Sara Roversi

President, Future Food Institute; Founder, Paideia Campus; Bologna, Italy

Sara Roversi is a visionary social entrepreneur and a global leader in the sustainable food ecosystem, known for her commitment to transforming food systems through a lens of integral ecology. A founder of the Future Food Institute (FFI) in 2014, she built an influential network of Living Labs and innovation hubs from Italy to Japan, enabling a cross-cultural dialogue on food sustainability, climate action, and social prosperity. Her work emphasizes food as the nexus of fertility, prosperity, and longevity, aspiring to regenerate natural resources, redefine the role of communities, and create wellness ecosystems worldwide.

In 2020, during the height of the pandemic, she founded the Paideia Campus in Pollica, Italy, a Mediterranean Living Lab and a prototype for sustainable villages combining environmental protection, human health, and social justice. With a keen focus on food diplomacy, Sara fosters food security and climate initiatives across diverse landscapes, serving as Commissioner for Global Food Security with the Kofi Annan Foundation and supporting the Permanent Secretariat for the Italian Emblematic Communities of the UNESCO Mediterranean Diet. She has also partnered with high-impact organizations like Google Food Lab and Food for Climate League, promoting climate-resilient food systems and sustainable development goals globally.

Sara’s recent projects include “Villa Montepaldi and the Lands of Renaissance,” an initiative with the University of Florence that harmonizes food innovation and heritage, aiming to foster a culture of longevity. Additionally, she continues to expand the Future Food ecosystem with planned launches across Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and Jordan, creating spaces that reflect her vision of a food-driven renaissance that is resilient, inclusive, and regenerative.

Beyond institutional frameworks, Sara’s leadership in integral ecology and prosperity thinking drives her mission to empower food leaders, connect rural and urban ecosystems, and cultivate transdisciplinary regenerative approaches to today’s challenges, from food access and biodiversity to mental well-being and climate resilience.