In the midst of COVID-19, new impacts on sustainability priorities are emerging. Focus on health and safety is first and foremost for most consumers today.
Packaging and single-use plastics are less of a concern as convenience, necessity and safety drive a dramatic spike in take-out and home deliveries.
Worker health and safety is front and center with a focus on essential workers – doctors, nurses, grocery store employees, food production line workers, and the like.
How will shifting priorities continue to shape the sustainability landscape now and as the pandemic subsides? Join The Center for Food Integrity for Shifting Priorities: COVID-19 and the New Face of Sustainability at 11 a.m. CDT, Thursday, May 14.
Hosted by CFI CEO Charlie Arnot, the webcast features founding members of the new CFI Consumer Trust Insights Council: Kevin Ryan, founder of Malachite Strategy and Research, and Ujwal Arkalgud, an award-winning cultural anthropologist and co-founder of MotivBase – an ethnography research company that performs big data ethnography research.
Members of CFI’s Consumer Trust Insights Council recently discussed what long-lasting impacts the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the food system. While temporary supply disruptions are the most visible to consumers, council members predict that more far-reaching changes may take place.
The Consumer Trust Insights Council includes industry thought leaders, executives and social scientists who explore emerging consumer trends and use data analysis to inform strategic direction. We identified the top 10 insights the council outlined regarding the impacts of the crisis.
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CFI's Trust Insights Council regarding COVID-19.
Series on Sustainability Launches
More people than ever before are paying attention to how their food is produced – and expecting it to be “sustainably” produced. Many believe changing their diet in some way positively impacts the environment. But does it?
CFI's Best Food Facts is publishing a series looking at the science-based pros and cons of different food choices and farming methods, and their impacts on sustainability – not only on the environment, but on animal well-being, our health and our pocketbooks.
CFI NOW -- Which stores do
consumers trust most for safety?
CFI NOW:COVID-19 and the Latest Consumer Trends from The Center for Food Integrity is a weekly live webcast each Friday at 1 p.m. CDT.
The webcast features members of the CFI Consumer Trust Insights Council sharing the latest information. The webcast will continue each Friday for the next several weeks tracking trends as restrictions are lifted.
The livestock industry is facing an extremely heart-wrenching situation. Despite exploring creative solutions for the past several weeks, the disruption in meat and poultry processing due to COVID-19 may now result in mass on-farm euthanasia.
The Center for Food Integrity has resources to assist during this time, including a list of experts available to answer media enquires and more. These resources are available on the member portal. For help to access the portal, contact Laura Cornett.
For more information about how CFI might assist you during this time, contact Terry Fleck.
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