Additional Resources for Sustainable Food Systems Work
TABLE
TABLE is a food systems platform that sets out the evidence, assumptions and values that people bring to debates about resilient and sustainable food futures. They explore the data, the biases and the beliefs behind those debates in order to support better dialogue, decision making and action. TABLE’s mission is “ingredients for better dialogue”.
As food systems, sustainability and nutrition are constantly evolving, we recommend TABLE as an additional source of staying up to date and for any assignments that you do in this course. TABLE puts together many resources such as explainers, blog posts, podcasts, letterbox series, other publications in their resource library, and a list of events and job opportunities. A useful resource for busy people is their summary series, which breaks down some of their explainers into a brief format.
TABLE Homepage in English is available online[1]. They have a page in Spanish as well. TABLE es MESA en América Latina is available online.
Podcasts
TABLE Podcasts are available online.
Resources
TABLE Resources page is available online.
Resources include games, webinar recordings, journal articles, books, reports, event recordings, and videos.
Events
TABLE Events page is available online.
Events include upcoming and past, including recordings of webinars.
Projects
TABLE Projects page is available online.
Projects include past and current, which include their podcasts, written work, and more.
Explainers: Summary Series
The following links provided take you to the main page of each explainer, where you have the option to read the complete explainer or the summarized version. The reading time for each is outlined below, along with the areas of focus for each explainer. Here are a few that we recommend as a starting point.
What is ultra-processed food? And why do people disagree about its utility as a concept? is available online.
Explainer: 34 minute read
Summary: 6 minute read
Areas of focus: Nutrition Care, Dietetic Educator
What is regenerative agriculture? is available online.
Explainer: 50 minute read
Summary: 13 minute read
Areas of focus: Agriculture
What is ecomodernism? is available online.
Explainer: 74 minute read
Summary: 13 minute read
Area of Focus: Agriculture
What is feed-food competition? is available online.
Explainer: 41 minute read
Summary: 11 minute read
Area of Focus: Agriculture
What is the land sparing-sharing continuum? is available online.
Explainer: 20 minute read
Summary: 11 minute read
Area of Focus: Agriculture
What is agroecology? is available online.
Explainer: 48 minute read
Summary: 9 minute read
Area of Focus: Agriculture
What is food sovereignty? is available online.
Explainer: 42 minute read
Summary: 8 minute read
Areas of focus: Dietetic Educator, Public Health
Soy: Food, Feed, and Land Use Change is available online.
Explainer: 38 minute read
Summary: 10 minute read
Area of focus: Agriculture
Rewilding and its implications for agriculture is available online.
Explainer: 56 minute read
Summary: 9 minute read
Area of focus: Agriculture
Agricultural methane and its role as a greenhouse gas is available online.
Explainer: 17 minute read
Summary: 9 minute read
Areas of focus: Agriculture, Public Health, Dietetic Educator
What is malnutrition? is available online.
Explainer: 26 minute read
Summary: 5 minute read
Areas of focus: Public Health, Nutrition Care, Dietetic Educator
What is the nutrition transition? is available online.
Explainer: 27 minute read
Summary: 7 minute read
Areas of focus: Dietetic Educator, Public Health, Nutrition Care
- TABLE. Home | TABLE Debates [Internet]. www.tabledebates.org. 2025 [cited 2025 Jul 15]. Available from: https://www.tabledebates.org/ ↵
