The final publication from the Food Trails project synthesises four years of work, insights, and best practices shared by the project partners. It serves as both a knowledge sharing document and a guide for future policy action, aiming to inspire broader adoption of sustainable urban food practices within the EU framework.
The document provides strategies and guidelines for municipal authorities to design, implement, and assess food policies that support sustainable urban food systems. It also offers insights into scaling up successful local practices to an EU-wide framework, informing the future of EU’s food strategy. The publication stresses the need for continued support and funding from EU institutions to sustain and expand the pilot projects’ impact.
Below is a concise overview and relevant highlights.
Key Contents
- Overview of the Food Trails project: A summary of the project’s objectives, namely supporting sustainable food systems in urban settings to align with the EU’s Food 2030 policy.
- Insights from partner cities: Case studies and reports from cities such as Milan, Copenhagen, Grenoble, and Warsaw illustrate practical applications and challenges of implementing urban food policies across diverse contexts.
- Living Labs and pilot actions: The development and outcomes of “Food Trails Living Labs” and pilot projects, which are hands-on, community-involved initiatives designed to test and refine urban food policies.
- Collaboration and multi stakeholder engagement: The role of partnerships among local governments, NGOs, research institutions, and citizens in creating effective urban food policies.
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Food Trails is an EU Horizon 2020 project involving 11 cities, 3 universities, and 5 food organizations. Its goal is to promote more resilient, safe, fair, and diverse urban food systems through co-designed actions in Food 2030-led Living Labs, enabling the development of systemic urban food policies.
The Food Trails project has received fundings from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme, under grant agreement n. 101000812.
We are sure that the work undertaken by these pioneers cities, researchers and innovators will inspire further progress within the consortium and beyond.
