Local and solidarity-based partnerships for agroecology did not wait for a supportive CAP to develop sustainable food systems. For more than a decade, Community Supported Agriculture has been contributing to creating new jobs that cannot be relocated and to the revitalisation and diversification of the agricultural sector especially in peri-urban areas. The on-going CAP reform is a unique opportunity for mainstreaming these initiatives and laying the foundations of a New Common Agriculture Policy that meets social needs of both producers and consumers.