Imagine turning city neighborhoods into edible gardens that also clean the air and bring people together. Instead of just shipping food from far away, this project builds a local loop where food is grown, shared, and recycled right where people live. It's like upgrading a city's layout to make it a self-sustaining pantry that helps the planet.
Cities struggle with food insecurity, climate change, and poor urban land use. Current food chains are inefficient and exclude vulnerable local populations.
A 'Learning Loop' methodology and three Living Labs focusing on nutrient recovery, multifunctional food labs, and food policy councils.
If you are a property developer dealing with strict green building regulations — this project developed a way to integrate urban agriculture into the built environment that increases the beauty and quality of living places.
If you are a waste management company dealing with organic waste disposal — this project developed nutrient recovery systems that turn waste back into food production assets.
If you are an equipment supplier dealing with low adoption of city farming — this project developed three Living Labs that test and scale food production tools in real metropolitan districts.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or implementation costs are not provided.
The project aims to scale innovation at two levels: the metropolitan level through district training and an international level via a board of cities.
Based on available project data, there is no information regarding patents or licensing agreements.
The project includes a focus on food policy councils to inform policy innovation and learning across cities.
The project runs from 2025-02-01 to 2028-01-31.
The consortium is research-heavy with 5 universities and 3 research organizations, but maintains a practical edge with 2 industrial partners and 3 SMEs. With a 15% industry ratio and representation across 9 countries, the project is well-positioned to transfer academic findings into diverse European urban markets.
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