World Food System Center, ETH Zurich

Save The Date: Food Day 2026! 📌

Mark your calendars for this year's Food Day on Friday 18 September 2026, from 10:00-17:00 CET at ETH Zürich.

Don't miss this opportunity to engage with experts, network with peers, and contribute to the future of food systems!

@usyseth.bsky.social

“Forever Chemicals” on our Plates 🍽️🧪

How do PFAS enter our food system and what are the implications for our health? Join the us on 19 March 19 at @ethz.ch for an science-based dialogue with experts from ETH, @eawag.bsky.social, and the Food Packaging Forum.

👉 Register here: luma.com/y7fboa6g

A new chapter at WFSC!

Huge thanks @robertfinger.bsky.social for his visionary leadership as Chair since 2021. We’re excited that he remains a member! 👏

Welcome @vonmeyenn.bsky.social, our new Steering Committee Chair as of Feb 2026. 🚀 We look forward to the collaboration.

@ethz.ch

Research for whom? Whose knowledge counts? 🌍

Join UZH’s 5th Citizen Science School (June 7–12) to master co-creation & participatory research. Open to students & practitioners!

📍 Zurich, Switzerland ⏳ Apply by Feb 15 🔗 www.citizenscienceschool.uzh.ch

#CitizenScience

Last Thursday, we kicked off our new Dialogue Series at @ethz.ch with a sold-out launch event! 🚀

In collaboration with FoodHack Zurich, we explored "Rethinking Pleasure in Food" through 4 sensory stations.

Next event: PFAS in Food on 19 March! 🧪🌽

👉 worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/outreach-and...

@fao.org event: A Systems Approach to Global Food Security

As #FAO marks 80 years, this session explores the future of agrifood systems and the "Four Betters."

📅 Jan 27, 2026 | 15:00 CET 📍 Rome + Virtual

We’ll be attending virtually, join us!

🔗 bit.ly/4sPytTF

#FoodSecurity

(Picture: FAO)

Why "admire the problem" first? 🧩

Alumna Fiona Schneider reflects on how an intensive deep dive at the WFSC Summer School 2025 shaped her approach to food systems, interdisciplinary groupwork, and collaborative change.

👉 Read her Alumni Story: worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/news/wfsc-ne...

The GRiP project at @ethz.ch has successfully validated a new approach to agricultural pest monitoring! 🚀

By pairing autonomous #drones with #eDNA analysis, the team detected invasive Japanese beetles weeks earlier than traditional methods.

👉Access fact sheet: bit.ly/3ZbY6Al

@usyseth.bsky.social

Congrats to our 2025 #SFIAR Award winners! 🏆👏
While Claude Müller's doctoral theses provides new insights into #soil management practices, the Master's thesis of Lea Fabritius focuses on social impacts in #coffee value chains in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Well done!

usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...

#Opportunity with our member group Grassland Sciences at @ethz.ch: PhD position for the IsoFlux project. Research water cycles using isotopes & ML across Swiss forests.

Apply here: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

#PhD #Ecohydrology #ETHZurich #EnvironmentalScience

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Join us for "Rethinking pleasure in food" on 29 Jan 2026! 🔵🟠

Our first 2026 Dialogue Series event explores the science behind pleasure in food with FoodHack @ethz.ch.

👉 Register: worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/outreach-and...

World Food System Center Dialogue Series Join us for our 2026 Dialogue Series, bringing together researchers, students, practitioners, and YOU to explore current and emerging trends in sustainable food systems.

Announcing the 2026 Dialogue Series! 💬🌱

A brand-new space for fresh ideas in sustainable food systems.

Join us at @ethz.ch as we explore the trends shaping sustainable food systems. First event in January 2026, to be announced soon.

👉 Find out more: worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/outreach-and...

Identifying the safe operating space for food systems - Nature Food Consensus exists on the urgent need for food systems to be more sustainable, but defining their environmentally safe operating space is challenging. This study proposes food system boundaries as a sha...

Article: Food systems are the single biggest cause of planetary boundary transgressions. In line with the EAT Lancet report, this study estimates food systems boundaries as a share of planetary boundaries, across 9 key indicators.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Expected effects of a global transformation of agricultural pest management 

Niklas Möhring and I wrote a short blog post on our recent paper in Nature Communications
communities.springernature.com/posts/expect...

Paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 Design the future of food! Apply for the World Food System Summer School at @ethz.ch (June 29 – July 10, 2026). 🌍 Dive into systems thinking, co-create solutions, and collaborate with experts.

Application deadline: Jan 25, 2026

🔗 bit.ly/4j0A1FO

@usyseth.bsky.social @robertfinger.bsky.social

ETH Zurich delegation add their voices to World Food Forum Eight ETH Zurich students and researchers joined global leaders at the World Food Forum in Rome. Together, they co-organized a side event to advance local food action and sustainable food systems.

🌍 Youth leaders & practitioners gathered at the World Food Forum (FAO, Rome) to accelerate #FoodSystemTransformation.

👩‍🔬 @ethz.ch delegates emphasized: Research & leadership are key to bringing knowledge into the world for a sustainable future, recognizing tradition.

👉 Read more: bit.ly/44Nd0jH

#JobOpening: We're seeking a Project Manager Research & Education (80%) for our Center @ethz.ch.

A unique role blending research coordination, innovative educational design, facilitating dialogue between science, policy, and practice.

👉 Apply until 20.12.2025: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

🌱 Can agriculture thrive without pesticides?

Last week, @ethz.ch hosted a public discussion on the future of pesticide-free farming, co-organized by the Center, @ethz.ch and the AECP Group with @robertfinger.bsky.social.

Thanks to all for joining!

👉 Learn more & access slides: bit.ly/3MadjPf

🏆 Join us for the SFIAR Award Ceremony on 9 December to honor PhD & Master’s theses advancing agricultural research for development.

2025 laureates: Dr. Claude Müller & Lea Fabritius, @ethz.ch.

📅 9.12.2025
📍 @ethz.ch, LEE E101
🕔 16:15-20:00 CET

👉 Register: bit.ly/3M4gZSv

@usyseth.bsky.social

🌾 Join us tomorrow at @ethz.ch to discuss pesticide-free production systems: opportunities, hurdles, and policy options.

🗓️ 27 Nov 2025 🕔 17:15-18:45 📍 ETH Zurich, CHN F46 In-person only. No registration.

@robertfinger.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social

#SustainableAgriculture #FoodSystems

This Friday! Join experts for "Free Food for All? Rethinking Food as a Commons." How would treating food as a public good reshape sustainability & democracy?

🗓️ 28 Nov, 17:00 CET 📍 PBLabs, ETH Zürich / Livestream 🔗 Register: www.formape.com/f/jbciq

Diverse perspectives converge in Rome for dialogue on healthy diets The conference “What’s on your Plate? Planetary Health and Healthy Diets” at the Istituto Svizzero in Rome fostered exchange on the societal and systemic changes needed to reinvent food systems for gr...

From farmers to diplomats, our Rome dialogue on #HealthyDiets and #PlanetaryHealth was highly interactive! Experts debated Ultra-Processed Foods & systemic change needed. Thanks for disputing with us!

🔗 Read more in our news: worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/news/wfsc-ne...

@ethz.ch @fao.org

TOMORROW! 📢 Agroecology Public Lecture: "Agroecology as a Tool for Food System Transformation" with Daniel Seifert (Biovision) & Ruben Baert (agroecology.science).

Tues, 18 Nov, 16:15 CET. No registration, just join on Zoom!

🔗 ethz.zoom.us/j/64990561305

#Agroecology #FoodSystems

Don't miss the symposium on Balanced & Efficient Nutrient Management. Organized by Astrid Oberson, Emmanuel Frossard (@ethz.ch) & colleagues, featuring int'l experts.

🗓️ Jan 7, 2026, ETH Zürich.

Register by Nov 30!
🔗 bit.ly/3LzkUGG

@usyseth.bsky.social

#SustainableAgriculture #PlantNutrition

Can #agriculture thrive without pesticides? 🌾 Join us for a discussion on #pesticide-free systems: economic viability, adoption, & policy. @robertfinger.bsky.social

📅 Nov 27, 17:15 CET | 📍 @ethz.ch, CHN F46. No registration!

@usyseth.bsky.social

Join us next week for our #Agroecology Public Lecture:

➡️ Policy Perspective on Agroecological Transformation
➡️ Tuesday, 11 November, 16:15 CET on Zoom
➡️ We'll hear from: Oliver Oliveros (Agroecology Coalition) & Jasmin Hundorf (GIZ)

🔗 Zoom link on: worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/outreach-and...

Food Day 2025 The theme Planting Healthier Nutrition anchored our annual Food Day on 29 October.

🥳 Celebrating 10 years of Food Day at @ethz.ch!

The 2025 edition was incredible:

Over 400 attendees!

Sold-out workshops & Cook the Science event.

Pioneering research on #SmartFarming & #Proteins.

Thanks to all partners & attendees! 🙏

🔗 worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/outreach-and...

From Pilot to Practice: Building Plant-Based Value Chains at ETH Zurich - ETH Ambassadors How can we transition to sustainable food systems? Daniela Hoffmann explains how ETH Zurich pilots scalable solutions to foster plant-based value chains in Switzerland.

In our latest ETH Ambassadors Blog, Daniela Hoffmann, Project Director of Plant4Value, shares how ETH Zurich is piloting scalable, evidence-based solutions to foster plant-based value chains in Switzerland. Read the full story here: ethambassadors.ethz.ch/2025/11/06/f... @ethzwfsc.bsky.social

'Pesticide-free production systems: opportunities, hurdles and policy options'

Join us 27 November, 17:15–18:45. ETH Zurich, CHN F46

The event will feature presentations by Per Kudsk, Niklas Möhring, Ilaria Pertot and Eileen Ziehmann, followed by a panel discussion @ethzwfsc.bsky.social

Had a great time at #FoodDay2025 by the @ethzwfsc.bsky.social this week 🌱. I presented a poster on our study that analyzes how experiences with plant-based meat substitutes (PBMS) shape dietary change. Thanks a lot to the organizers ✨.