Within the project "Socio-ecological Transformation of the Food System", policy recommendations for the transformation towards a sustainable food system were developed between October 2020 and September 2023. The recommendations include short-, medium- and long-term courses of political action. The acronym STErn (meaning "STAR") is based on the German name of the project "Sozial-ökologische Transformation des Ernährungssystems"... Organic food and farming sector: Scenarios and development concepts for the organic food and farming sector were elaborated, which not only target agricultural production but encompass the entire value chain. Based on this, recommendations for action were derived for policy-makers, scientists, and practitioners... Regionalization: The relevance of environmental policy regarding the regionalization of food was examined. For this purpose, the potential effects of a stronger regionalization of food production in Germany were analyzed. Based on this, political..