Farming and food production globally contribute significantly to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, alongside fossil fuels and major deforestation. A transformation of food, land use, and water systems is needed to drastically reduce climate impact, restore nature and biodiversity and improve the living standards of 600 million farming families worldwide. This will enhance climate resilience and ultimately secure global food production for the future. This is called the agrifood transition.
The Fascinating program, which stands for ‘Food Agro Sustainable Circular Nature Technology in Groningen’, aims to create a regenerative and circular agriculture system with 5 subgoals, addressing the challenges for the next 25 years.:
High-quality nutritional products
Sustainability and nature inclusion
Circularity/closed-loop agriculture
Soil health
A sustainable income model for farmers and agri-food businesses in Northern Netherlands
