“Food Trails Stories” – A Video Series on Food Trails Living Labs and Food Trails Hero Video: “Pathways Towards Food 2030-Led Urban Food Policies”
🇫🇷 BORDEAUX METROPOLE Discover how Bordeaux Metropole is strengthening its local food network by enhancing the Food Council and connecting local producers with public canteens to support short supply chains. Explore how they are building a resilient, future-proof food system as part of the Food Trails project
🇵🇱 WARSAW Enabling restaurant owners on food donation and optimizing food management for organizations collaborating with the local food bank. Discover how Warsaw is driving food system innovation and resilience as part of Food Trails!
🇦🇱 TIRANA is supporting local supply chains by prioritizing locally sourced produce in kindergarten canteens and community centers, and creating a new agri-food market. It’s also developing awareness campaigns to reduce and prevent food waste. Discover Tirana’s Food Trails journey towards a more sustainable food system.
🇬🇧 BIRMINGHAM Enhancing access to healthy and sustainable food, supporting bottom up food waste sorting practices, and promoting legume consumption among youth. Discover Birmingham’s path towards a bold, sustainable, healthy and thriving food system!
🇬🇷 THESSALONIKI Establishing a food council dedicated to preventing food waste and promoting circularity. Advancing urban agriculture by supporting existing growing hubs and creating new school gardens to educate children on healthy diets and sustainable food cultivation. Discover how Thessaloniki fostered a more sustainable food system as part of its Food Trails journey.
🇳🇱 GRONINGEN Promoting sustainable, healthy plant-based diets while supporting grassroots urban agriculture initiatives. Establishing an interdepartmental working group to improve municipal food governance. Discover Groningen’s journey towards a sustainable and healthy future with Food Trails!
🇫🇷 GRENOBLE ALPES METROPOLE Organizing a month of events focused on protein transition, promoting a support program for municipalities to foster sustainable diets in school canteens, and establishing an Inter-Territorial Food Council to lead the shift towards a future-proof local food system. Discover Grenoble-Alpes Métropole’s journey within Food Trails.
🇩🇰 COPENHAGEN Linking public food tender to food education, developing a financial model for healthy, eco-friendly school meals, creating a kitchen app for better communication with procurement officers, and disseminating knowledged about sustainalbe public food procurement policies. Discover Copenhagen’s journey within Food Trails.
🇵🇹 FUNCHAL Empowering communities with sustainable diets and protein transition through events like Funchal Food Week and World Pulses Day, along with food literacy initiatives. Supporting social housing residents with composting and other circular practices. Discover Funchal’s journey within Food Trails toward a fair, eco-friendly food system!
🇮🇹 BERGAMO Developing a comprehensive municipal food policy, promoting healthier meals in primary schools, and transitioning to plant-based proteins and organic foods. Discover how Bergamo, as part of Food Trails, is reshaping society’s relationship with food through early education.
🇮🇹 MILAN Renovating school canteens to reduce food waste, distributing educational booklets on healthy eating to all nursery and primary school children, conducting composting feasibility studies, and enhancing data monitoring to scale food surplus redistribution. Explore Milan’s journey with Food Trails to foster circularity in its school canteen system.
Food Trails’ Video Hero – Pathways towards Food 2030 led urban food policies. The video showcases the key ingredients for urban food policy development, as identified by Food Trails. While the project has come to an end, its lessons learned serve as an essential pathway for other EU cities to embark on their own journeys toward sustainable urban food system transformation.
