Mindful eating or eating for your mind? Diet and mental health at the workplace in a Covid-19 era

In a pre-Covid-19 world, depression and anxiety were estimated to cost the global economy more than USD1 trillion per year in lost productivity. From recent discussions with companies on workplace wellbeing we notice a recurring theme: if mental health was emerging as a key focus area, it now most certainly is a priority for employers, and especially so as the pandemic continues to impact the wellbeing of millions of people around the globe. 

GAIN appoints new Finance professional

On 13 September 2021, finance professional Roberta Bove was appointed as Lead of the Nutritious Foods Financing (N3F) programme at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). The programme aims to influence investors and existing funds to better support nutritious foods value chains, and to lead by example through a new investment facility that will specifically target nutrition in Africa.

Addressing Nutrition and Environmental Challenges: The Role of Urban and Territorial Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Food Systems Transformation

12 October 2021  Online Webinar, Global

FAO and the Global Alliance of Improved Nutrition (GAIN) co-lead the Urban Food Systems Working Group which comprises 26 organisations, including United Nations Agencies, like UN-Habitat, WHO and UNEP, city networks, like, ICLEI, C40, UCLG and Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, as well as other organisations e.g. from civil society, research institutes and academia.

Calling on all companies to step up for better nutrition

A joint call to action by the Nutrition for Growth Summit’s Business Constituency Group comprised of WBCSD, The Consumer Goods Forum, International Food and Beverage Alliance, Food Industry Asia, and Nutrition Japan Public Private Platform, supported by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and the Access to Nutrition Initiative. 

Time to be bold: N4G must be about enlarging the nutrition pot, not simply polishing it

I remember well the first Nutrition for Growth Summit in 2013 in London. I wrote the framing paper for that Summit: why should we invest in improving nutrition status? Answer: because 45% of under 3 mortality is linked to malnutrition.

EatSafe Featured on Food Talk Podcast

Listen to GAIN's Bonnie McClafferty on Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank) titled "Ep. 264. Bonnie McClafferty Discusses The Safety of Food Markets."

Food Safety Matters Podcast

Listen to GAIN's Bonnie McClafferty on Food Safety Magazine's Food Safety Matters Podcast, titled "Ep. 104. Bonnie McClafferty: Food Safety Needs to Be a Business Model"

EatSafe Innovation Inspiration Tool

Designed to inspire EatSafe team members’ creativity and imagination prior to and during the EatSafe Intervention Sprint, this tool described the features, benefits, and enabling infrastructure of over 100 consumer-first food system innovations using Human Centered Design.

Report on Normative Guidelines for Governments to Promote Safer Traditional Markets

EatSafe reviewed existing normative guidelines that could be used by governments and other enabling organizations to promote safer food in traditional markets.

Agri-food systems transformation: new, ambitious framework proposed to monitor progress

Transforming agri-food systems is the high road to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and a rigorous, science-based monitoring framework is needed to steer the process and keep all stakeholders accountable, a consortium of experts say in a new "viewpoint" published in the Food Policy journal.