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Overview
Overview
In the face of climate crisis, the loss of diversity, and the deterioration of overall health, we embrace diversity as a sustainable solution. Through consumption-focused approach, we work toward social transformation by promoting conscious eating habits and encouraging community organization to help build Sustainable Food Systems. We carry out creative actions with various groups, such as Social Innovation Labs, where collective intelligence is used to co-create context-specific solutions. We also lead communication campaigns, like Diversity is Life, which promote responsible consumption of local and nutritious foods while celebrating the diversity of cultures, crops and bodies. Additionally, we participate in multi-stakeholder platforms, such as the Food Security Committee, a multisectoral and multidisciplinary team that advises and advocates for food security policies. All these actions aim to activate citizen and collective power to tackle the challenges facing today’s food systems.
Key actors
Key actors
Urban youth groups
Women farmers
Multi-stakeholder platforms composed of: Civil society organizations, Farmers , Entrepreneurs and business owners in the food sector, Independent professionals, Academics and university representatives, Authorities.
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
A challenge we face is democratizing access to agroecological foods
A key lesson learned is that learning by “doing” and “playing” has a greater impact on food consumption behaviors.
Collective processes take more time but lead to deeper and more sustainable transformations.
Another challenge: the need to strengthen our monitoring tools to demonstrate the impact of changes in food consumption on socio-ecological justice.
Alignment with the EAT-Lancet Commission
Alignment with the EAT-Lancet Commission
Just as EAT-Lancet considers food as the most powerful lever to address the climate and health crisis, at Cosecha Colectiva we see food as a tool of social transformation.
Progress:
We know progress has been made through a comprehensive Sistema de Monitoreo y Evaluación de Cambio de Comportamiento (SMECC) that tracks behavior change using indicators such as the “Conscious, Responsible, and Active Consumption Skills Index.” Progress is measured at multiple levels—from initial information access to sustained behavior change—using both qualitative and quantitative tools: surveys, participant records, control groups, and communication metrics. Baseline assessments allow comparison over time, and econometric impact evaluation confirms attribution. A recent impact study showed participants scored significantly higher on the skills index than non-participants, demonstrating measurable improvement and validating the effectiveness of Cosecha Colectiva’s strategies and interventions.
Next steps
Next steps
A next step is to ensure that our actions and events attract more diverse participation, engaging actors from different population groups.
For more information contact: Anahí Cabero at anahi.cabero@cosechacolectiva.org.bo
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