URBAN FOOD AGENDA

Maria Chiara Tosi, Marta De Marchi, Cristina Catalanotti, Università Iuav di Venezia

The European Union is recognizing food issues as urgent urban issues and, in addition to the CAP, has in recent years promoted additional programs to make the food system more compatible with the environment, more resilient to climate change, and more equitable in relations between actors and between territories.

It is in this context that the Cities2030 project, funded by the European Horizon 2020 program, is being developed, bringing together 40 European partners involved in various capacities in the different stages of the food system.
The main objective of…

PURCHASE, COLLECTION AND REDISTRIBUTION OF FOOD

Matelda Reho e Giulia Lucertini, Università Iuav di Venezia

The issue of ‘food’ and, more specifically, its consumption and waste have gained increasing attention in recent years, both because of the pandemic and the difficulties it has highlighted, and in relation to a growth in sensitivity, which in some cities has supported the definition of real policies, and in many other centres has nonetheless given life and support to practices with considerable potential.

We are now in a more mature phase of the discussion and planning on food and related supply chains and, starting from the most successful experiences,…