1. URBAN FOOD STRATEGY MIX
Sustainable Food Workshop for European Cities
Sustainable Food in Urban Communities…
URBAN FOOD STRATEGY MIX
François Jégou (URBACT Lead expert)
Strategic Design Scenarios
f.jegou@gmail.com
www.StrategicDesginScenarios.net
An URBACT II Thematic Network - Sustainable Food in Urban Communities
2. Food topic is hot in the sustainability agenda…
…strong environmental impact…
resources…
…use a lot of
…dependent on chemical fertilizers and fuel for
mechanization… …subsidies creating imbalance at world and local scale…
in time” air and road low-prices transports…
…“just
…higher income levels and exotic gastronomy...
…pre-packed, prepared convenient food and less
preparation… …critical environmental
issues… … increase of meat and dairy products… …'junk
food' and booming of food-related health disorders…
…food security… …high food waste from abundance and
…nutritional imbalance and
retail access inequity... …changing consumption patterns…
…higher and more volatile prices and food
riots… …food security that become a national priority… …effect of climate
consumption marketing…
change on agro system… …growing conflict on natural resources including
land, water, forests, etc…
3. Food topic is hot into cities agenda…
Feeding the 5000, Bristol…
7. Still a strong
food capital…
…effort to avoid
erosion, to leapfrog
Az. Agricola Coop C.a.i.f.e, Massina…
Food culture
already lost…
…effort to
recover
Matvett webpage on food wastes, Oslo…
8. A population
rooted/engaged with
food…
…often blind to slow
disengagement
Market fare, Ourense…
An active foodies
community…
…on top of a
population who
don't care
Hoofdstad van de Smaak, Amersfoort…
29. URBAN FOOD STRATEGY MIX
Sustainable Food Workshop for European Cities
THANK YOU…
François Jégou (URBACT Lead expert)
Strategic Design Scenarios
f.jegou@gmail.com
www.StrategicDesginScenarios.net
An URBACT II Thematic Network - Sustainable Food in Urban Communities