Every year the Spanish KM ZERO Food Innovation Hub - Food Changemakers Think Tank creates a strategic foresight and innovation report on the future of food. This annual report analyses how geopolitics, climate change, technology, health, consumer behavior and regulation are reshaping the global food system. The results of this report reflect the takeaways and recommendations collected during the working sessions of the yearly Food Changemakers Think Tank in Madrid, in which the LAN team also contributed earlier. The report uses Spain’s National Food Strategy (ENA) as a concrete example of how a country can translate these global trends and recommendations and shows how the strategy and the report findings are connected.
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Spain’s National Food Strategy and KM ZERO findings
The LAN team’s earlier contributions to the KM Zero Food Changemakers Think Tank working groups focused on 1) the importance of generational renewal, 2) the need for a narrative that combines visions of technology and ecology and 3) the role that sustainability plays to enhance food security.
The takeaways of these working groups were presented in the KM Zero report together with the global trends, technological levers and concrete best practices of more than 60 cases. Collectively, these results can operationalize the Spanish National Food Strategy’s strategic goals, while the strategy itself offers the policy roadmap and governance framework to embed those transformations in Spain’s food system.
The report and Spain’s National Food Strategy are strongly aligned in their diagnosis of the food system: today’s food system operates amid geopolitical tensions, climate crisis, fragile supply chains and unhealthy diets. Both conclude that incremental improvements are no longer enough and call for a systemic transformation in how food is produced, traded and consumed. While the KM ZERO report outlines what needs to change in the global food system, the ENA illustrates how one country is beginning to put that change into practice.
The ENA and the KM Zero findings can be connected along several clear lines:
- From global turbulence to national food security
Where KM ZERO flags systemic vulnerabilities in global food chains, Spain’s ENA turns this into a concrete national goal: recognizing food supply as strategic infrastructure and shaping policy around resilience, not just efficiency. - From incremental change to systemic transformation
KM ZERO’s claim that “incremental change is no longer enough” is reflected in Spain’s choice to adopt a comprehensive, multi‑pillar strategy instead of pursuing isolated sectoral reforms. - People at the center vs. territory‑based development
KM ZERO presents the food transition as a social project; the ENA gives this concrete form by linking food policy to rural cohesion, coastal livelihoods and citizens’ health, turning “people at the center” into a territorial and social objective. - Technology and AI as enablers of a competitive food power
Spain’s focus on innovation in the ENA echoes KM ZERO’s view of AI and technology as the backbone of a resilient, competitive food system—so long as they remain guided by human values and culinary culture. - Advanced nutrition and “food as medicine”
KM ZERO’s “food as medicine” paradigm finds its policy counterpart in the ENA’s emphasis on healthy, high‑quality food as a public good. - Protein diversification and strategic autonomy
KM ZERO’s diversified protein offering is one of the most practical pathways for Spain to put the ENA’s goals on strategic supply, sustainability and innovation into practice. - Transparency, consumer empowerment and trust
Where KM ZERO highlights that consumers face information overload yet remain under‑informed, Spain’s ENA aims to make food information more transparent and easier for consumers to access, helping them choose in an informed and responsible way.
Fostering collaborations:
The Annual KM ZERO report shows how global trends reshape food systems and how Spain’s National Food Strategy (ENA) translates these insights into policy. There is a clear need to join forces to implement measurable, high impact actions that accelerate the transformation toward a just, sustainable, and resilient food system. The LAN team aims to contribute to this by fostering collaborations, promoting synergies, expanding networks, bringing key stakeholders together, and sharing successes through various formats, meetings and activities. You can read more about the outcomes and stay informed through our news items and event calendar.
The compete Fooduristic report 2026 (including the ecosystem map) can be downloaded for free here: Fooduristic report 2026
Source: KM ZERO | Food Innovation Hub / Food Changemakers Think Tank 2025
More information
For more information about this sector or any other agricultural questions, feel free to contact the LAN team in Spain via mad-lvvn@minbuza.nl