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The Melbourne’s food policy, launched in 2011, led to the creation of three tools: 1) the Food City guidelines for coordinated actions amongst the actors; 2) the Community Food Guide providing information about food access programmes and services; and 3) the advisory group providing guidance for the implementation of the...

In 2009, the Government of Mexico City set up the Community Dining Rooms Programme (CDRP) to provide nutritious meals at affordable and stable prices in the most marginalized areas of the city. A diversity of actors -local government, academic institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector- are involved under...

The Food Resilience Unit of the Municipality of Johannesburg supports the access to land for emerging farmers within larger farms. The so called “food empowerment zones” aim at empowering communities to grow their own food, stimulating local economic development and facilitating access to markets.

In the framework of its urban food policy, the Municipality of Tel Aviv, along with civil society groups, launched a project of nutrition improvement within scouts’ camps while promoting local recipes and products and raising awareness of the children and their parents about healthy food.

Community Food Works (CFW) is a programme implemented by the City of Toronto for low-income residents that integrates food handler training and certification, nutrition education, and employment support. Since 2015, the City adapted the programme to migrants and refugees (Community Food Works for Newcomer Settlement) to support their integration and...