Meet the producers who have joined the CoCo Sapiens standards: health, environmental impact and ethics, all at once. We connect those who produce with integrity with those who want to eat knowing more, with a map for buying through short supply chains near you and Food Reports that explain how what you eat is produced.
CoCo Sapiens is a non-profit association that develops tools to understand and transform food systems.
What problem does CoCo Sapiens solve?
Behind every label there are processes, places and decisions that you never see and have no part in.
The result: you decide on the basis of marketing, not real information.
CoCo Sapiens brings the information and transparency that make conscious consumption possible.
Processes and origins stay hidden behind the label. Without real traceability, marketing decides for you.
Claims that measure one thing and hide the rest. More noise, less useful information.
Producers and consumers rarely really meet. Without a link, transforming the system is harder.
We develop reference standards and analysis tools for agriculture, livestock and fisheries to help understand how food is produced and what impact different production models generate from a holistic, systemic perspective.
The heart of CoCo Sapiens. The producer signs up to a common set of standards, from seed genetics to packaging. Then each product is measured with the CoCo Score and checked: those that pass carry the CoCo Sapiens Certified certification. Areas: Agriculture · Livestock · Fishing · Aquaculture (in development).
See the standardsA map to find producers, shops and restaurants that sell through short supply chains near you, and buy directly from those who produce with integrity.
View the map (beta)Rigorous systemic analysis reports focused on food, health, the impact of production models, materials and structural issues in the food system.
Read the Food ReportsWe give producers and food projects access to a network of accredited consultants in each country, to move towards more coherent and resilient models in line with the CoCo Sapiens standards.
How to joinBecome part of a community of consumers who have decided to use their purchasing power to transform the food system. As a CoCo Sapiens member you get exclusive information, support 360° standards that look at the health, environmental and ethical side of each food at once, and contribute to a model of conscious consumption.
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Food Report · 01
This first CoCo Sapiens Food Report examines the situation of small-scale, low-impact fishing and the structural difficulties it faces in Spain. It looks at direct sales, traceability, labelling, fishing gear, discards and the regulatory framework, while exploring possible pathways towards a more transparent and resilient fisheries system.
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Food Journal · Film
An audiovisual piece about food, territory and pleasure, featuring archival material provided by the Bigas Luna family.
Read moreResearch, analysis and stories that make visible what lies behind the food we consume.
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