Imagine turning a grey city corner into a vibrant garden where people grow and eat healthy, local food. This effort blends architecture and nature to make eating well feel natural and beautiful in a city. It's like a blueprint for creating community hubs that make healthy food easy to access for everyone.
Urban areas often lack inclusive, attractive, and sustainable spaces that provide healthy, local food. This leads to poor nutrition and disconnected communities in city centers.
A Playbook containing guidelines, methods, and examples for creating urban food environments, supported by science-based KPIs.
If you are a city development firm dealing with sterile urban environments — this project developed a Playbook that helps create inclusive, nature-filled food spaces. This increases the attractiveness and social value of residential and commercial zones.
If you are an urban farming startup dealing with low community engagement — this project developed co-creation methods tested in 7 cities. This allows you to better align your food production with the actual needs of culturally diverse local residents.
If you are a municipal health agency dealing with poor urban diets — this project developed science-based KPIs to measure the success of healthy food environments. This provides a data-driven way to justify investments in public nutrition spaces.
Based on available project data, specific pricing for implementation is not provided, though the EU contributed EUR 3,000,460 to the overall research and demonstration effort.
The project tests transferability across 7 cities of different sizes and geographies, aiming for broad adoption via a Playbook. This suggests a scalable model for urban environments.
Based on available project data, specific IP or licensing terms are not mentioned; however, the results are intended for broad adoption.
The project merges perspectives from the Farm to Fork and FOOD 2030 strategies to ensure alignment with European food system goals.
The project runs from 2024-11-01 to 2027-10-31, meaning the final Playbook and results will be available by October 2027.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward non-industrial partners, with 11 'Other' entities and 3 universities, while only 1 industry partner and 1 SME are involved. This 7% industry ratio indicates the project is primarily driven by academic and public sector research rather than commercial product development.
Contact NTNU (Norway) for details on the Playbook and city demonstrations.
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