The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new wave of automation; in the medical space alone, it has reinforced patient’s’ access to telemedicine via remote consultations, the use of health-monitoring apps.

It seems that the time has come for Europe to grow up and start to be responsible for its own destiny.

There is a need to move from the one-time best practices to a system change that involves all the stakeholders in the agri-food chain.

As editors of the Contemporary Challenges section of the EoF ProView, we envisioned starting this section with something more positive, but given the extraordinary situation facing Ukraine in the sad reality we live in these days, inevitably this brings us to adjust our plans.

The vast agri-food chain is the leading economic sector in Italy in terms of revenues. But it is based on a system of exploitation that is unsustainable for humans and the environment. How can we reverse this trend, moving from good practices to a real transformation of the system?