Social Gastronomy uses the power of food to do good in the world. Our network of members around the globe has been profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our highly interconnected global food system – the very system that we at the Social Gastronomy Movement work on every day to make this world a more equal and less wasteful place – has met its greatest disruptor: the novel coronavirus. COVID-19 has spared no society or economy.

Curated by Johanna Mendelson Forman and Evan Caplan

COVID-19 has amplified the global food security crisis, which is expected to double in 2020 alone. As a catalyst for the system-wide change within the food sector, SGM has committed to spreading solidarity faster than the virus through Food Solidarity.

Food Solidarity is about recognizing that we are one people, one community, one humanity with one need: to have healthy food as a human right.

Food Solidarity encompasses the entire food system. It is when we collectively engage with the human side of the food cycle and work toward a shared goal of food security, equitable, and universal access to healthy food and freedom from hunger for everyone.

We need to have one system, not a separate one where food aplenty exists for one community while another goes hungry. To tackle this, we call on leaders at all levels to prioritize Food Security as the first indicator of a successful society and to recognize the need for equality and justice in the food system by taking actions to ensure Food Solidarity across the globe.