Organization:Food Social Security

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Sécurité sociale de l'alimentation
Formationproject: 2017; 9 years ago (2017)
collective: 2019; 7 years ago (2019)
Founder
  • Engineers Without Borders (ISF-Agrista)
  • Réseau Salariat
  • CIVAM Network (fr)
  • Confédération Paysanne
  • Collectif Démocratie Alimentaire
  • 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)
TypeProject
PurposeIntegration of food and agriculture into the social security system
Area served
France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland
MethodUniversality, social contributions, democratic contractual framework (fr)
Websitesecurite-sociale-alimentation.org

Food Social Security (from the French 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 exprimented at local scale in various places in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg.[1][2][3]

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.[1] Globally, while enough food is produced to feed ten billion people, food systems are threatening both human health and environmental sustainability.[4] Food bank demand is soaring throughout the world, and is in itself not seen as a long-term response to food insecurity.[1] 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.[5][6][1]

Principles

The three fundamental principles of Food Social Security are:[2][7][8]

  • 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 (conventionnement (fr) in French), here also based on the corresponding mechanism used in the healthcare system.

Experiments

In 2022 an experiment in a Food Social Security was launched in Dieulefit (Drôme).[9][10] In 2023, experiments took place in Gironde,[11] Toulouse,[12] Strasbourg, Clermont-Ferrand, Valencia (Spain), Montpellier,[13] Paris,[14] Cadenet (Vaucluse),[15] while Grenoble, Saint-Étienne and dozens of other municipalities across France prepared food funds or similar initiatives listed by the collective.[16] The idea has also been taken up in Belgium since 2021, with pilot projects notably in Schaerbeek (Brussels Region) and in Wallonia,[17][18] and in Switzerland since 2024.[19][20][21]

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.[8]

See also

  • Social security in France
  • Right to food
  • Food sovereignty
  • Food security
  • Carte Vitale

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Walker, Kira (22 March 2023). "Europe's unique trials in food 'social security'". https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20230321-cost-of-living-europes-trials-in-social-security. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A food Social security?". 24 April 2023. https://ripess.eu/en/social-security-for-food/. 
  3. ↑ (in English) HS Dialogues justice alimentaire (Report). Dialogues en Humanité. 20 Dec 2020. pp. 7–8. https://dialoguesenhumanite.org/sites/dialoguesenhumanite.org/files/media/130/2020-dialogues-justice-alimentaire-english-web.pdf. 
  4. ↑ Willett, Walter; Rockström, Johan; Loken, Brent; Springmann, Marco; Lang, Tim; Vermeulen, Sonja; Garnett, Tara; Tilman, David et al. (2 February 2019). "Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems" (in English). The Lancet 393 (10170): 447–492. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31788-4. ISSN 0140-6736. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31788-4/abstract. Retrieved 31 August 2025. 
  5. ↑ "Unhealthy Diets NCD Alliance" (in en). https://ncdalliance.org/why-ncds/risk-factors-prevention/unhealthy-diets-and-malnutrition. 
  6. ↑ Gorasso, Vanessa; Moyersoen, Isabelle; Van der Heyden, Johan; De Ridder, Karin; Vandevijvere, Stefanie; Vansteelandt, Stijn; De Smedt, Delphine; Devleesschauwer, Brecht (2022). "Health care costs and lost productivity costs related to excess weight in Belgium". BMC Public Health 22. doi:10.1186/s12889-022-14105-9. PMC 9450378. https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8765723. 
  7. ↑ "La sécurité sociale de l'alimentation, une idée à l'intérêt croissant" (in fr). 2022-06-06. https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/et-maintenant/et-maintenant-du-lundi-06-juin-2022-2926838. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Payer ses courses avec une carte Vitale ? C’est l’une des idées de la Sécurité sociale de l’alimentation" (in fr). Le HuffPost. 6 October 2023. 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. 
  9. ↑ Dubesset, Enzo (April 2022). "Dans la Drôme, on expérimente la " Sécu " de l’alimentation" (in fr). Silence. https://www.revuesilence.net/numeros/509-L-avion-du-futur-c-est-le-train/dans-la-drome-on-experimente-la-secu-de-l-alimentation. 
  10. ↑ Dubesset, Enzo (11 January 2022). "Dans la Drôme, on expérimente la " Sécu " de l’alimentation" (in fr). Reporterre. https://reporterre.net/Dans-la-Drome-on-experimente-la-Secu-de-l-alimentation. 
  11. ↑ "Gironde : une carte vitale de l’alimentation bientôt expérimentée pour permettre aux plus précaires de faire leurs courses" (in fr). Franceinfo. 31 May 2023. 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. 
  12. ↑ Godement, Valérie (23 May 2023). "Vers une Sécurité sociale de l’alimentation ?" (in fr). Réussir. https://www.reussir.fr/face-laccroissement-de-la-precarite-alimentaire-de-nombreuses-voix-emanant-dassociations-de. 
  13. ↑ Mandrou, Anne-Sophie (3 December 2022). "Solidarité : une carte de 150 euros pour acheter à manger, Montpellier va expérimenter une Sécurité Sociale de l’Alimentation" (in fr). France 3 Occitanie. 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. 
  14. ↑ "Citoyens et collectivités testent une Sécurité sociale… de l’alimentation" (in fr). 20 Minutes. 15 June 2023. https://www.20minutes.fr/planete/4041428-20230615-idee-securite-sociale-alimentation-fait-chemin-france. 
  15. ↑ Surmaire, Léa (20 April 2022). "Vaucluse. Ces habitants de Cadenet planchent sur une sécurité de l’alimentation" (in fr). Actu.fr. 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. 
  16. ↑ "Collectif de réflexion et d’action sur une Sécurité Sociale de l’Alimentation (CréaSSA)" (in fr). https://www.collectif-ssa.be/. 
  17. ↑ "Evaluation du projet pilote BEES coop – Collectif de réflexion et d’action sur une Sécurité Sociale de l’Alimentation (CréaSSA)" (in fr). https://www.collectif-ssa.be/evaluation-du-projet-pilote-bees-coop/. 
  18. ↑ "Une sécurité sociale de l’alimentation" (in fr). vivre-ensemble.be. 13 December 2021. https://vivre-ensemble.be/publication/une-securite-sociale-de-l-alimentation/. 
  19. ↑ Talos, Christine (28 May 2024). "Un collectif veut donner à tous 80 fr. par mois pour se nourrir" (in fr). 20 minutes. https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/assurance-sociale-alimentaire-un-collectif-veut-donner-a-tous-80-fr-par-mois-pour-se-nourrir-103116094. 
  20. ↑ "L’idée d’une assurance sociale alimentaire est lancée : Radios régionales romandes -". Radios Régionales Romandes. https://www.radiosregionales.ch/actualite-suisse/interviews/lidee-dune-assurance-sociale-alimentaire-est-lancee/. 
  21. ↑ Andrey, Aline (28 June 2024). "Manger mieux grâce à une assurance sociale alimentaire | L’Evénement syndical" (in fr). L'Evénement Syndical. https://www.evenement.ch/index.php/articles/manger-mieux-grace-une-assurance-sociale-alimentaire. 



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