An exploratory meeting about the potential development of a Lincoln-based research Special Interest Group (think tank) focused on sustainability issues took place last 24th of July at the Lincolnshire Leadership and Management Centre. The aim is to contribute to the creation and dissemination of knowledge on sustainable food chains from a local/regional perspective. This forum was focused on defining meaningful questions and developing ways to answer them.
Some of these questions initially identifed to explore facets of sustainability were:
• Which are the different understandings about sustainability: their contributions, limitations, and ways to support the former and mitigate the latter.
• Supply chains: the ecological impact, effective and efficient business models, social innovation, ways for (self-)organising different stakeholders.
• Food security: local autonomy vs. global dependence, maintaining and developing skills inside the (local) workforce.
• The impact of sustainability on professions and research disciplines.

For more information follow this link: http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/6240/