Theoretical Review of Selected Benefits of the New EU Food Strategy and Sustainability

Abstract

Agriculture and the food industry face a challenge in 2022 in terms of the sustainability of production and manufacturing. The European Union has approached the issue of sustainability by creating a new food strategy - "Farm to Fork". The new food strategy provides a strategic plan to address the challenges of agriculture and food by 2030 and the gradual adaptation of the European Union's environmental objectives by 2050. Selected factors of the new food strategy are organic farming, which represents the biggest goal of the new food strategy because of its connection to the environmental changes in agriculture, the promotion of uniformed food labelling enabling consumer to make healthy food choices and supporting food safety, and the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices, addressing the objectives of the strategy at the level of the end seller and fair treatment of the consumer of European food.