Nutrition Forum

The current food system contributes 25% to global warming due to its high greenhouse gas emissions. The limits of our planet's sustainably available resources are exceeded many times over by this food system.

The Forum Ernährung is a working group of Erlangen citizens who are pursuing the goal of advancing the food transition in Erlangen:

The aim is to establish a food system in Erlangen that is oriented towards the common good and prioritizes seasonal and regional food from fair and organic production. For health, climate protection and animal welfare reasons, reducing the consumption of meat and other animal products also plays an important role here.

Achieving a food transition requires stakeholders from all areas: the public sector, all participants in the production chain from producers to retailers and consumers.

The campaigners are still working with the city's Sustainable Procurement Office on a guide to sustainable procurement for city employees. They are also preparing the presentation of the Forum Ernährung at the vhs. There will be three events here in the winter semester 2025-26:

1. Presentation of the Forum's work,
2. organic farm tour and
3. Presentation of the Solawi (community-supported agriculture) and Zukunftsacker project.

One topic that the forum would like to start with in May is regional value chains.

The Food Forum meets every two months (always in the odd-numbered months) at 5 p.m. in the Lesecafé, Hauptstraße 55 (Altstadtmarktpassage). Anyone interested in participating is very welcome. For further information and if there are any last-minute changes to the dates, please contact us at forum-ernaehrung@posteo.de

Anyone interested in working with us is very welcome.