Our Daily Bread Prize Overview

In supporting efforts to enhance global food security, the Our Daily Bread Prize Program is a comprehensive effort to identify proposed or proven regional food and farming case studies that are transferable to and usable by other regions. As our Co-Evolve logo implies, Vital Systems (which evolved from Sustainable Ventures) gathers collective knowledge and then communicates findings to civil society in forms that can be easily applied so that we can individually and collectively implement sustainable systems. We are currently seeking a lead organization with whom to collaborate to sustain the Our Daily Bread Prize Program.

The current emphasis of the Our Daily Bread Prizes, designed by Jurors with whom we are currently in conversation, will include Calls for Submissions for sustainable food and farming solutions. Candidate submissions must be written as proposed or proven case studies that overcome specific integrated social, environmental, governance/policy, and financial/business challenges. Those interested in being considered for the Our Daily Bread Prize need to submit both a publication-ready paper and a video that communicates key messages to wide and diverse audiences. Jurors will rank candidates who submit papers without a complementary video to be considered for and/or included in a proposed publication. Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged.

If the Our Daily Bread Prize is compatible with your organizational mission and objectives and you are interested in investigating how the Prize directly supports efforts to enhance global food security, please contact Theo Ferguson c/o Rosalee Imler [at] Vitalsystemsca [dot] com. We can provide information on what is entailed to lead the effort in collaboration with Vital Systems -- and direct you to the password protected site for more detailed information.