Bhutan hosts first ‘conscious food summit’ amid threats to global food systems
Bhutan is hosting the world's first 'conscious food summit' to address global food security challenges exacerbated by climate change and conflict. The event emphasizes the need to integrate spiritual values and indigenous knowledge with modern science to create more resilient food systems.
Why it matters
It highlights a growing movement to address global food insecurity through holistic and sustainable practices rather than relying solely on industrial agriculture.
A market in Paro, Bhutan. A market in Paro, Bhutan. Food Bhutan hosts first ‘conscious food summit’ amid threats to global food systems Organisers say world must revive its spiritual relationship with food as climate crisis and conflict disrupt food security
Prefer the Guardian on Google Mending the broken food system under the threat of climate-driven weather extremes will require more than economic fixes and intensive agriculture, and the world must revive its spiritual relationship with food, according to the organisers of a pioneering summit this week.
Delegates from more than 60 countries and the UN will gather for the next five days in Paro, in the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan , for the world’s first “conscious food summit”, which will bring together governments and farmers, mindfulness experts and yoga therapists.
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