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The upcoming food challenges can be addressed only within a global perspective that accounts for all the environmental, economic, cultural and social changes underway on the planet.

THE BARILLA CENTER FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION: WHAT IS IT?

The Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition was founded in recent months with the clear-sighted goal of creating a team of some of the world’s foremost food and nutrition experts to formulate proposals and outline paths of action for responsible husbandry of the world’s resources. The issues of global warming, malnutrition, population growth, water management, and globalization all demand serious thinking, and the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition seeks to make its contribution in a multidisciplinary framework with the final objective of providing recommendations and guidelines to opinion leaders and decision makers regarding nutrition, the environment, the economy and food culture.

“As entrepreneurs and business leaders,” explains Guido Barilla, “our sense of responsibility, as well as our values, competencies and commitment, prompt us into action that is clearheaded yet driven by a sense of urgency to mobilize all available resources to find responses to the pressing issues we face today. As a food sector company, we are well aware of the key role played by food and nutrition for the wellbeing of future generations, a role that will only become more important as time goes on”.

• Download the Barilla CFN press packet (917.50 Kb)

THE ADVISORY BOARD

The Advisory Board represents the core of the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition, identifying themes of interest and developing scientifically valid ideas and proposals, while upholding the principles of independence, excellence and openness that are BCFN’s hallmarks. The Advisory Board is headed by a Scientific Committee of six experts with various backgrounds all contributing their specific knowledge and skills in environmental sciences, medicine, sociology, energy and nutrition within the context of an organic whole.

They are:

1. Barbara Buchner, analyst with the Paris International Environment Agency;
2. Mario Monti, economist and president of the Bocconi University of Milan;
3. Gabriele Riccardi, endocrinologist and professor of endocrinology and metabolic disorders at the University of Naples;
4. Camillo Ricordi, surgeon and professor of surgery, medicine, biomedical engineering, microbiology and immunology at the University of Miami;
5. Joseph Sassoon, sociologist, founder and president of Alphabet;
6. Umberto Veronesi, oncologist, scientific director of the European Institute of Oncology in Milan.

For further information:

• Watch video interviews with the Advisory Board members
  
• Download info sheets on Advisory Board members (306.92 Kb)

POSITION PAPERS: CLIMATIC CHANGE and WATER MANAGEMENT

The Advisory Board periodically produces position papers distilling their official views on various themes. They are the outcome of discussions and exchanges among Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition experts and contain essential information, overviews and proposals to support our common wellbeing and promote sustainability.

The position papers fall into four general categories:

1. Food for All,
2. Food for Sustainable Growth,
3. Food for Health,
4. Food for Culture.

Climate change and water management are macro-themes addressed by the Advisory Board in their first two position papers, issued in recent months:

1. “Climate Change, Agriculture and Food”
2. “Water Management”

LINKS AND MATERIALS

You will also find us at:

• Barilla CFN on YouTube
• Barilla CFN on Slideshare
• Barilla CFN on FriendFeed
• Barilla CFN on Facebook
• Barilla CFN on Twitter

INFORMATION AND UPDATES

• For more information please contact alessiobau@hagakure.it.