{{distinguish|Food security}} {{Short description|System ensuring universal right to food through democratically managed social funds}} {{Infobox organization | name = Sécurité sociale de l'alimentation | formation = project: {{start date and age|2017}}<br> collective: {{start date and age|2019}} | type = Project | purpose = Integration of food and agriculture into the social security system | method = Universality, social contributions, {{ill|democratic contractual framework|fr|convention_médicale}} | region_served = France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland | website = [https://securite-sociale-alimentation.org securite-sociale-alimentation.org] | founder = {{plainlist| * Engineers Without Borders (ISF-Agrista) * Réseau Salariat * {{ill|CIVAM Network|fr|Centre_d'initiatives_pour_valoriser_l'agriculture_et_le_milieu_rural}} * Confédération Paysanne * Collectif Démocratie Alimentaire * {{ill|L'Atelier Paysan|fr}} * VRAC (Vers un Réseau d'Achat en Commun) * Réseau GRAP * Les pieds dans le plat * Les greniers d'abondance * AMAP (France) }} }}
'''Food Social Security''' (from the French {{lang|fr|Sécurité sociale de l'alimentation}}) is a socio-economic initiative drawing on the French Social security system and aiming to extend it to the food system, thus advocating multiple rights linked to the right to food, farmers' rights, and environmental protection. Funded through social contributions, each person would receive a fixed sum (e.g., 150€ monthly) to be spent only with food producers and retailers who have been democratically contracted, ensuring they meet social and environmental criteria. Carried by various actors from the civil society, it is currently being experimented at local scale in various places in France, Belgium, Switzerland.<ref name="bbc"> {{cite web|last=Walker|first=Kira|title=Europe's unique trials in food 'social security'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20230321-cost-of-living-europes-trials-in-social-security|website=bbc.co.uk|date=22 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="ripess"> {{cite web|title=A food Social security?|url=https://ripess.eu/en/social-security-for-food/|website=ripess.eu|date=24 April 2023}}</ref><ref name="deh_report"> {{cite report |title=HS Dialogues justice alimentaire |chapter=Interview with Dominique Paturel by Théo Tzélépoglou |pages=7–8 |date=20 Dec 2020 |publisher=Dialogues en Humanité |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619141132/https://dialoguesenhumanite.org/sites/dialoguesenhumanite.org/files/media/130/2020-dialogues-justice-alimentaire-english-web.pdf |archive-date=2024-06-19 |url=https://dialoguesenhumanite.org/sites/dialoguesenhumanite.org/files/media/130/2020-dialogues-justice-alimentaire-english-web.pdf |language=English }}</ref>
==Context== The idea of Food Social Security stemmed from noticing various flaws inherent to the current food system such as malnutrition, food insecurity, farmers' precarity and environmental concerns.<ref name="bbc" /> Globally, while enough food is produced to feed ten billion people, food systems are threatening both human health and environmental sustainability.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Willett |first1=Walter |last2=Rockström |first2=Johan |last3=Loken |first3=Brent |last4=Springmann |first4=Marco |last5=Lang |first5=Tim |last6=Vermeulen |first6=Sonja |last7=Garnett |first7=Tara |last8=Tilman |first8=David |last9=DeClerck |first9=Fabrice |last10=Wood |first10=Amanda |last11=Jonell |first11=Malin |last12=Clark |first12=Michael |last13=Gordon |first13=Line J. |last14=Fanzo |first14=Jessica |last15=Hawkes |first15=Corinna |last16=Zurayk |first16=Rami |last17=Rivera |first17=Juan A. |last18=Vries |first18=Wim De |last19=Sibanda |first19=Lindiwe Majele |last20=Afshin |first20=Ashkan |last21=Chaudhary |first21=Abhishek |last22=Herrero |first22=Mario |last23=Agustina |first23=Rina |last24=Branca |first24=Francesco |last25=Lartey |first25=Anna |last26=Fan |first26=Shenggen |last27=Crona |first27=Beatrice |last28=Fox |first28=Elizabeth |last29=Bignet |first29=Victoria |last30=Troell |first30=Max |last31=Lindahl |first31=Therese |last32=Singh |first32=Sudhvir |last33=Cornell |first33=Sarah E. |last34=Reddy |first34=K. Srinath |last35=Narain |first35=Sunita |last36=Nishtar |first36=Sania |last37=Murray |first37=Christopher J. L. |title=Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems |journal=The Lancet |date=2 February 2019 |volume=393 |issue=10170 |pages=447–492 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31788-4 |url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31788-4/abstract |access-date=31 August 2025 |language=English |issn=0140-6736|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Food bank demand is soaring throughout the world, and is in itself not seen as a long-term response to food insecurity.<ref name="bbc" /> Poor nutrition is generally linked to lower incomes, causing one of the largest public health challenges for children, and a significant strain on healthcare systems.<ref>{{cite web |title=Unhealthy Diets NCD Alliance |url=https://ncdalliance.org/why-ncds/risk-factors-prevention/unhealthy-diets-and-malnutrition |website=ncdalliance.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gorasso |first1=Vanessa |last2=Moyersoen |first2=Isabelle |last3=Van der Heyden |first3=Johan |last4=De Ridder |first4=Karin |last5=Vandevijvere |first5=Stefanie |last6=Vansteelandt |first6=Stijn |last7=De Smedt |first7=Delphine |last8=Devleesschauwer |first8=Brecht |title=Health care costs and lost productivity costs related to excess weight in Belgium |url=https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8765723 |journal=BMC Public Health |doi=10.1186/s12889-022-14105-9 |date=2022 |volume=22 |article-number=1693 |doi-access=free |pmc=9450378 }}</ref><ref name="bbc" />
==Principles== thumb|How Food Social Security works The three fundamental principles of Food Social Security are:<ref name="ripess" /><ref name="france_culture">{{Cite web |language=fr |title=La sécurité sociale de l'alimentation, une idée à l'intérêt croissant |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/et-maintenant/et-maintenant-du-lundi-06-juin-2022-2926838 |website=France Culture |date=2022-06-06 |access-date=2024-02-22}}</ref><ref name="huffpost">{{cite news |title=Payer ses courses avec une carte Vitale ? C’est l’une des idées de la Sécurité sociale de l’alimentation |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/life/article/la-securite-sociale-de-l-alimentation-veut-lutter-contre-la-precarite-alimentaire-en-s-inspirant-de-la-carte-vitale_224040.html |work=Le HuffPost |date=6 October 2023 |language=fr}}</ref> * Universality of the right to food, in a similar way as described by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In practice, Food Social Security proposes a dedicated card available for everyone from birth to death, topped up monthly with €150 from socialised contributions. * social contributions with a flat rate as a funding mechanism similar to the one used for healthcare. * democratic contractual framework ({{lang|fr|{{ill|conventionnement|fr|convention_médicale}}}} in French), here also based on the corresponding mechanism used in the healthcare system.
== Experiments == In 2022 an experiment inspired from Food Social Security was launched in Dieulefit (Drôme).<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |last=Dubesset |first=Enzo |title=Dans la Drôme, on expérimente la " Sécu " de l’alimentation |url=https://www.revuesilence.net/numeros/509-L-avion-du-futur-c-est-le-train/dans-la-drome-on-experimente-la-secu-de-l-alimentation |publisher=Silence |date=April 2022 |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |language=fr |last=Dubesset |first=Enzo |title=Dans la Drôme, on expérimente la " Sécu " de l’alimentation |url=https://reporterre.net/Dans-la-Drome-on-experimente-la-Secu-de-l-alimentation |publisher=Reporterre |date=11 January 2022 |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref> In 2023, other experiments started in Gironde,<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |title=Gironde : une carte vitale de l’alimentation bientôt expérimentée pour permettre aux plus précaires de faire leurs courses |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/alimentation/gironde-une-carte-vitale-de-l-alimentation-bientot-experimentee-pour-permettre-aux-plus-precaires-de-faire-leurs-courses_5859761.html |publisher=Franceinfo |date=31 May 2023 |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> Toulouse,<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |last=Godement |first=Valérie |title=Vers une Sécurité sociale de l’alimentation ? |url=https://www.reussir.fr/face-laccroissement-de-la-precarite-alimentaire-de-nombreuses-voix-emanant-dassociations-de |publisher=Réussir |date=23 May 2023 |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref> Strasbourg, Clermont-Ferrand, Valencia (Spain), Montpellier,<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |last=Mandrou |first=Anne-Sophie |title=Solidarité : une carte de 150 euros pour acheter à manger, Montpellier va expérimenter une Sécurité Sociale de l’Alimentation |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/herault/montpellier/solidarite-une-carte-de-150-euros-pour-acheter-a-manger-montpellier-va-experimenter-une-securite-sociale-de-l-alimentation-2667788.html |publisher=France 3 Occitanie |date=3 December 2022 |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> Paris,<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |title=Citoyens et collectivités testent une Sécurité sociale… de l’alimentation |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/planete/4041428-20230615-idee-securite-sociale-alimentation-fait-chemin-france |publisher=20 Minutes |date=15 June 2023 |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> Cadenet (Vaucluse),<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |last=Surmaire |first=Léa |title=Vaucluse. Ces habitants de Cadenet planchent sur une sécurité de l’alimentation |url=https://actu.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/lauris_84065/vaucluse-ces-citoyens-de-pertuis-et-cadenet-planchent-sur-une-secu-de-l-alimentation_50315350.html |publisher=Actu.fr |date=20 April 2022 |access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref> followed by dozens of other municipalities across France which prepared experiments or reflection groups listed by the collective. The idea has also been taken up in Belgium since 2021, with pilot projects notably in Schaerbeek (Brussels Region) and in Wallonia,<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |title=Evaluation du projet pilote BEES coop – Collectif de réflexion et d’action sur une Sécurité Sociale de l’Alimentation (CréaSSA) |url=https://www.collectif-ssa.be/evaluation-du-projet-pilote-bees-coop/ |access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |language=fr |title=Une sécurité sociale de l’alimentation |url=https://vivre-ensemble.be/publication/une-securite-sociale-de-l-alimentation/ |publisher=vivre-ensemble.be |date=13 December 2021}}</ref> and in Switzerland since 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Talos |first1=Christine |title=Un collectif veut donner à tous 80 fr. par mois pour se nourrir |url=https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/assurance-sociale-alimentaire-un-collectif-veut-donner-a-tous-80-fr-par-mois-pour-se-nourrir-103116094 |work=20 minutes |date=28 May 2024 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=L’idée d’une assurance sociale alimentaire est lancée : Radios régionales romandes - |url=https://www.radiosregionales.ch/actualite-suisse/interviews/lidee-dune-assurance-sociale-alimentaire-est-lancee/ |access-date=27 September 2025 |work=Radios Régionales Romandes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Andrey |first1=Aline |title=Manger mieux grâce à une assurance sociale alimentaire {{!}} L’Evénement syndical |url=https://www.evenement.ch/index.php/articles/manger-mieux-grace-une-assurance-sociale-alimentaire |access-date=27 September 2025 |work=L'Evénement Syndical |date=28 June 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>
As of 2025, the French collective's website lists more than 30 local experiments. Details of implementation vary across the trials, including the selection criteria for food shops and products, their quality, sustainability or geographic and economic accessibility. Although every experiment has been local, their main purpose is to gather enough momentum for the project to be adopted and implemented at the national scale.<ref name="huffpost" />
==See also== * Social security in France * Right to food * Food sovereignty * Food security * Carte Vitale
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * France — [https://securite-sociale-alimentation.org securite-sociale-alimentation.org (in French)] * Belgium — [https://www.campagne-ssa.be/en/ campagne-SSA.be (in English)] * Switzerland — [https://assurance-alimentaire.ch/ assurance-alimentaire.ch (in French)]
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