Planting seeds of agrifood systems transformation in Europe
28 cities join the Food Trails Cascade learning programme Following its Call for Cascade Cities, the Food Trails project has selected 28 European local authorities from all over Europe to join its knowledge-sharing activities and learn from the 11 project partner cities’ experiences, innovative approaches, and solutions. The Cascade learning programme aims to transfer knowledge […]
Good food for all: cities at the forefront of food justice
In 2022, a shocking 8% of the European Union’s population could not afford a meal containing meat, fish, or a vegetarian equivalent every other day. At the same time, food prices in the EU skyrocketed by 18%, exacerbating food poverty, insecurity, and inequality. While recent months have seen a slowdown in inflation rates (5.9% in […]
Food Trails Call for Cascade Cities: Applications closed!
The Food Trails project has opened a new call to identify and select +20 local authorities interested in joining the project’s knowledge-sharing activities and learning from the 11 Food Trails partner cities’ experiences.
Our food system is exhausted
A look back at the Brussels Urban Summit session on urban food policies
The secrets to food procurement
Public procurement is a powerful tool that cities can wield to create change. Copenhagen leads the way in public food procurement unlocking and sharing its potential.
Where food waste and food aid meet
From urban legends to the refugee crisis, Warsaw is learning from them to tackle food waste, aid distribution, and improve its food system.
Lunching on urban food policies
Read the full Twitter Space conversation between Anna Scavuzzo, Vice Mayor in charge of Food Policy and Education at the City of Milan and Anja Katalin de Cunto
Cities hungry for recognition in EU food
“There can be no food revolution without cities, so give us a role,” said Alvaro Porro, Commissioner of Social Economy, Local Development and Food Policy in Barcelona. He addressed European Commission representatives during last week’s event, ‘Bringing urban food policy to the table.’ For the first time, around said table, eleven deputy mayors from European cities and […]
Bringing urban food policies to the table
Eurocities and Milan Urban Food Policy Pact high-level event9 March, Brussels Register here Why an event on urban food policies? When more cities aim to become climate neutral, when the effects of climate change are increasingly visible, food systems, responsible for about 30% of global emissions (IPCC 2019), cannot be neglected. At a time of […]
Bordeaux says “Yes” to its new food policy
In 2021, Bordeaux Metropole woke up to a harsh reality: local food production from its 5,500 hectares of agricultural land and 148 farms could only feed its inhabitants for one day a year, which means that the metropolis was relying quite heavily on imports from near and far. Today the numbers are a bit more […]
