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CITYFOOD Network Update November 2019
View this email in your browser CITYFOOD Network Update November 2019 Eight great ideas to tackle food insecurity from industrial legacy cities Formerly industrial cities are showing how food systems can be made more equitable and sustainable. Deindustrialization has left industrial legacy cities with large tracts of under-utilised land and infrastructure that offer…
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The subtle relationship between food policy councils and mayors
Urban Food Futures’ latest article: The subtle relationship between food policy councils and mayors. Researchers looked into the effect of a mayor’s political support on a local food policy groups (such as ‘food policy councils‘ and ‘food partnerships’). They showed that the mayor’s support can be a great asset, but can also be, in some instances,…
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Call for papers: Levering Sustainable Food Systems to Address Climate Change—Possible Transformations
Sustainability – Special Issue: “Levering Sustainable Food Systems to Address Climate Change—Possible Transformations”. Guest editors: Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer; Dr. Patricia Ballamingie; Dr. Irena Knezevic; Dr. Erin Nelson; and, Dr. Andrew Spring The clock is ticking. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2018), we have until 2030 to enact unprecedented changes to avoid the…
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Gent en Garde wins UN Global Climate Action Award
Ghent en Garde: Creating Structural Change through Local Food Policy City of Ghent, a strategic partner of RUAF, was one of the first European cities to launch its own urban food policy (in 2013). Ghent’s urban food policy demonstrates the potential to transform the food systems at the local urban level. Ghent en Garde has…
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Event: We feed the city
6 December 2019, Belgium In 8 interactive workshops, you discover how Rikolto and its partners work towards a sustainable food transition, in cities around the globe. We travel from Leuven to Hanoi. From Quito to Arusha. From Solo to Tegucigalpa. Don’t expect a presentation of what Rikolto is doing! We especially want to stimulate discussions…
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City of Tamale signs the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
With the support of RUAF and IWMI, the city of Tamale signed the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, an international pact signed by over 200 cities from all over the world representing more than 450 million inhabitants. Tamale is the capital city of the Northern Region of Ghana, West Africa. Aim of the Milan Urban…
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Quito, first city of Ecuador with a food strategy
On 2 October 2018, Quito signed the Pacto Agroalimentario Quito and presented its agrifood strategy, in order to promote a sustainable, resilient, diversified and inclusive food system, aligned with the global challenges to fight hunger and malnutrition, reduce waste and face the effects of climate change. Quito is the first city in Ecuador, and one…
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24 Recipes for urban food challenges
RUAF documented 24 case studies on urban food policy in the Netherlands (in Dutch). The so-called “recipe book” is a result of the City Deal Food on the Urban Agenda an initiative of 12 municipalities, the province of Gelderland and 3 national Ministries. Each case deals with a specific problem in the food system. Four…
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Dutch City Deal: Food on the Urban Agenda
On 26 January 2017, 12 Dutch cities, the Province of Gelderland and 3 national Ministries jointly signed the Urban Agenda on Food, with the objective to strengthen the Dutch food system together with the private sector, knowledge institutes and societal organisations. The partners will specifically work on four themes: 1) Governance innovation; 2) Ecological and economic sustainability innovation; 3) Regional…
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Food policy review for the Municipality of Ede (The Netherlands)
From December 2016 to February 2017, RUAF supported the Municipality of Ede with an external assessment of their municipal food policy which has been implemented for the past 2 years. Part of this policy development review included learning from other cities. Therefore, on the 15th of December 2016 the Dutch food team of Ede visited…