17 ECOLOGICA, Vol. 29, No 105 (2022), 17-24 https://doi.org/10.18485/ecologica.2022.29.105.3 Originalni naučni rad UDC: 330.542:330.43]:502.1 Strategija „Od polja do stola“: pokušaj simbioze proizvodnje hrane i ekologije u Evropskoj Uniji Strategy “From field to table”: attempt of symbiosis of food production and ecology in the European Union Aleksandar Damnjanović 1 *, Nada Živanović 2 , Zorančo Vasilkov 3 1,3 Poslovni i pravni fakultet, Univerzitet MB, Beograd, Srbija / Faculty of Business and Law, University „MB“, Belgrade, Serbia 2 Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede, Beograd, Srbij a / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Belgrade, Serbia *Autor za prepisku / Corresponding author Rad primljen / Received: 28.11.2021, Rad prihvaćen / Accepted: 20.02.2022. Sažetak: Sistem proizvodnje hrane predstavljen u strategiji „Od polja do stola” (en. From Farm to Fork) je novi pristup vrednovanja hrane, koji pored poboljšanja načina života ljudi, zdravlja i zaštite životne sredine, ima i socijalnu i etičku dimenziju. Iz ugla zaštite životne sredine proizvodnja, prerada, maloprodaja, pakovanje i transport hrane, kao jedan zaokružen sistem, značajno doprinosi zagađivanju ekoloških vrednosti kao što su zemljište, vazduh i voda, emisiji gasova sa efektom staklene bašte i nanosi veliku štetu bioraznovrsnosti. Jednom rečiju, sadašnji prehrambreni sitemi su jedna od značajnih pretnji klimatskim promenama i ugrožavanju životne sredine. Na ovakvo stanje u mnogome utiču poljoprivredna proizvodnja sa visokim stepenom zavisnosti od pesticida i antibiotskih preparata, prekomerna upotrebe đubriva i jos uvek mali procenat ekološke poljoprivredne proizvodnje. Ključne reči: prehrambeni sitem, proizvodnja hrane, poljoprivreda, zaštita života ljudi i životne sredine, zdrava ishrana, rasipanje hrane. Abstract: The food production system presented in the From Farm to Fork strategy is a new approach to food valuation which, in addition to improving people's lifestyles, health and environmental protection, also has a social and ethical dimension. From the point of view of environmental protection, the production, processing, retail, packaging and transport of food as a complete system significantly contributes to the pollution of environmental values such as land, air and water, greenhouse gas emissions and causes great damage to biodiversity. In other words, current food systems are one of the significant threats to climate change and environmental threats. This situation is greatly influenced by agricultural production with a high degree of dependence on pesticides and antibiotics, excessive use of fertilizers and still a small percentage of organic agricultural production. Keywords: food system, food production, agriculture, protection of human life and the environment, safe food, food waste, biodiversity. 1 orcid.org/0000-0001-5789-4728, e-mail: adm.tfc@gmail.com 2 orcid.org/0000-0002-9364-4416, e-mail: nada.dragic@ymail.com 3 orcid.org/0000-0001-8282-2777, e-mail: vasilkovzoranco@yahoo.com