Pandemic Food. Rethinking agri-food after COVID-19

The relationship between unsustainable agri-food practices and the spread of foodrelated diseases has been confirmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Current agri-food systems are not able to respond to global population growth, migration, and urbanization, nor to hunger caused by climate change and by insecurity in conflict zones. Increased food production, intensive farming, long supply chains and consumer demand – particularly for animal products – pose risks not only to human health, but also to biodiversity and the climate. Some commonalities in the history of pandemics oblige us to reflect and rethink food production and processing in a more sustainable and holistic way, as proposed in the EU Farm to Fork Strategy.