  {"id":226383,"date":"2025-12-03T14:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=226383"},"modified":"2025-12-10T13:55:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:55:29","slug":"uh-food-systems-research-sustainable-development-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/03\/uh-food-systems-research-sustainable-development-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> scholars pioneer food systems research on Sustainable Development Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_226398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226398\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of produce for harvest\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Certified organic production fields at the <abbr>UC<\/abbr> Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> is leading global scholarship on food system transformation with the completion of a major open access e-book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/research-topics\/58117\/food-system-transformation-and-the-realization-of-the-un-sustainable-development-goals\/magazine\">Food System Transformation and the Realization of the <abbr>UN<\/abbr> Sustainable Development Goals<\/a><\/em>, published in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/sustainable-food-systems\/sections\/social-movements-institutions-and-governance\">Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Social Movements, Institutions &#38; Governance<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226399\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of growing produce\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-226399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Certified organic production fields at the <abbr>UC<\/abbr> Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The research topic brings together 29 peer-reviewed articles from more than 150 scholars across the globe, exploring how food systems influence at least 16 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (<abbr>UN SDG<\/abbr>s).<\/p>\n<p>The research findings are particularly relevant in <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, where <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiifoodbank.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HFB.ExecutiveSummary2025_Web-FINAL.pdf\">chronic household food insecurity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu\/items\/7fbe6d57-349a-4fa6-a92e-563654af3c6a\">Native Hawaiian\/Pacific Islander health inequities<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilientoahu.org\/equity\/data\">climate change vulnerabilities<\/a> highlight the urgent need for integrated agri-food system research, education, planning and policy strategies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226397\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of growing produce\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-226397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Certified organic production fields at the <abbr>UC<\/abbr> Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The publication of this research topic and its open access e-book marks a significant milestone in advancing the science and practice of food-system transformation toward the <abbr>UN SDG<\/abbr>s,&rdquo; said Albie Miles, associate professor of sustainable food systems at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span lang=\"haw\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> and the project\u2019s leader. &ldquo;We hope the collection will support progress toward a more equitable, sustainable and resilient food system in <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and around the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The collection was co-edited by Miles and Travis Idol, professor at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience. They worked alongside an international editorial team.<\/p>\n<p>Important <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> contributions include an article that develops a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/sustainable-food-systems\/articles\/10.3389\/fsufs.2024.1427270\/full\"><span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>-specific framework<\/a> for monitoring food security indicators to measure progress toward SDG 2: Zero Hunger. Another article documents the need for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/sustainable-food-systems\/articles\/10.3389\/fsufs.2024.1490923\/full\">U.S.-based National Community of Practice<\/a> (<abbr>NCOP<\/abbr>) for food-system planning and implementation that directly informed the creation of the <abbr>NCOP<\/abbr> now underway at the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/msu.edu\/statefoodsystemsplans\/home\"><abbr>MSU<\/abbr>-Center for Regional Food Systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As an open access e-book, the full collection is freely available to researchers, educators, policymakers, and community leaders worldwide.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226400\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-4.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of produce for harvest\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-4.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-4-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span lang=\"haw\">MA&#699;O<\/span> Organic Farms, <span lang=\"haw\">Wai&#699;anae,<\/span> <span lang=\"haw\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Access publication co-led by <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> faculty supports sustainable development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":226398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[222,212,951,1314,73,861,9,947,59],"class_list":["post-226383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-agriculture","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-food","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-sustainability","tag-sustainable-community-food-systems","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/west-oahu-sust-dev-goals-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226383"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226743,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226383\/revisions\/226743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}