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Research Article Volume 12 Issue 5
Family farming systems as a co-innovation laboratory for restoring the nutritional and immunological role of food
Luis L Vazquez
Received: December 08, 2025 | Published: December 22, 2025
Citation: Vázquez LL. Family farming systems as a co-innovation laboratory for restoring the nutritional and immunological role of food. J Appl Biotechnol Bioeng 2025;12(5):224-228. DOI: 10.15406/jabb.2025.12.00408
Abstract
Family farming is a traditional way of life and food production, whose values have been documented in research and social communications; however, its potential contribution to restoring the nutritional and immunological role of food is suggested in this short article. This paper offers a reasoned summary of personal experiences, supported by bibliographic references, on the values of family farming and its potential for shaping the food of the future. Two main aspects are addressed: family farming systems as reservoirs of functional biodiversity and family farming as laboratories for co-innovation. The cultural and technological characteristics of family farming systems, which integrate a diversity of agricultural, livestock, and tree species, facilitate functional interactions between soildwelling biota and the root system and aerial parts of plants, as well as biodiversity flows with nearby natural ecosystems and semi-natural agroecosystems, becoming reservoirs of genes, nutrients, and the microbiome that contribute to sustainable food production.
Keywords: functional biodiversity, sustainable food, immunological role, biological characteristics
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