing and promoting research projects and particular initiatives located mainly in the following areas: good agricultural practices, respect for the environment, innovation.