The Specialized Partnerships in Sustainable Food Systems and Food Sovereignty at the University of Kassel, Germany and the Federation of German Scientists (VDW) present a peer-reviewed open access online journal for international scholars and researchers. The aims of the journal are to create a platform for practitioners, policy-makers, early career scholars, researchers, postgraduate students, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows interested in food-related themes to deliberate their research experiences through research paper articles. As a multi-disciplinary journal, natural scientists and social scientists from all around the world are welcome to engage in this forum as contributors. Publishing research into sustainability since 2012.