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MFSN Kenya Series

Food Heroes Expansion

Embark on an epic food system adventure and learn to practice your Agroecology-, Multifunctional Landscaping- and Sustain Abilities

  • 60 Collectible Cards and action missions to play in the Realworld
  • Edutaining Comics
  • Do-it-Yourself Print Kit & Gameplays
  • Digital Game & Apps

First Print Edition, Kenya & First global self-print + Online Edition for schools, clubs and homes: April 02026

The fsysgame Food Heroes Expansion was developed in cooperation with the Multifunctional Schools Network in Kenya, established with CSHEP and DNRC in Kiambu, Kajiado, and Makueni Counties, under the CGIAR Science Program on Multifunctional Landscapes, led by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, in collaboration with The Grass Company and fsysgame.org

Multifunctional Landscapes is a science program that envisions vibrant, diverse and healthy landscapes that are managed holistically to support sustainable and diverse eco-agrifood systems, resilient livelihoods and healthy diets while remaining within planetary boundaries.

In this vision, landscapes are co-created and managed by diverse stakeholders, who co-design technological,
socioecological, and institutional innovations, engaged in policy processes, underpinned by inclusive governance and effective planning.

The Program currently works in Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Peru, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.

Dr. Lisa Elena Fuchs & Team

The fsys Food Heroes expansion entails 60 Action Cards and a comic, that address diverse food system issues. Each card is mapped against 3 sets of themes, principles, and goals: the 13 Agroecological (AE) Principles, the 12 Multifunctional Landscapes (MFL) Themes, and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs).

featuring:

60 Collectible Cards and Realworld Missions

Practicing our Agroecology (AE), Multifunctional Landscaping (MFL) and Sustain Abilities (SDG) while learning, collaborating + having fun. 🙂

Download DIY! OER Kit for Self Printing and playful application at Homes, Clubs and Schools

Play MFL fsys Online

Our Gameplay from the Do-it-Yourself Print version as an online Player vs AI “coopetetive duel game” (same rules )

Web- & Print Comic V0.9

Future Now Agency, Agroecology and tasty food in an Open World Intro story – with 62 illustrations, pages to draw in and a starter deck fsys cards.

Card Explorer

Click on single Agroecology, Multifunctional Landscapes and Sustainable Development Goal Icons to explore, which cards feature the icon and how the cards are connected through other shared icons. A click on the card tells you, what is is about. Enjoy 🙂

The Science in the Cards

Multifunctional Landscapes

Board Game

2026

Food Heroes Comic

coming soon

In each card you discover up to 2 MFL Ability icons. Playing out your action mission trains the following Multifunctional Landscaping Abilities – your MFL:

[1] Natural / Ecological Farming

Reduce or avoid synthetic inputs and use natural methods (compost, manure, and biopesticides) to build soil health and manage pests through integrated, diversified farm design.

[2] Growing One’s Own Food

Cultivate diverse, nutritious, and locally-relevant crops in school and home kitchen gardens to strengthen food independence and healthy eating habits.

[3] Access, Availability & Affordability of Healthy Food:

Raise awareness of food-based dietary guidelines and support every person’s right to access healthy, nutritious food through community and institutional action.

[4] Agroforestry:

Purposefully integrate trees into farmland, including indigenous and fruit trees, to restore land, produce food and fodder, and address climate change through multiple co-benefits.

[5] Environmental & Biodiversity Restoration:

Protect and restore plant and animal diversity in farms and landscapes through farmer-managed regeneration, land sharing and sparing, water protection, and participatory governance of shared natural resources.

[6] Seed-Saving & Exchange:

Multiply, preserve, and share local seed varieties to maintain food independence, protect biodiversity, and reduce dependence on commercial seed suppliers.

[7] Multifunctionality in Landscapes:

Optimise land to deliver diverse ecological and socio-economic benefits simultaneously, managing trade-offs and balancing competing uses through joint visions and place-based, integrated solutions.

[8] Shorter & More Circular Value Chains:

Shorten and circularise trade channels by strengthening local markets, farmer cooperatives, and participatory guarantee systems to keep value within communities.

[9] Food Loss & Waste:

Align what is produced, consumed, and sold by reducing waste, transforming and preserving surplus food, and adopting recycling and zero-waste approaches across the food system.

[10] Personalised & Scaled-Down Data Dashboards:

Provide farmers with accessible, location-specific data tools and personalised advisories that support better record-keeping and evidence-based decision-making.

[11] Improving Participation & Governance:

Strengthen multi-stakeholder engagement and co-creation of knowledge in food and land decisions, ensuring all voices, especially historically marginalised groups, are heard and the system changes from the bottom up.

[12] Social Movements & Advocacy:

Form inclusive local and global movements, engage with political processes, and create spaces for women, youth, and marginalised groups to influence food system decisions and public opinion.

In each card you discover up to 2 AE of the 13 HLPE Agroecological principles icons. Playing out your action mission trains your Agroecology abilities

[1] Recycling

[2] Input Reduction

[3] Soil Health

[4] Animal Health

[5] Biodiversity

[6] Synergy

[7] Economic Diversification

[8] Co-Creation of Knowledge

[9] Social Values and diets

[10] Fairness

[11] Connectivity

[12] Land & Natural Resource Governance

[13] Participation

MFL Series :: Food Heroes Expansion, Kenya, April 02026

60 cards for training our Agroecology-, Multifunctional Landscaping- and Sustain Abilities

Alternative for exploring Cards and cross referenced AE, MFL and SDGs
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