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Milan Urban Food Policy Pact 3rd Annual Gathering and Mayor Summit Valencia, Spain 19-21 October 2017 85 city delegations and more than 300 people met in Valencia on the 3rd Annual Gathering of the Milan Pact. Anticipation was high and results exceeded expectations. Milan Pact cities actively shared many experiences...

A Toolkit to Guide Community Discussions, Assessments and Choices

Faced with the growing challenge of urban agriculture and food policies, the number of community initiatives is increasing. As an association of elected representatives from major cities, metropolises and large inter-municipalities, France urbaine has been working on the theme of agriculture and food throughout 2017. Carried out in partnership with...

Food policy councils are developing at a very fast pace across the world. In the United States and Canada, the Food Policy Networks project, from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, carries out an annual survey of Councils to better understand who they are, what they do, and...

In many cities around the world, the local food movement has been instrumental in putting food on the agenda. However, is local better than global? A European research project called GLAMUR explored further the question. “What was at the beginning a simple question turned out to be not so simple”,...