What do people around the world want from a food future rooted in culture and community?

Food systems are not only economic systems. Protecting the right to food, strengthening community knowledge and supporting participatory governance can help ensure transitions are rooted in local realities, cultures and lived experience.
This Deep Dive explores what emerged when citizen deliberation met questions of culture, rights and lived experience at the Global Assembly on Food and Climate. It surfaces global public priorities around participatory governance, community knowledge and food as identity. It draws on the Assembly's 22 Calls to Action, analysis of over 7,000 participatory processes, insights from local assemblies worldwide, and exchanges with experts.
Read the Food + Climate + Identity Deep Dive
This is one of four Deep Dives from the 2026 Global Food and Climate Assembly.
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Read the Food + Climate + Farming Deep Dive
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