Cities with food sharing projects

CULTIVATE HUBS

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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.

Spoke Locations

THE REPLICATION CITIES

The CULTIVATE project has identified six different spoke locations where food sharing innovation is taking place despite less established or supportive food sharing contexts. These are sites for replicating and further testing the Compass tool. In each replication city, a relevant food sharing initiative has been identified as an exemplary practice.