Imagine a city where healthy food is as easy to find and afford as fast food, even in the poorest neighborhoods. This work creates a blueprint for city leaders to stop working in silos and instead coordinate how land is used and how food is sold. It uses real-world testing sites to see what actually works to get better food into the hands of everyone.
City planners often ignore food systems, leading to 'food deserts' where healthy food is unavailable or unaffordable for poor residents. This happens because different city departments don't talk to each other and lack evidence on how to change food environments.
A set of integrated urban food policies and food-sensitive planning guidelines tested via Living Labs. It also includes an online Knowledge-Hub and a high-level Think Tank.
If you are a city design consultancy dealing with fragmented land use plans — this project developed food-sensitive planning guidelines that help integrate food production and distribution into urban layouts.
If you are a short supply chain operator dealing with market barriers in city centers — this project identified innovative business models and market conditions to make local food more attractive and accessible.
If you are a nutrition-focused social enterprise dealing with low reach in vulnerable areas — this project developed real-life interventions to make healthy food affordable for deprived groups.
Based on available project data, there is no specific pricing or cost mentioned for the resulting tools or guidelines.
Yes, the project aims to extend its practices to another 8 city-regions in Europe and Africa to test scaling processes.
Based on available project data, there is no mention of patents or licensing; the focus is on a knowledge-hub and policy practices.
The project helps policy actors develop integrated urban food policies to make planning frameworks more food-sensitive.
The project period runs from 2022-09-01 to 2027-02-28.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward research and public administration, with 9 universities and 3 research institutes. While industry representation is low at 7% (only 2 industry partners and 4 SMEs), the project's strength lies in its massive geographic reach across 12 countries and its deep integration with 14 'other' organizations, likely municipal bodies.
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