Overview of research

• Desk study covering the topics: the role of young people as “agents of change”, the rural-urban divide, the different types of influences young people experience when choosing a career, and the general future outlook for food systems development.
• Four reference group meetings with a reference group of 15 young people and senior experts from the Nordic Region to anchor and qualify the research.
• A Baltic viewpoint from a workshop in Latvia as part of the “Entrepreneurship in Vidzeme” project.
• Two surveys focusing on youth perceptions of careers in the food systems. A pilot survey was conducted during Green Innovation Week in Skive, Denmark, where young people gather to learn about career prospects in sustainable green businesses. A Nordic survey was conducted in the five Nordic countries among students in lower secondary schools and high school/vocational schools located in both rural and urban contexts, collecting answers from 535 students.