Learning Journeys

The Social Gastronomy Movement(SGM) is a global network of over 300 chefs, grassroots organizations, farmers, academics, activists, and social entrepreneurs who use the power of food for social change.

SGM provides a platform for meaningful relationships to emerge, knowledge to be shared, and models to be replicated. Our mission is to engage people in the food systems to collaborate for social change. We cultivate Connections, Collaborations, and Partnerships (CCP) that strengthen the individual and collective capacity to co-create an equitable future, an inclusive society, and a healthy planet.

SGM has a global base of partners and existing projects within social gastronomy communities mapped in more than 50 countries across five continents. Our past partners include Ashoka, 50 Best Restaurants, Cargill, Global Shapers Community, Akerman LLP, Next, and Moet Hennessy.

The SGM Learning Journey Program is a global initiative rooted in peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange. It aims to create a online and in person program for learning and collaboration by bringing together organizations working across local, regional, and global food systems. This program supports shared learning, cross-pollination of ideas and practical problem solving grounded in glocal real-world experience.

 

Many food system actors are doing critical work within their communities, but often operate without the opportunity to regularly connect, reflect, and collaborate with peers beyond their immediate environment. This can limit the ability to scale promising practices, shift entrenched systems, or imagine new possibilities together.

Through our Learning Journey Program, we aim to build a peer-centered, glocally grounded platform for Connection, Collaboration, and Partnerships (CCP), one that brings together diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and systemic insight. It is deeply aligned with SGM’s CCP model, which supports members to build meaningful relationships, share practices and co-create impactful locally responsive solutions.

The program is also designed to onboard new members into the movement while deepening connections between local, regional, and global actors in the food system. It combines curated online learning sessions with immersive in-person journeys hosted across different regions of the world. At its core, it is a space where relationships are nurtured, ideas are exchanged, and a shared sense of purpose is cultivated, laying the foundation for long-term collaboration and systemic change.