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The Novel Proteins for Food and Feed Flagship Project continues to advance sustainable protein solutions through international collaborations. 

A strategic collaboration between the Nutrition in City Ecosystems (NICE) project and the Rural–Urban Nexus for Resilient Food Systems (RUNRES) is demonstrating how circular economy values can be integrated into food systems to improve livelihoods, nutrition, and environmental sustainability.

A new interdisciplinary research project investigates how mixed cropping can strengthen agricultural sustainability while maintaining productivity and resilience.

Ferdinand von Meyenn recently became Chair of the World Food System Center. In this short interview, he shares what excites him most about his research, how nutrition shapes long-term health, and why food literacy in childhood is key to building a healthier and more sustainable food future.

The World Food System Center's forth Dialogue Series event of 2026 explored how healthier, more sustainable diets can be supported in practice, from clinics and campuses to kitchens and canteens.

The World Food System Center's third Dialogue Series event of 2026 introduced young entrepreneurs who have taken the leap, turning scientific ideas into real products now found on our shelves and plates. 

Proteins are often regarded as the key to good health and well-being. However, nutrition and food science experts Alexander Mathys and Ferdinand von Meyenn argue that an exclusive focus on protein is too narrow. They emphasise that the source of proteins and the composition of the overall diet are more critical factors influencing bodily health and the climate. 

The removal of CO₂ from the atmosphere is considered an important tool in the fight against climate change – but has so far been an energy-intensive and expensive process. Now, researchers have developed a new method that efficiently binds carbon dioxide and releases it again using only a small amount of energy. The starting materials are provided by waste products from dairy and soy processing.

Gaps in data and difficult‑to‑compare datasets limit what climate and weather AI models can reliably predict. Researchers from the ETH Domain have now introduced an AI model that helps close these gaps, reconstructs satellite images, and sheds light on how weather, land and water interact.