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A pan-European survey, by ProVeg International in partnership with Innova Market Insights, the Unive

Infopack on good practices and evaluation criteria for citizen-driven food system governance

D6.1 This document outlines the methodologies and actions that local governments, research institu

FoodSHIFT Citizen Empowerment Scheme

Modelling can be used to support new spaces for redesigning food system governance comprehensive gui

Choosing modelling approaches for participatory food governance in city-regions. Comprehensive guidelines for a system-perspective selection

This scientific publication revolves around the SUSMETRO tool Metropolitan Foodscape Planner which a

A participatory tool for assessing land footprint in city-region food systems—a case study from Metropolitan Copenhagen

The resilience of the local food system is being underlined as one of the most important strategic g

Assessing food self-sufficiency of selected European Functional Urban Areas vs metropolitan area

Food hubs (FHs) providing neighbourhoods with regional food from agroecological production are a pro

Planning for sustainable food communities: the Berlin case

Please find here the leaflet of FOOD 2030 Networks! Have a look if you want to know more about what

Digital leaflet

Watch the video that explains the FOOD 2030 Networks and their ambitions. Join us to transform the

Introduction video – FOOD 2030 Networks

This report proposes a comparative analysis of existing urban food policies and enlarges its scope b

D2.1 Comparative analysis of existing urban food policies

This toolbox has been developed within the project agroBRIDGES . It aims to build bridges between p

Short food supply chain Toolbox – agroBRIDGES

The project INCREASE, funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 research programme and launched in May 2020, a

INCREASE | Come with us! – project introduction video

Watch the video and discover how the CODECS project aims to maximise the CO-benefits of agricultura

CODECS | towards agricultural digitalisation – project introduction video

Watch the project video and find out how LiveSeeding aims to promote the growth of organic seed and

LiveSeeding | Transforming organic seed systems – project video

FOODRUS has developed 25 factsheets featuring Best Practices aimed at reducing food loss and waste a

FOODRUS | Good Practices for Sustainable Food Systems – Part 1

FOODRUS has developed 25 factsheets featuring Best Practices aimed at reducing food loss and waste a

FOODRUS | Good Practices for Sustainable Food Systems – Part 2

FOODRUS has developed 25 factsheets featuring Best Practices aimed at reducing food loss and waste a

FOODRUS | Good Practices for Sustainable Food Systems – Part 3

FOODRUS has developed 25 factsheets featuring Best Practices aimed at reducing food loss and waste a

FOODRUS | Good Practices for Sustainable Food Systems – Part 4

Find here the First Call for Participants. Apply by June 21st to take part in this amazing knowled

First Call for Participants – CLEVERFOOD peer-learning programme

This document contains the main outcomes of the FOOD 2030 Networks that has taken place in Brussels,

FOOD 2030 Networks – Conference Highlights

Find here the Second Call for Participants. Submit your application by September 27th, 2024, to join

CLEVERFOOD peer-learning programme – Second Call for Participants

This toolkit will guide you step by step through the preparation, implementation and aftercare of a

SUCCESS | Citizen Expert Panels Toolkit – Dutch

The Awareness Engagement Workshops explore the attitude-action gap and the untapped potential of sup

SUCCESS | Awareness Engagement Workshop Booklets – English

The Awareness Engagement Workshops explore the attitude-action gap and the untapped potential of sup

SUCCESS | Awareness Engagement Workshop Booklet – Polish

Discover actionable tips and examples to make sustainable food choices easier, reduce food waste, an

SUCCESS | Consumer Toolkit

Learn how food retailers can inspire and support consumers in adopting sustainable practices through

SUCCESS | Retailer Toolkit

The Shop&Cook Workshop Booklets are practical guides designed to help individuals make informed, hea

SUCCESS | Shop&Cook Workshop Booklets – English

The Shop&Cook Workshop Booklets are practical guides designed to help individuals make informed, hea

SUCCESS | Shop&Cook Workshop Booklets – Polish

FER-PLAY is a comprehensive approach to gather, harmonise, select and complement the knowledge on al

FER-PLAY

BEATLES aspires to identify the individual, systemic and policy lock-ins and levers that influence e

BEATLES

CHORIZO aims to improve the understanding of how social norms influence behaviour related to FLW gen

CHORIZO

The EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy under the European Green Deal aims to a provide a holistic strategy t

ENOUGH

The EU-funded FAIRCHAIN project addresses the growing need for a significant transformation of curre

FAIRCHAIN

Food systems are crucial to end hunger, but also to mitigate and adapt to climate change, to protect

FLORA

Food and nutrition security (FNS) is about ensuring that everybody can access sufficient, affordable

FNS CLOUD

The EU-funded FOLOU project aims to challenge the issue of food loss (FL) in primary production. It

FOLOU

The EU-funded FoodCLIC project will create more sustainable urban food environments by building stro

FoodCLIC

The FOSTER Project (Fostering food system transformation by integrating heterogeneous perspectives i

FOSTER

FOX aims to downscale innovative technologies for juice extraction, low-temperature drying and mild

FOX

The EU-funded GenB project will involve several other EU projects and initiatives. The project’s ove

GenB

The EU-funded GIANT LEAPS project seeks to accelerate this dietary shift, which is in line with the

GIANT LEAPS

The EC-Asia Research Network on Integration of Global and Local Agri-Food Supply Chains Towards Sust

GOLF

Hungry EcoCities puts forward a high-level alliance between science, technology, and the arts, to ef

Hungry EcoCities

Short food supply chains (SFSC) are a means for both producers and consumers to gain better position

EU4Advice

HealthFerm is a European research project investigating innovative pulse and cereal-based food ferme

HealthFerm

Present in all European diets, fermented foods (FF) hold a strategic place due to the benefits they

PIMENTO

The project’s primary objective is to design the prototype for the future European Partnership for S

FOODPathS

The 37 partners of the International AgriLoop consortium aim to extend the agricultural production v

AgriLoop

LIKE-A-PRO will explore the production of new food products with ingredients from alternative protei

LIKE-A-PRO

The EU-funded TITAN project provides an extensive platform for the development of a wide range of in

TITAN

The European Forum on Urban Agriculture (EFUA) is a 4-year project funded under the European Union’s

EFUA

LiveSeeding is an EU-funded project that brings together 37 partners covering 16 European countries

LiveSeeding

Switzerland

Started in January 2023, the EU-funded project INCiTiS-FOOD will focus on sustainable agri-food prac

INCiTiS-FOOD

Tribiome aims at advancing tools for the integration and synergistic interconnection of microbiomes

Tribiome

The EU-funded FoSSNet project (Food Systems Science Networks) aims at establishing a permanent pan-E

FoSSNet

As digitalisation becomes increasingly central to the EU Green Deal and the Common Agricultural Pol

CODECS Science-policy interface meeting

The Ecsite Conference will take place 2-4 June 2026 , in Gothenburg, Sweden at Svenska Mässan –

CLEVERFOOD at the Ecsite Conference 2026

Jun 4, 2026Past Event

Sweden

Three different perspectives will be addressed during the session: The former, presented by Jor

Advisinar: Digitalisation in Short Food Supply Chains

Hosted at Karlshöhe Ludwigsburg , the Summer School brings together advanced students, early-career

FEAST Announces 2026 summer school to lead the way in a sustainable food future through systems-thinking activities

The FEAST Living Labs Community of Practice (CoP) returns with a structured learning programme des

The FEAST Living Labs Community of Practice (CoP) is back!

When: 25–26 November 2026 Where: Explorium – National Sport & Science Centre

FOOD 2030 Networks Conference 2026: Public engagement and impact towards food systems transformation

Nov 26, 2026

Dublin, Ireland

Organised and facilitated by CLEVERFOOD project partner SusMetro , the session will explore how org

FEAST Community of Practice: session on Sustainable mixed funding

During the workshop, you will: Be introduced to open schooling and the whole-school approach

Teacher training workshop on sustainable food systems at EXPLORIUM

The SFS Innovation Platform is a free, open-access online space managed by the EU4Advice , COREN

EU Advisory Networks: Collaborating for Resilient & Sustainable Food Systems

In a few weeks, Slow Food will host the 16th edition of Terra Madre Salone del Gusto , one of the w

CLEVERFOOD at Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2026

Sep 24, 2026Past Event

Milan, Italy

aromaLAB is an applied research and innovation laboratory specialising in aroma and flavour analysis

aromaLAB GmbH

Focuses on plant-based proteins, particularly legumes, for sustainable food options.

Vicenza Food Lab

The On-farm Living-lab partners with farmers to advance organic practices through nationwide agroeco

Velika Gorica LAB

We are promoting new agricultural production techniques. We are helping young people, particularly w

USTM Living Lab

Co-creation of urban circular food innovation, creating community to test such innovation and enhanc

UI incitis-food Livinglab

Our Living Good Food Nation Lab vision is to foster and empower the strong, critically informed comm

The Living Good Food Nation Lab

United Kingdom

Transforms urban food systems using policy frameworks, waste reduction, and digital technologies.

Sarajevo Food Lab

The Family Allowance Fund of Savoie, in cooperation with the CPAM and the MSA, and in partnership wi

SSALSA et le Laboratoire de l’alimentation solidaire et durable

Develops policies for healthy and resilient food systems while reducing food waste.

Restaurants/Social Centers

Public procurement as a driver for a more regional, sustainable and healthy food system

Regional Lunch for All

It is helping to develop a project on the Teviot housing estate in east London to encourage resident

REDESIGN Teviot Living Lab

Organic farming living lab focused on tackling the impacts of climate change. Promoting biodiversity

PROBIO

Develops innovative solutions by integrating cross-disciplinary knowledge and co-creation.

Our plant-based future

The focus is to improve Food and Nutrition Security, delivers safe, affordable, nutritious, and heal

NJala University Living Lab (NUSL)

The Mediterranean Innovation Rural Living Lab aims to become a catalyst for innovation ecosystems fo

Mediterranean Innovation Rural Living Lab

Our London Living Lab is based at R-Urban Poplar, an exciting eco civic hub located on the Teviot Es

London Living Lab

The aim is to make healthy and sustainable food the easiest/most attractive option at school and in

Living labs with cities and schools and living labs with supermarkets

Facilitation of a food policy network and pilot interventions for the transformation of food environ

Living Lab for Health at IrsiCaixa

Promotion of healthy and sustainable food habits. We also work in other health challenges

Living Lab for Health

Develops strategies addressing food environment and policy interdependencies through a multi-stakeho

Lisboa Living Lab

Our focus is on access, awareness and supply of healthy food in Limerick City & County. We are activ

Limerick Food Partnership

The focus is to to promote transfer of innovation and fill the gaps amonr reasearch and SMEs

Laboratorio di Innovazione Territoriale

Changing criteria about public procurement of school canteens and behavior about food.

La Buona Mensa – Food Trails

Reconnecting the city with its hinterlands by strengthening ties between food chain actors

Kitchen of Tomorrow

Integrating traditional and local producers into an innovative and ambitious regional food system

Interactive Food Lab

The INCiTiS-FOOD Living Labs focus on transforming urban and peri-urban food systems in Africa by im

Where change is tested

What do consumer want? Plant based foods in EU

Meet Smart Protein – Video

Policy brief – promoting alternative proteins in the EU

Meet Food Trails – Video

Establishment of Food System Living Labs

Innovation Portraits: meet the people changing your food system

Introducing FoodSHIFT 2030

Framework for Knowledge Sharing, Transfer, and Learning

Validated Core Set of FoodSHIFT Indicators

Food System Innovation Assessment Report

Infopack on good practices and evaluation criteria for citizen-driven food system governance

FoodSHIFT Citizen Empowerment Scheme

Choosing modelling approaches for participatory food governance in city-regions. Comprehensive guidelines for a system-perspective selection

A participatory tool for assessing land footprint in city-region food systems—a case study from Metropolitan Copenhagen

Assessing food self-sufficiency of selected European Functional Urban Areas vs metropolitan area

Planning for sustainable food communities: the Berlin case

Digital leaflet

Introduction video – FOOD 2030 Networks

D2.1 Comparative analysis of existing urban food policies

Short food supply chain Toolbox – agroBRIDGES

INCREASE | Come with us! – project introduction video

CODECS | towards agricultural digitalisation – project introduction video

LiveSeeding | Transforming organic seed systems – project video

FOODRUS | Good Practices for Sustainable Food Systems – Part 1

FOODRUS | Good Practices for Sustainable Food Systems – Part 2

FOODRUS | Good Practices for Sustainable Food Systems – Part 3

FOODRUS | Good Practices for Sustainable Food Systems – Part 4

First Call for Participants – CLEVERFOOD peer-learning programme

FOOD 2030 Networks – Conference Highlights

CLEVERFOOD peer-learning programme – Second Call for Participants

SUCCESS | Citizen Expert Panels Toolkit – Dutch

SUCCESS | Awareness Engagement Workshop Booklets – English

SUCCESS | Awareness Engagement Workshop Booklet – Polish

SUCCESS | Consumer Toolkit

SUCCESS | Retailer Toolkit

SUCCESS | Shop&Cook Workshop Booklets – English

SUCCESS | Shop&Cook Workshop Booklets – Polish

FER-PLAY

BEATLES

CHORIZO

ENOUGH

FAIRCHAIN

FLORA

FNS CLOUD

FOLOU

FoodCLIC

FOSTER

FOX

GenB

GIANT LEAPS

GOLF

Hungry EcoCities

EU4Advice

HealthFerm

PIMENTO

FOODPathS

AgriLoop

LIKE-A-PRO

TITAN

EFUA

LiveSeeding

INCiTiS-FOOD

Tribiome

FoSSNet

CODECS Science-policy interface meeting

CLEVERFOOD at the Ecsite Conference 2026

Advisinar: Digitalisation in Short Food Supply Chains

FEAST Announces 2026 summer school to lead the way in a sustainable food future through systems-thinking activities

The FEAST Living Labs Community of Practice (CoP) is back!

FOOD 2030 Networks Conference 2026: Public engagement and impact towards food systems transformation

FEAST Community of Practice: session on Sustainable mixed funding

Teacher training workshop on sustainable food systems at EXPLORIUM

EU Advisory Networks: Collaborating for Resilient & Sustainable Food Systems

CLEVERFOOD at Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2026

aromaLAB GmbH

Vicenza Food Lab

Velika Gorica LAB

USTM Living Lab

UI incitis-food Livinglab