The presentation will give a brief overview of the 'UrbanFarmer' project and its various facets, including the integration of a cohort of Norwegian farmers and agricultural research organisations in the co-production of applied knowledge.
The main thrust of the presentation will be to present similarities and differences in the way that food in short food supply chains is marketed through different farm enterprise business models, and different sales channels. Differences in policy backdrops and other, related, contexts which help or hinder urban marketing through short food supply chains concluding with some ideas of emerging recommendations will also be explored.
Dr Anna Birgitte Milford is a researcher at Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, working on topics related to sustainable food production and consumption, including organic/pesticide reduced fruit and veg production, local sales channels and climate friendly diets. She was a visiting scholar at CCRI, University of Gloucestershire in autumn 2021 conducting field research on urban agriculture and local sales channels in Bristol.
Dr Dan Keech is a Senior Research Fellow at CCRI, University of Gloucestershire. His research topics cover European urban and alternative food networks, Anglo-German cultural geography and trans-disciplinary methods which link art and social science.
This document discusses strategies for preserving valuable rural genetic resources through small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) networks. It addresses the tension between global markets dominated by large corporations focused on efficiency and local markets centered around SMEs and cultural heritage. The author proposes a strategic approach that emphasizes regional innovation, niche markets for locally-sourced products, and strengthening local institutions to support ecosystem services and biodiversity through sustainable use of genetic resources. Examples are provided on assessing innovative eco-design products to connect consumers to threatened native breeds and plants in a culturally and environmentally responsible way.
Dan Keech's presentation at a meeting of the Bath and North East Somerset Local Food Partnership. This is the multi-stakeholder network which oversees the implementation of the council's Local Food Strategy. The strategy combines work on public health, food and agriculture sector development and the environmental footprint of the food chain. More information about Dan can be found at: http://www.ccri.ac.uk/keech/
Ledbury is a market town in Herefordshire with a thriving local food economy.
- A high number (25) of food outlets in and around Ledbury sell local food, which represents over 25% of turnover for many. Local food supports an estimated 200 jobs at outlets and over 480 jobs among local suppliers.
- Local food sales in Ledbury are estimated at £1.5-2.7 million annually, helping over 95 local producers with over £29.5 million in combined annual turnover. Local sourcing also reduces "food miles".
- Residents and visitors appreciate the availability of high quality, fresh local food in Ledbury which supports the town's economy and helps maintain the rural landscape and farming
Markets for Native Fruit Diversity - Experiences of the TFTGR ProjectHugo Lamers
This document discusses engaging farming communities in markets through experiences from the TFTGR project. It outlines how markets and diversity have changed over time from local diverse systems to global commodity markets. It describes the problem setting of the TFTGR project and key aspects of a market approach for native fruits. It provides 12 steps to guide interventions, including participatory identification of crop attributes, value chain mapping, and rapid market appraisals. Preliminary results from projects in Sarawak and Sirsi are presented, showing improved understanding of packaging, labeling, and buyers. Lessons learned emphasize a participatory approach, trust-building, and understanding consumer wants.
This document summarizes a presentation on engaging farming communities in markets for native fruit through experiences from the TFTGR project. It discusses:
1. How global commodity markets led to a shift from diverse crops to monocultures, but new consumer demands now value quality, sustainability and local products.
2. The TFTGR project works with 36 villages in biodiversity hotspots to manage local diversity through community-based approaches and facilitate market engagement.
3. A participatory market approach was used including value chain mapping, market appraisals, and product testing to develop innovative niche market opportunities for native fruits while supporting conservation goals.
The document outlines Bristol's efforts to develop a resilient food system plan through 2022. It discusses establishing a food policy council to develop an action plan based on a "whole system" assessment of strengths and vulnerabilities. The plan suggests actions in 8 areas: transforming food culture; safeguarding food retail and land; increasing urban food production; redistributing food waste; protecting infrastructure; increasing market opportunities; supporting community enterprises; and setting sustainable food city themes. The food policy council will review priorities and next steps to develop the plan in each of these areas.
Rodney Mushongachiware
“Food Security and Nutrition in an Urbanizing World”
June 06, 2017
Brussels, Belgium
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), SNV Netherlands Development Organization, and Welthungerhilfe are jointly organizing a one-day event in Brussels on the eve of the European Development Days to explore the challenges and opportunities of urbanization from a variety of perspectives.
This document discusses strategies for preserving valuable rural genetic resources through small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) networks. It addresses the tension between global markets dominated by large corporations focused on efficiency and local markets centered around SMEs and cultural heritage. The author proposes a strategic approach that emphasizes regional innovation, niche markets for locally-sourced products, and strengthening local institutions to support ecosystem services and biodiversity through sustainable use of genetic resources. Examples are provided on assessing innovative eco-design products to connect consumers to threatened native breeds and plants in a culturally and environmentally responsible way.
Dan Keech's presentation at a meeting of the Bath and North East Somerset Local Food Partnership. This is the multi-stakeholder network which oversees the implementation of the council's Local Food Strategy. The strategy combines work on public health, food and agriculture sector development and the environmental footprint of the food chain. More information about Dan can be found at: http://www.ccri.ac.uk/keech/
Ledbury is a market town in Herefordshire with a thriving local food economy.
- A high number (25) of food outlets in and around Ledbury sell local food, which represents over 25% of turnover for many. Local food supports an estimated 200 jobs at outlets and over 480 jobs among local suppliers.
- Local food sales in Ledbury are estimated at £1.5-2.7 million annually, helping over 95 local producers with over £29.5 million in combined annual turnover. Local sourcing also reduces "food miles".
- Residents and visitors appreciate the availability of high quality, fresh local food in Ledbury which supports the town's economy and helps maintain the rural landscape and farming
Markets for Native Fruit Diversity - Experiences of the TFTGR ProjectHugo Lamers
This document discusses engaging farming communities in markets through experiences from the TFTGR project. It outlines how markets and diversity have changed over time from local diverse systems to global commodity markets. It describes the problem setting of the TFTGR project and key aspects of a market approach for native fruits. It provides 12 steps to guide interventions, including participatory identification of crop attributes, value chain mapping, and rapid market appraisals. Preliminary results from projects in Sarawak and Sirsi are presented, showing improved understanding of packaging, labeling, and buyers. Lessons learned emphasize a participatory approach, trust-building, and understanding consumer wants.
This document summarizes a presentation on engaging farming communities in markets for native fruit through experiences from the TFTGR project. It discusses:
1. How global commodity markets led to a shift from diverse crops to monocultures, but new consumer demands now value quality, sustainability and local products.
2. The TFTGR project works with 36 villages in biodiversity hotspots to manage local diversity through community-based approaches and facilitate market engagement.
3. A participatory market approach was used including value chain mapping, market appraisals, and product testing to develop innovative niche market opportunities for native fruits while supporting conservation goals.
The document outlines Bristol's efforts to develop a resilient food system plan through 2022. It discusses establishing a food policy council to develop an action plan based on a "whole system" assessment of strengths and vulnerabilities. The plan suggests actions in 8 areas: transforming food culture; safeguarding food retail and land; increasing urban food production; redistributing food waste; protecting infrastructure; increasing market opportunities; supporting community enterprises; and setting sustainable food city themes. The food policy council will review priorities and next steps to develop the plan in each of these areas.
Rodney Mushongachiware
“Food Security and Nutrition in an Urbanizing World”
June 06, 2017
Brussels, Belgium
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), SNV Netherlands Development Organization, and Welthungerhilfe are jointly organizing a one-day event in Brussels on the eve of the European Development Days to explore the challenges and opportunities of urbanization from a variety of perspectives.
Eelco Baan
“Food Security and Nutrition in an Urbanizing World”
June 06, 2017
Brussels, Belgium
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), SNV Netherlands Development Organization, and Welthungerhilfe are jointly organizing a one-day event in Brussels on the eve of the European Development Days to explore the challenges and opportunities of urbanization from a variety of perspectives.
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City Region Food Systems : Reflections from BristolExternalEvents
The document summarizes Bristol's process for developing a sustainable food system plan. It describes how Bristol conducted a baseline assessment of its food system, identified 8 key areas to address, defined a vision and objectives. Bristol then published indicators reports, gathered evidence of progress, and developed a 3-year action plan with stakeholder input on outcomes and indicators. The process helped Bristol understand its food system, inform its food plan, and consider feasible outcomes and indicators to track progress. The document also provides examples of Bristol's baseline indicators, objectives, and challenges in refining its action plan and measuring impact with limited resources.
This document outlines Bristol's process for developing a resilient food plan. It discusses establishing a food policy council to oversee the process. A previous report analyzed Bristol's food system vulnerabilities and strengths. The plan will include 8 areas: transforming food culture; safeguarding food retail; protecting land for food; increasing urban food production; redistributing food waste; protecting infrastructure; increasing market opportunities; and supporting community enterprises. The food policy council will help prioritize actions and commitments in each area to create a dynamic food planning process that makes Bristol's food supply sustainable.
Rural development aims to improve the economic and social lives of rural communities through collective efforts between rural people and government authorities. It is a process of change that enables rural communities to fully contribute to national programs and improve their conditions. Rural development faces challenges including poor infrastructure, understanding diverse rural consumer mindsets, high promotion costs due to distance and dispersion, and lack of competence among urban-based marketing staff.
Siles final exposition dominican republic Export Consortia, Origin Consortia,...Alejandro Siles
The document discusses UNIDO's approach to establishing origin consortiums to help rural producers in developing countries. It provides examples of origin consortiums established in Peru with UNIDO's assistance that helped networks of small producers collectively market and brand traditional regional products. These consortiums improved producers' incomes, employment, and rural development by increasing product quality, implementing marketing strategies, and protecting product reputations through collective trademarks. The document emphasizes that origin consortiums are most effective when part of broader local development strategies that also involve tourism to create demand for unique regional products.
This module discusses short and long food supply chains. It explains that short food supply chains involve few intermediaries and keep food local. This reduces environmental impacts compared to long chains. The module presents different types of short chains like direct purchasing, collective direct sales, and partnerships. It also discusses how applying lean principles and just-in-time production can help reduce waste in the food service industry. Overall, the module promotes short, local supply chains and circular economy approaches to food systems.
This module discusses short and long food supply chains. It explains that short food supply chains involve few intermediaries and keep food local. This reduces environmental impacts compared to long chains. The module presents different types of short chains like direct purchasing, collective direct sales, and partnerships. It also discusses how applying lean principles and just-in-time production can help reduce waste in the food service industry. Overall, the module promotes short, local supply chains and circular economy approaches to food systems.
Presentation given by Dan Keech at 'Alternative food supply networks in Central and Eastern Europe: Towards new grounds for interpretation and collaboration' (Riga, Latvia)
New Democratic Governance - Reed & Keech ~~ Urban AgricultureNick Lewis
This document discusses a study analyzing urban agriculture and food activism in Bristol, England during its designation as the European Green Capital in 2015. It finds that while grassroots food networks used urban agriculture to express citizenship, they had limited success influencing institutional change. The study analyzed social media related to a community farm, local media coverage, and interviews. It found the food movement in Bristol was ignored by mainstream media. While activists were proud of their local efforts, they were frustrated that larger changes were difficult due to limited resources and policy constraints. The researchers question how effective the city's Food Policy Council structure was at incorporating grassroots perspectives.
The Brussels Development Briefing no. 44 on “Promoting responsible and sustainable sourcing through Fair Trade” took place on 22 June 2016 from 9:00 to 13:00, at the ACP Secretariat in Brussels, Belgium.
This Briefings was co-organised by CTA, the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and the Fair Trade Advocacy Office.
Delivering the circular bio-economy for low emissions developmentCIFOR-ICRAF
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This document proposes marketing strategies for a new city marketplace selling fresh produce, meat, and seafood. It identifies the marketplace's strengths as offering healthy, fresh foods and serving local residents' needs, but also lists weaknesses such as security expenses and lack of authentic ethnic foods. Opportunities include interest in local foods and quality markets, while threats include challenges creating a safe environment and competition from food delivery companies. The document then analyzes the marketplace's political, economic, social and technological factors. It addresses consumers' potential price concerns, uncertainties about value and quality, and doubts regarding convenience. Finally, it outlines the marketing mix, focusing on competitive pricing, a convenient location with activities, and promotional strategies while also providing employment opportunities.
Shenggen Fan
“Food Security and Nutrition in an Urbanizing World”
June 06, 2017
Brussels, Belgium
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), SNV Netherlands Development Organization, and Welthungerhilfe are jointly organizing a one-day event in Brussels on the eve of the European Development Days to explore the challenges and opportunities of urbanization from a variety of perspectives.
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This document summarizes Harry Donkers' presentation on local and global food systems. It begins with an overview of industrial and local food systems, their successes and failures. It then discusses the paradigm of sustainable food security and how it requires reconnecting producers and consumers locally. Examples are provided of short food chains, local and regional food systems, and how they can be governed. The challenges of industrial and local systems in solving world hunger are also examined.
Making sustainable food choices easier for consumersFrancois Stepman
This document discusses ways to make sustainable food choices easier for consumers. It outlines BEUC's vision of a sustainable food system that guarantees safe, affordable and healthy food for all while respecting the earth's capacity. The document notes that while consumers are concerned about food challenges, they struggle to make sustainable choices due to limited availability, higher prices and unclear labeling. It proposes several actions to address this, including: raising consumer awareness of food production; providing understandable labeling; cutting food waste through better date labeling and campaigns; and making healthy eating less challenging through supportive environments and increased availability of sustainable options. The document calls for ongoing consumer research to ensure solutions meet consumer needs.
- The document discusses the issue of global food waste, estimating that 1.3 billion tons of edible food is wasted each year while 1.9 billion people suffer from food insecurity.
- It outlines data showing the amount of food waste produced annually by households, restaurants, supermarkets, and farming. If trends continue, the amount of wasted food will grow enormously over the next 50 years and have serious environmental and ethical consequences.
- Emerging solutions discussed include digital platforms for selling or donating food close to expiration dates, restaurants composting and reselling food scraps, and apps for redistributing extra home-cooked meals. However, more global innovation and policy changes are still needed to fully address this issue
Global extreme poverty and hunger declined in 2016 according to the document. However, ongoing conflicts, climate challenges, and stagnant economic growth pose uncertainties. The document discusses how urbanization is increasing malnutrition burdens in urban areas and changing diets. It recommends improving rural-urban linkages and coordination between sectors to enhance food systems and leverage opportunities from urbanization and agriculture.
Sania Dzalbe is a PhD student in economic geography at Umeå University in Sweden who studies how people in rural areas adapt to crisis and adversity. Drawing from her upbringing in rural Latvia, she notes the importance of social reproduction in sustaining rural livelihoods, which often goes overlooked in traditional regional economic analysis. She argues that the concept of resilience is connected to the concept of loss, as during moments of crisis and major restructuring, societies lose not only jobs and industries but also the very mechanisms through which they shape their environment, both physically and socially. Current resilience studies in economic geography tend to disregard the role of social reproduction and the losses experienced by individuals by predominantly focusing on firms and economic production. However, to understand the evolution of rural regions and communities amid various challenges they face, one must recognize that social reproduction cannot be separated from economic and knowledge production processes.
A presentation of participatory research methods and how CCRI has used them over time throughto the Living Labs approach now in use in a number of our grant funded research projects.
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This module discusses short and long food supply chains. It explains that short food supply chains involve few intermediaries and keep food local. This reduces environmental impacts compared to long chains. The module presents different types of short chains like direct purchasing, collective direct sales, and partnerships. It also discusses how applying lean principles and just-in-time production can help reduce waste in the food service industry. Overall, the module promotes short, local supply chains and circular economy approaches to food systems.
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- It outlines data showing the amount of food waste produced annually by households, restaurants, supermarkets, and farming. If trends continue, the amount of wasted food will grow enormously over the next 50 years and have serious environmental and ethical consequences.
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Presentation looks at the role , relevance and importance of built and natural heritage, issues faced by heritage in the Indian context and options which can be leveraged to preserve and conserve the heritage.It also lists the challenges faced by the heritage due to rapid urbanisation, land speculation and commercialisation in the urban areas. In addition, ppt lays down the roadmap for the preservation, conservation and making value addition to the available heritage by making it integral part of the planning , designing and management of the human settlements.
Heritage Conservation.Strategies and Options for Preserving India Heritage
Local food marketing in Bristol and Oslo: Same but different
1. Local food marketing in Bristol
and Oslo: Same but different
Anna Birgitte Milford, Daniel Keech, Frøydis Gillund and Matt Reed
CCRI seminar 20th October 2022
2. Overview
• Short introduction to the UrbanFarms project and partnership
• Examination of joint work in Oslo and Bristol linked to local food sales channels
What does this tell us about marketing opportunities and barriers in each city?
Does this illustrate any distinctive urban contexts facing producers?
5. UrbanFarms
• 4 year project funded by the Nordic Research Council
• Principal aim is to understand how to enhance added-
value and sustainability through optimized use of urban
and peri-urban farm resources
• Sustainability aspects:
– multi-criteria sustainability assessments of participating farm
enterprises (linked to and augmenting SAFA criteria - labour
conditions, economic performance, ecological perfomance...)
– Soil sampling and compositing advice
6. Context - Land use in Norway (beware!)
Of which:
45% is arable (SE and C)
45% is outfield pasture
Close to settlements
Illustration: The layout of
mainland Norway. |
Illustration: LA Dahlmann –
Statistics Norway – CC BY-SA.
8. Sales channels for local food in Bristol and Oslo
1. How is local food produced and marketed in the two cities?
2. What are the motivations for promoting local food in the two
cities?
3. What are the main challenges and barriers for increased direct
sale of local food in the two cities?
4. How can these barriers be overcome?
5. What can the two cities learn from each other?
Qualitative interviews with producers, sales channels and
organisations, 16 in Oslo and 18 in Bristol, in the autumn of 2021
17. Motivation for local marketing
• Environment
(Food miles, pollution, food waste, packaging)
• Food security
• Transparency
• Creating community
• Educating consumers
• Food diversity and quality
• Counterweight to large scale agriculture and
mainstream marketing
18. Marketing
• Selling a story as well as a product
• Lack of finance for marketing
“For instance, say we get a particularly lovely new supplier, either they‘re local, they've
got a really good story or there’s something really ethical about them, then we'll try
and talk about them on social media. And then my team in the shop are quite good at
maybe writing a blackboard about why we love a certain team producer.”
(Independent food shop, Bristol)
19. Market potential
• More demand from consumers would
be «a great help», but there is also
lack of local producers
• Competition for both consumers and
for local products
• Market growth would generate more
economies of scale opportunities
• Is local food only for the rich, and for
special occasions?
20. What does «local» mean?
• Does the food have to originate from the soil nearby, or is it
enough that the food product is processed locally, although the
ingredients are imported?
• And how far away from the market can the producer be before he
or she is not local anymore?
• What is better: Local or environmentally friendly production?
• This understanding is complicated by Norwegian geography.
Different sales channels have different criteria for what they sell
and prioritise
Some producers would like to sell closer to their farm, but there is
lack of local demand
Sometimes “national” is more important than “local”
21. COVID
• Increased demand
• Reorganising the supply chain from
restaurants to consumers
• Change in attitudes?
22. Barriers and opportunities
Barriers Opportunities
Competition with mainstream: lots
of convenient and low-price
shops/markets in cities
Improved co-ordination between
producers (esp. logistics, equipment)
Ethical business is more work Large urban consumer-base, many
don’t buy solely on price, ethical
markets can expand
Professionalisation of marketing
remains limited (general vs
specialism)
COVID showed how on-line presence
can make a difference
Direct producer contact remains
inefficient
Direct producer relations remain
import as a marketing ‘story’ and to
build relationships
Several support organisations –
conventional networks are less
interested in local/urban.
Policy interest in urban food systems
is consistent and some initiatives
(UA strategy and BFN/GFG) trying
to co-ordinate.
23. Some Bristol-Oslo comparisons
Foto: Anna Birgitte Milford
• Norwegian producers in the project tend to be small scale (as many NOR farmers).
• In Bristol, even established producers have insecure tenancies (came out the study trip).
• Differing attitudes towards supermarkets and the dominant global food system and high
interest in food diversity (geography?) More ‘hostility’ in Bristol.
• High environmental motivation in Bristol. Oslo: expectation the govt will sort it out.
• Higher numbers of activists with diverse focus in Bristol.
• Policy approach consistent, municipal and radical (BS). National, recent and multifunctional,
including economic (NO).
• Competition: Oslo there are voluntary and less professional initiatives that offer lower prices.
24. Urban particularities – the city as a food space
Foto: Anna Birgitte Milford
• Land is hard to come by
• (Municipal) food strategies – good grass-roots engagement; public assets and
infrastructure; how much leverage do they have?
• Urban food infrastructure – an advantage but also exposes local producers to non-
local competition e.g. global wholesalers.
• Diversity – cities offer large, diverse populations and there are multiple opportunities
to co-exist alongside more dominant outlets. COVID revealed the nimbleness of
many local food businesses.
25. New projects?
• Is it possible to have more collaboration on local marketing?
• What do market gardens need in order to be succesful?
• How can the resources of a city be used in food production, including market
gardens? (practical barriers)
Thanks for your attention – questions?
anna.birgitte.milford@nibio.no
dkeech@glos.ac.uk
https://www.nibio.no/en/projects/urbanfarms
Notas do Editor
Dan to start
Introduce Anna joining on-line. Highlight Froydis and Matt – between us constitute WP2 (producers) and WP3 (consumers).
The presentation is roughly in two parts. The first gives some contextual background to the UrbanFarms project (largely Dan)
The second part (largely Anna) covers work to compare Oslo and Bristol using empirical data. We have structured this in two ways, to conform to a paper we are preparing. Firstly we’ll look at data that shows barriers and opportunities in relation to local food marketing opportunities in Oslo and Bristol. After that, we’d like to draw out urban particularities in this discussion. Is marketing local food into a city any different from other places?
URBANFARMs is a project funded by the Norwegian Research Council and led by NIBIO (where Anna works) the Norwegian Research Institute for the BioEconomy. CCRI is also a research partner, alongside Norsok, the Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture. This is a transdisciplinary project and our practice partners include Organic Norway, the Norwegian Farmers Union and Bristol Food Network.
In addition to institutional partners, here are some of the farms/ers in our project. 11 farmers (out of 12 originally) were recruited by the project. They receive a s]mall payment for taking part and have the change to receive specialist advice on sustainability performance and t participate in webinars and study trips arranged by the project.
Two notable points that we will understand in the UK is that farmers are very busy and not always easy to engage consistently. Some have been more keen than others. A particular point of distinction about Norway is that some of the farmers work part-time, namely in the oil fields.
Note the good performance of this farm – all in the project pretty much conform. The sustainability performance aspects of the project will not be covered today.
Just an aside – we also adapted SAFA criteria in the FP7 Glamur project to devise multi-criteria food chain performance assessments for a number of European foods, if anyone want to know more please get in touch.
The per capita availability of agri land is exactly on the median status gloablly, so this must not give a false impression of low levels of food securty or a reliance on meat and livestock farming. Plus yellow and light green segments also offers some seasonal grazing, for example.
10,000 km2 farmland in use (stable!)
Further 145,000 km2 (45 % of national land area) suitable for outfield pasture
38,000 farm enterprises (decreasing)
9,400 (or 25%) between 10 and 20 ha
Regional differentiation (subsidies)
Strong history of national cooperatives
Large differences in self-sufficiency dependent on products (high, meat and dairy; low fruits and vegetables).
This map shows, on the right, the mixed and arable areas of agriculture in Norway. On the map left is the location of the farmers in our project. Today we’ll be talking only about work linked to two locations in the project, namely Bristol and Oslo.
One of the foundational ideas behind UrbanFarms was that the co-location of farms and cities is often seen as rather threatening, for example through urban expansion into farm land. But in UrbanFarms, we examine how proximity can be a good thing, for example because cities offer dense markets, have good food infrastructures and innovative food networks, sometimes supported by local authorities.
Having offered an overview of the project and its partners, we now turn to our recent study of sales channels for local food in Bristol and Oslo (i.e. not the Bergen part of the project). Olso and Bristol are useful comparisons because they are similar sizes (Oslo has about 150,000 more citizens) and are located on main regional transport nodes. Both cities have been associated with innovation in local food development and are headquarters to several alternative, organic or food policy networks. As the capital, Oslo also brings together, in the form of the Norwegian Urban Food strategy, several ministries. Bristol has for at least a decade piloted a range of policy support mechanisms for sustainable food.
This diagram shows the range of sales channels covered in our study. Several of these are distinguished by being direct producer-customer relationships (on the left). Even those with some extended supply chain arrangements are not all that complex or unfamiliar.
Now I’ll hand over to Anna, who will talk us through some of the findings. She and Froydis have prepared a really substantial report on the research outlined which should be ready for publication in a few weeks.
In Norway – mainstream issue is that they sell boring things…
Land – land is cities is expensive and may need to be made available by public landowners or temporarily. In Oslo some excellent farm incubation programmes exist but movement by new farmers into urban or peri-urban land is limited.