Future of Food
The Sustainable Nutrition Initiative® is a mission-led programme run at the Riddet Institute, hosted by Massey University, New Zealand. The team of food scientists, nutrition scientists and mathematical modellers produce scientific articles and provide commentary on food system sustainability research to:
Policy
SNi® provides clear evidence for sustainable food systems to guide decisions.
Academia
SNi® designs tools to help universities/institutions understand food systems.
Industry
SNi® provides scenarios to better understand global production and trade.
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What is the Sustainable Nutrition Initiative® ?
What are DELTA, iOTA & NZ Models?
SNi® has also developed three separate modelling approaches to test various scenarios for globally sustainable future food systems.
The DELTA Model®
The DELTA Model® is a global food system mass balance that uses information about current production of major food items to predict the nutrition available to the average global citizen both now and in the future.
The iOTA Model (in development)
The iOTA Model is an optimisation model for sustainable diets: how can diets shift to be affordable, nutritious, and minimise their environmental impact, while still being acceptable to the consumer?
The NZ Model (in development)
The NZ Model is a modelling tool for exploring future scenarios in the New Zealand food system. This interactive tool will allow food system decision makers to see the holistic impacts of proposed changes to our national and regional food systems, as well as testing their resilience to future disruption.
Latest Articles
The importance of protein variety in a higher quality and lower environmental impact dietary pattern
Read the article Good diets come from eating a variety of nutritious foods. Howe
28 March, 2023
Nutrient flows and non-CO2 emissions: solving for both in the global food system
Read the article Non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions – methane and nitrous ox
21 March, 2023
Principles for the responsible use of farmed insects as livestock feed
Read the article Insect farming is advancing into the livestock feed arena. Repl
14 March, 2023
Assessing the role of animal-sourced foods in healthy and sustainable diets
Read the article Animal-sourced foods, like meat, fish, eggs and dairy, ar
07 March, 2023
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