Cities with food sharing projects
CULTIVATE HUBS
PATHFINDERS FOR FOOD SHARING INNOVATION
The first step of the CULTIVATE project will take place in three specific hub locations, whose municipalities will play the role of pathfinders for policy innovation around food sharing. Each city will be the site for the initial field data collation and activation of the Compass tools through their innovative FSIs.
Four broad types of food sharing practices are emerging, which are useful for categorizing and comparing activities in cities. Some FSIs focus on redistributing surplus food, others on food growing and thus production and self-sufficiency, and still others on collective cooking & eating as acts of social sharing practices that strengthen communities. There are also multifunctional hubs that combine several types of food sharing in one place simultaneously. For example, a community garden may develop a community café where surplus food from the garden can be used to create meals for collective consumption.
Hub Locations
MILAN
MORE REDISTRIBUTION, LESS FOOD-WASTE
Milan has adopted a comprehensive food policy with the overall objective of increasing the sustainability of its food system and the goal of cutting food waste by 50% by 2030.
UTRECHT
WHERE HEALTH COMES FIRST
Through a co-design effort between citizens and the municipality, a residential district has become a food forest. Coordinated community care and maintenance contribute to greater social cohesion.
BARCELONA
THE 2021 WORLD SUSTAINABLE FOOD CAPITAL
The city of Barcelona places food at the heart of the political and social agenda to strengthen and expand policies and projects on sustainable food.
Spoke Locations
THE REPLICATION CITIES
LISBON
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UPFARMING
A self-sustaining community
BRNO
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NESEHNUTI
Where food connects people
FREIBURG
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ZUSAMMEN LEBEN
The city of food encounters
DUBLIN
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EDIBLE DUBLIN & FOODCLOUD
The city that tackles food waste
ATHENS
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BOROUME
Helping people through food sharing
BRIGHTON
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BRIGHTON & HOVE FOOD PARTNERSHIP
A food community-based city