Sweet Dreams in Bergamo
When the people step out into the biodiversity valley, they are at first overwhelmed by the profusion of colors. The royal purple of cabbages, the green gradients of the rustling leeks are a far cry from the urban landscape just minutes away. Employees and volunteers from all stripes of life set to work there for […]
Food Trails Think Tank
The Food Trails Think Tank is a pool of ten key experts, with different backgrounds and expertise, chosen to support the project in its development. The team acts as a strategic and advisoring board on the project priorities and is there to provide advice on practical and theoretical steps to partner cities, to support, understand […]
Feel the beet
If you saw the tattooed, bespectacled Jos Meijers riding around the Dutch city of Groningen on his motorcycle, leather jacket and fingernails generously caked with mud, you might wonder what he’s been getting up to. Perhaps a fresh cabbage or sack of potatoes under his arm might give you a hint. “You have to imagine […]
How four EU food cities dealt with the coronavirus pandemic
Whether it was a shortage of flour at the supermarket or an increased reliance on food banks and meal distribution organisations, COVID-19 has laid bare food-related issues in cities. But with the end of the pandemic now in sight, cities are putting a sharper focus on their food policy and the future of sustainable food […]
The narrative report on the role of Milan Pact cities in the transformation of food systems
The Role Of Cities In The Transformation Of Food Systems: Sharing Lessons From Milan Pact Cities is a new narrative report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) and EStà – Economia e Sostenibilità research centre, about the evolving food policy and practice as […]
Side Event at High Level FOOD2030 Event on “SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS FOR CITIES”
The Milan Pact and European project FIT4FOOD2030 are pleased to present the Side Event – Sustainable Food Systems fod Cities of the High Level FOOD2030 Event in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), an interactive opportunity to explore selected Research and Innovation (R&I) cases within Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) cities. During the event participants will investigate cases and […]
"Cities can make our food system more sustainable" says Mayor of Milan on the eve of Eat Forum 2017
On the eve of the Eat Forum that will be held on 12-13 June 2017 in Stockholm, Giuseppe Sala, Mayor of Milan has spoken with Eat Foundation on the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and the role of cities in tackling food insecurity «Cities can really trigger the change needed to make our food systems […]
The City of Milan and Eurocities win project to map innovative food strategies
The City of Milan and Eurocities in collaboration with the academic expert Roberta Sonnino (Cardiff University) won a EU funded project on ” Innovation for a sustainable and health production, delivery and consumption of food in cities”. The study will start on January 2017 and during 8 months it will concentrate on mapping the food strategies […]
