CoFSA

COFSA

Areas of work

Pioneering the application of consciousness approaches and practices across food systems.

CoFSA Areas of Interventions

CoFSA Interventions focus on working with governments, companies, farmers and development practitioners to support food systems transformation across three main areas:  

Food Systems Policy and Pathways

  • Food Policy Reform: to improve the quality of interaction of policy-makers, and to support them in designing policies that integrate a more ‘compassionate’ and systemic approach.
  • Multi-stakeholder Dialogues: to create safe, connecting, and transformative spaces for conscious multi-stakeholder dialogues in food systems contexts.

Sustainable Landscapes

  • Conscious Farming and Local Community Development: to improve the wellbeing and resilience of farmers and their communities, and help them cultivate regenerative mindsets and agricultural practices. 
  • Revitalizing and Strengthening Traditional Wisdom: to promote traditional cultural practices and knowledge that support regenerative food systems

Supply Chain Transformation 

  • Cultural Transformation of Organizations: ​​to support the cultivation of regenerative mindsets, values and skills that catalyze supply chain transformation. 
  • Conscious Consumption: to support the adoption of more healthy, sustainable and local diets, and strengthen traditional food cultures.
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As part of its co-creation methodology, CoFSA organizes Collective Inquiries with multiple organizations and networks to shape these different workstreams. Discover the 3 Collective Inquiries of 2023:

to delve into strategies that support the well-being and psychological resilience of farmers around the world.

to explore how to help cultivate conscious and regenerative mindsets, values and cultures among local communities to support the adoption of regenerative agricultural practices.

to promote traditional cultural practices and knowledge that support regenerative food systems.

For more information on these areas of interventions and to read practical examples, please see the CoFSA Rationale for Action Report (Section III) and the Collection of Case Studies.

CoFSA’s principle of cultivating inner capacities emphasizes the need for context-specific and culturally relevant interventions, founded on respect and equity, as well as awareness of power dynamics. These interventions should be supported by a diversity of evidence and knowledge.

For further information, see the CoFSA Interventions Framework.

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