The Trinity Food Systems Lab is a research, action and learning hub in the Sustainability Initiative of Trinity College. Our collective work is aimed at transformational change to realize more socially just and ecologically sustainable food systems. We begin from the premise that the postsecondary campus is a site of innovation and incubation, enabled through action-focused research and experiential pedagogy, which can inform broad food systems transformation.
“Roots For Reciprocity: Just and sustainable food systems for all”
Students can also get involved with the Trinity Food Systems Lab , which includes students and faculty who are focused on research, action, and learning to realize ecologically sound and socially just food systems.
What are Food Systems?
Food systems are the web of interactions involved with what and how we eat – this includes complex social and ecological relations of producing and distributing food, as well as food waste. These relations are influenced by environmental regulations, labour laws, cultural practices and more. Food systems have no definitive limits and reflect the complex interactions found within and between the humans and more-than-human worlds. Because food systems are such a broad concept, sustainability requires many perspectives and a multidisciplinary approach.
Sustainable Food Systems
Everyone eats. Food brings us together and is an integral part of how we interact with the natural world. Our dominant industrial food system is inequitable and a major contributor to environmental and health issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. Food systems are an incredible opportunity for everyone to contribute to a sustainable future.