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The Municipality of Hebron implemented a market center to sell on a unique place the vegetables produced in the area in order to improve quality control and traceability, and to supervise compliance with standards for packaging and final pricing. The market center is directly linked to a compost facility, valorizing...

Ljubljana has a “City Rural Development” plan to support more than 800 farms within the city limit. The plan intends to develop short supply chains, preserve its farmland, and give financial support for farmers as well as train suppliers, retailers, chefs and food service professionals.

In 2015, the Municipality of Antananarivo launched an “Urban Agriculture Programme” promoting the installation of micro-vegetable gardens in the city’s low-income neighborhoods. One component of the programme is the School Gardens Project, which allow schools to buy fresh vegetables in urban micro-gardens for their canteens. The programme contribute to improve...

In order to address the difficulty of accessing fresh food, the City of Austin decided to increase access points to its citizens through mobile markets, farm stands and healthy corner stores and do so in collaboration with the local community and nonprofit organizations. The local community has also been mobilized...

In 2012, the City of Daegu launched and financed a paddy rice project in eight busy places of the city, providing additional green areas while simultaneously cooling the hot urban climate during summer time. The harvest is done by thousands of citizens and redistributed to disadvantaged neighborhoods. Study tours are...