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In Brazil, the City of Porto Alegre supported the implementation of a processing unit to provide the city with organic oil and byproducts. The unit has been launched by “the Metropolitan Agroecology Network” (RAMA) and benefits smallholders using agroecological practices that conserve biodiversity. The unit is based on recycling principles:...

The Municipality of Riga decided to turn a waste landfill called “Getlini” into an innovative and ecological waste management site where food waste is transformed into energy. The heat produced is used for greenhouses’ heating to produce off-season tomatoes, distributed through the primary supermarket chains to the citizens of Riga....

To give consistency and effectiveness to its food policy programme, Buenos Aires City Government implemented a robust institutional framework which coordinate the work of the different governmental bodies. Where, in the past, the Ministerial Committees used to work separately; they now collaborate under a unique framework considering every food projects...

In 2013, the City of Shanghai established a new set of food safety regulations that were accompanied by punitive measures and a ranking system of food operators. The ranking system, entitled “Food Safety Credit System”, is a classification of food enterprises based on risk evaluation. The scores assigned to each...

In 2017, Bordeaux set up its Food Policy Council involving more than 130 stakeholders in the region. Managed by four elected representatives, the Food Policy Council is based on strong partnerships with a wide range of food actors across the territory to redesign and recover together the past productive green...