Lack of real transparency and traceability
Processes and origins stay hidden behind the label. Without real traceability, marketing decides for you.
YOUR FOOD CHOICES MATTER
Meet producers assessed against CoCo Sapiens standards on health, environmental impact and ethics — analysed from a full 360° perspective. We connect those who produce with integrity with those who want clearer information — with a map of points of sale near you and Food Reports that explain how what you eat is produced.
CoCo Sapiens is an independent organisation that develops tools to understand, assess and transform food systems.
The food systemdoes not work for the consumer
Behind every label there are processes, territories and decisions you never see.
The result: you decide based on marketing, not real information.
Greenwashing and confusing claims
Claims that measure one thing and hide the rest. More noise, less useful information.
Total producer–consumer disconnect
Producers and consumers rarely really meet. Without a link, transforming the system is harder.
How CoCo Sapiens works
Transparency tools
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.
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Standards
The heart of CoCo Sapiens. A holistic system of mandatory criteria — from seed genetics to packaging — assessed product by product by CoCo Sapiens reviewers. Scopes: Agriculture · Livestock · Fisheries · Aquaculture (in development).
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Community & tools
We reconnect producers and consumers with a geolocated map of points of sale (retail and hospitality, with prices agreed outside the commodities market), so you can find nearby those who produce with integrity.
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Food Reports
Rigorous systemic analysis reports focused on food, health, the impact of production models, materials and structural issues in the food system.
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Support for transformation
We support producers and food projects through a network of associated consultants, helping them implement more coherent, resilient models aligned with CoCo Sapiens standards.
Join our community
Change starts withyour next purchase.
Become 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 the sector’s most rigorous standards, and contribute to a model of conscious consumption.
- · Access to exclusive Food Reports
- · Newsletter with priority content
- · Discounts with member producers
- · A voice in the community
News and practical guides
Understand the food system
Food Journal: The life of a tomato
Food loss and waste don't only start in the bin. We follow an illustrative tomato from the field to the kitchen — and ask what the barcode doesn't tell us.
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The 'bluewashing' of bottom trawling and km0: the extinction of small-scale fisheries
Behind the friendly "fish market" or "km0" label often sits fish caught by trawling, an industrial method. Direct sales are banned, forcing small-scale fishers onto the same channels and prices as the trawl fleet.
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Food Report · 01
Small-Scale Fishing in a System That Works Against It
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
A Tribute to Bigas Luna
An audiovisual piece about food, territory and pleasure, featuring archival material provided by the Bigas Luna family.
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Food Journal · Film
A Tribute to Bigas Luna
An audiovisual piece about food, territory and pleasure, featuring archival material provided by the Bigas Luna family.
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