SLU Future Food

SLU Future Food is a platform that stimulates and develops cross-disciplinary research and collaboration for economically, ecologically and socially sustainable food systems.

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New pathways to sustainable milk through interdisciplinary research

How can Swedish milk production become more sustainable – for climate, soil, and animals? One of the two IDA projects 2025/2026 explores whether agroecology could be the key to building more resilient and fair food systems.

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Interdisciplinary approaches to ecosystem restoration

As Europe works to restore its natural environments, researchers at SLU are exploring new ways to reconnect ecosystems and people. By linking ecology, society and culture, they aim to create landscapes that are both resilient and meaningful.

Food & Cities

Food & Cities is a collaboration between SLU Future Food and SLU Urban Futures. The project seeks to identify knowledge gaps and cross-disciplinary research questions and investigates how a long-term thematic focus on food and cities could be established at SLU.  

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Press release

SLU leads the way in developing future fish feed

Farmed rainbow trout of the future is now available on the market. The fish has been fed a new feed where traditional ingredients like soy and fishmeal have been replaced by mussels, insects and fungal protein. The initiative is led by SLU, Axfoundation and 25 other partners.

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Podcast

Meat: the Four Futures

Are our choices in the grocery store based on facts, values, habits, or simply a gut feeling of what feels right? Listen to a podcast that takes a holistic view of the future of meat, exploring four very different future scenarios.

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Interdisciplinarity at SLU

One of the most important goals for the Future Platforms is to develop interdisciplinary working methods at SLU by initiating and enabling collaboration across scientific disciplinary boundaries.

News from SLU Future Food

  • 2025-11-14

    Food is a social lubricant

    Most people now live in cities, and the taste preferences of city residents tend to determine which foods are in demand. This is why the city is key to ensuring a sustainable food supply, writes Håkan Jönsson, coordinator of the Food and Cities initiative at SLU.
  • 2025-11-14

    New pathways to sustainable milk through interdisciplinary research

    How can Swedish milk production become more sustainable – for climate, soil, and animals? A new interdisciplinary research project at SLU explores whether agroecology could be the key to building more resilient and fair food systems.
  • 2025-11-13

    Interdisciplinary approaches to ecosystem restoration

    As Europe works to restore its natural environments, researchers at SLU are exploring new ways to reconnect ecosystems and people. By linking ecology, society and culture, they aim to create landscapes that are both resilient and meaningful.
  • 2025-11-11

    Sun, soil and synergy – the potential of agrivoltaics in a changing landscape

    How can solar panels and agriculture coexist – and even benefit one another? That question was at the center of the webinar “Agrivoltaics: Frontiers and opportunities for new research”, part of SLU’s Climate Conversations series on future climate solutions.
  • 2025-11-07

    Young Swedish voices at the World Food Forum in Rome – inspired by the future of sustainable agriculture

    During the World Food Forum in Rome, three Swedish high school students met leaders, researchers and young people from all over the world. The trip provided new insights into how global collaborations can create a more sustainable future.

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Support and collaboration

SLU Future Food strives to stimulate inter- and multidisciplinary research and education, generate science-based decision support, support and contribute in attracting research funding, and stimulate research networking and cooperation.

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Feeding your mind

Feeding your mind is a podcast about research on future food and food futures, produced by SLU Future Food.